Contents: Disc 1, Films 1-3. Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi (1962 ; 96 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kenji Misumi -- Zoku Zatōichi monogatari = Tale of Zatoichi continues (1962 ; 72 min.) / a Daiei Co. Ltd. production ; produced by Ikuo Kubodera ; screenplay by Minoru Inuzuka ; directed by Kazuo Mori -- Shin Zatōichi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN
Summary: "One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a sublimely piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife's city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband's small-town simplicity, and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FLAShinya, Shima
Summary: "In the aftermath of the Hyperspace Disaster, young Jedi Knight, Lily Tora-Asi is assigned to help displaced civilians relocate to Banchii, a newly inhabited planet in the Inugg system far in the outer rim. Banchii is the site of a new Jedi temple led by Master Arkoff, Lily's Wookiee mentor, who imagines the temple as a place of peace for new inhabitants and for those who are traveling beyond....
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC STASummary: In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MERKikuta, Michiyo.
Summary: Nina has a crush on Ichi, a cute boy wizard. But she also likes Zero, his best friend. Nina can't seem to choose between these two charmers. But when Zero sneaks a kiss, Nina is more confused than ever. Will Nina ever learn to listen to her heart?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KIK Bk6Kikuta, Michiyo.
Summary: Just as Nina explains to her friends her idea of the perfect guy, two of them drive in from the sky and abduct her. The boys are not human or from this world. They're taking their Magic Exam, in which they must recover the Crystal Pearl, an object Nina had mistaken for a piece of candy just moments before.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KIK Bk 1Summary: Based on the real incident of Abe Sada. An ex-prostitute becomes involved in an obsessive love affair with the master of the household where she is employed as a servant which culminates in murder and mutilation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN INShima, Shin'ya
Summary: Siblings Minato and Akira Lee have moved to a new town, and they're expecting things to be different--but not this different! Ghostly figures tower over and pass through buildings, drawing no reaction from the locals, some of whom appear far from normal themselves. When Akira spots a strange creature outside her window, she and her new friends organize a search. If no one else can explain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GLIShinya, Shima
Summary: "Centuries before the Skywalker saga, a new adventure begins... It is the era of the High Republic and interstellar expansion is at its height. As trusted guardians of peace, the renowned Jedi protect the Republic and shine their light on those exploring the darkest reaches of the galaxy. When Padawan Keerin Fionn and Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi learn that the recent Drengir battle was not an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC STAHeyns, Michiel
Summary: ""Live all you can; it's a mistake not to." This is the maxim of celebrated author Henry James and one which his typist Frieda Wroth tries to live up to. Admiring of the great author, she nevertheless feels marginalized and undervalued in her role. But when the dashing Morton Fullerton comes to visit, Frieda finds herself at the center of an intrigue every bit as engrossing as the novels she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Heyns 2017Kikuta, Michiyo.
Summary: Junior high student Nina is ready to fall in love and waiting for her dream guy to come along. Then, one day, two supercute guys literally fall out of the sky. Zero and Ichi are wizards who have come down to earth to take the magic exam. What Nina doesn't know is that protecting her is the test!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KIK Bk2Eishima, Jun
Summary: "When alien forces invade with an army of Machines, the remnants of humanity must depend on Androids of their own design--the placid 2B and the excitable 9S--to survive"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC EISKikuta, Michiyo.
Summary: Junior high student Nina has a problem other girls can only dream about: two cute boys, Zero and Ichi, are madly in love with her! And they are both apprentice wizards to boot. When a wild magic spell goes terribly wrong, Nina has her first kiss! But who's the lucky boy?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC KIK Bk5Mishima, Yukio
Summary: Irresistible to women, the beautiful, young Yuichi embarks on a loveless marriage while he enters a homosexual underworld during postwar Japan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1968
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISMishima, Yukio
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Publisher / Publication Date: M.E. Sharpe 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISYashima, Tarō
Summary: Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she received on her third birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1972
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YASYashima, Tarō
Summary: Momo eagerly waits for a rainy day so she can use the red boots and umbrella she received on her third birthday.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 1977
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YASMishima, Yukio
Summary: "Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei Kusakado; and Ippei's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage International, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MISYashima, Taro
Summary: A tender story of a neglected outsider and the power he gains from being accepted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Press 1983
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YASSummary: The story of the life of Japan's most prolific modern author, who killed himself on the entranceway to the Japanese Eastern Army Headquarters after he was blocked in his bid to take it over.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MISAoyama, Michiko
Summary: What are you looking for? This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves, but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who walks through her door, Komachi can sense exactly what they're looking for in life and provide just the book...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC AOYSummary: Sword of vengeance: He was Ogami Itto, a man who held himself to the harsh code of Bushido. Their first commission: to save the life of Daimyo and kill the traitors that plot his death. Baby Cart at the River Styx: The Yagyu clan has murdered Ogami Itto's wife, and had him stripped of his position of Official Shogunate Second. Now Ogami and his son Diagoro wander the countryside.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LONIshida, Sanae
Summary: "Take a peek into the lives of sumo wrestlers in this adorable book about colors! Simple, charming scenes with sumo wrestlers help young readers learn different colors, such as red, orange, blue, and black. The Japanese word that corresponds to the English word for each color is included."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2022