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: Otsuya is the daughter of a rich merchant who is tempted by her lover, Shinsuke, a lowly employee of her father's, to elope. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN IRESummary: The inhabitants of a small Japanese seaside town come under the influence of a strange force that causes an obsession with spiral forms. One by one, the townspeople fall under its spell until they begin descending on a self-inflicted spiral of terror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Kawakami, Mieko
Summary: Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami's novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormenters. These raw and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAWMurata, Kiyoko
Summary: "In 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Ichi Aoi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to understand the intertwined power of sex and money. And in her mandatory school...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ouran Academy: An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury. Haruhi began the year as an out of place scholarship student, but she's found new popularity as a member of the Host Club. Playing the part of a sensitive suitor and wooing the ladies of the school has become a full-time job. Of course, now that Tamaki and the other boys can no longer deny the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FUNimation 2010
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME OURSummary: After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu's perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.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 FLASummary: An aging warlord decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles. The two eldest sons are quite happy, but the youngest thinks his father has gone mad, and predicts that it won't be long until the two older brothers are fighting with each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RANKumanomata, Kagiji
Summary: Princess Syalis refuses to play the part of the damsel in distress in a video begging Dawner, the bumbling knight in shining armour, to rescue her. Instead, she wants to be an armchair detective, a D.I.Y. hairdresser, and best friend to all things furry. But she is mistaken for Poseidon's girlfriend, an assassin, and most shockingly of all, Demon King Twilights wife. How will Midnight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SLEKusaka, Hidenori
Summary: "The mystery of Mega Evolution begins to unravel, and new Pokémon join X and Y and their friends as they face an intensifying battle! Meanwhile, the headquarters of the Mega Evolution family, the Tower of Mastery, is under attack by a mysterious figure in a mechanical suit! Who is the masked marauder named Essentia?!"--page [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 POKKumanomata, Kagiji
Summary: Winter has come, and Princess Syalis will do anything to stay warm, including creating a DIY magical device (known as a "Ko-tatsu"), knitting woolen underwear and trying to convince the castle blacksmith to make her a window to keep out the drafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SLEMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: Ever caught yourself screaming, "I could just kill that teacher"? What would it take to justify such antisocial behavior and weeks of detention? Especially if he's the best teacher you've ever had? Giving you an "F" on a quiz? Mispronouncing your name during roll call...again? How about blowing up the moon and threatening to do the same to Mother Earth—unless you take him out first?! Plus a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ASSMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "Ever caught yourself screaming, "I could just kill that teacher"? What would it take to justify such antisocial behavior and weeks of detention? Especially if he's the best teacher you've ever had? Giving you an "F" on a quiz? Mispronouncing your name during roll call...again? How about blowing up the moon and threatening to do the same to Mother Earth...unless you take him out first?! Plus a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ASSSukeno, Yoshiaki
Summary: Rokuro dreams of becoming anything but an exorcist! Then mysterious Benio turns up. The pair are dubbed the "Twin Star Exorcists" and learn they are fated to marry... Can Rokuro escape both fates? Benio and Rokuro must work together to wield their Resonance Attack against Benio's own long-lost brother! Then, with Benio gravely injured, the Basara who killed her parents offers her a terrible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TWIKonishi, Noriyuki
Summary: "Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and form."--Back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KONMatsui, Yūsei
Summary: "Nagisa risks it all in an attempt to take down the mastermind behind the biological attack on his classmates. After the dust settles, Koro Sensei gives his all to ignite summer romance between his students. Turns out their English teacher Ms. Jelavitch has her sights on someone ... and everyone wants to help her get her target--er, the man of her dreams. Then, back at school, one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ASSSukeno, Yoshiaki
Summary: "Rokuro and Benio's constant bickering is briefly silenced when she is attacked by the powerful Kegare who killed her parents. Then a disturbing secret about Rokuro's past is revealed" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TWIHinodeya, Sankichi
Summary: At the Square King Cup semifinals, Rider's team Yellow-Green takes on the undisputed champion, Emperor, while Team Blue battles Team Gloves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC HINKumanomata, Kagiji
Summary: "Kidnapped by the Demon King and imprisoned in his castle, Princess Syalis is...bored. Princess Syalis's luxurious lifestyle is wreaking havoc on the Demon Castle's budget. When the Demon King cuts back on expenses so that she is no longer supported in the style to which she is accustomed, the princess must find other strategies to satisfy her extravagant tastes. Then, when the newly hired...
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SLESukeno, Yoshiaki
Summary: "Benio and Rokuro are locked in a life-and-death battle with Benio’s evil brother Yuto. Will the Twin Star Exorcists ever reach Tsuchimikado Island, the headquarters of the Exorcist Association and the front lines of the bitter struggle against the Kegare…?"
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media, LLC 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TWISummary: An American Air Force major on leave in Japan during the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese dancer. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and Americans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SAYKonishi, Noriyuki
Summary: "Join Nate as he befriends the Yo-kai of the hit video game Yo-kai Watch! Nate Adams is just an average kid until the mysterious Whisper gives him the Yo-kai Watch. Now he can see what others cannot: Yo-kai of all shapes and forms!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media LLC 2019