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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLI 1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLIN

Summary: Thirteen brave samurai must face overwhelming odds in an epic battle against a sadistic lord and his army of 200 to prevent him from plunging Japan into war.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THI

Miike, Takashi

Summary: The white Genji clan and the red Heike clan battle over a treasure hidden on a mountain, and when a mysterious gunman comes into town both clans try to lure him to their side.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SUK

Summary: Four ninjas with kekkei genkai who have been guarding the Hidden Villages of Cloud, Stone, Mist, and Sand disappear from their respective villages. The Land of Fire comes under suspicion as it is the only country to have suffered no loss, and the tension among the five countries almost brings about a fourth Great Ninja War. In the Hidden Village of Leaf, Tsunade orders her men to keep strict...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NAR

Summary: A powerful spirit that once threatened to destroy the world is back. Naruto's mission is to protect a priestess name Shion, who is the only one with the power to seal away the monster. She also has the uncanny ability to predict someone's fate. Her latest prediction: Naruto will soon die. Naruto's only hope is to abandon Shion, but that's not Naruto's style. He decides to face her fatal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2009

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME NAR

Summary: "Master thief Lupin III, a.k.a. 'The Wolf, ' and his right-hand gunman Jigen are hot on the trail of a double-crossing counterfeiter. But when their search leads them to the secluded European country of Cagliostro, they find far more than they bargained for. Lupin unwittingly attracts the attention of the nation's mysterious monarch when he tries to help a damsel in distress escape the Count's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Manga Video 2000

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME CAS

Summary: Two high school girls receive orders from upper management to get "real" jobs, become roommates and blend into normal society. They also happen to be highly skilled assassins who don't like each other. After an unfortunate run-in with the violent Yakuza, they quickly learn they must band together to survive an epic fight for their lives

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BAB

Summary: Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2018

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLA

Summary: 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 RAN

Kurosawa, Akira

Summary: While young Sanshiro is enrolled in a jujitsu school, he also secretly studies the more spiritual art of judo; follows the stories of several female volunteer workers at an optics plant during World War II; Sanshiro becomes the target of revenge; Lord Yoshitsune and his samurai bodyguards dress as monks in order to pass through enemy territory.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FIR

Summary: A noir-tinged yakuza film blending genres in the story of a young boxer and a call girl, who fall passionately in love while getting innocently caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go Usa 2020

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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN FIR

Summary: Batman, along with a number of his allies and adversaries, finds himself transplanted from modern Gotham City to feudal Japan.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2018

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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE BAT

Summary: After moving to the country to be near their ailing mother, two young sisters are befriended by a variety of mysterious creatures.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME MY

Summary: Avatar, the eccentric old sorcerer who rules the rainbow paradise of Montagar, must use magic to save the world from his brother, Blackwolf of Scortch, who has sent his minions forth to destroy and conquer.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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1 available in Fantasy DVDs, Call number: DVD FANTASY WIZ

Summary: Set against the golden age of Formula One racing in the 1970s, Rush is based on the true story of a spectacular sporting rivalry between English playboy James Hunt, and his structured, intelligent opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA RUS

Summary: 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 LON

Summary: "In an empire ruled by fear, the people's only hope is the ulitmate weapon: Zatoichi--a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword has made him a hero and whose courage has made him a legend! Determined to help the desperate residents of a village, Zatoichi seeks justice through revenge"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BLI

Summary: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals. When terrorism reaches a new level that includes the ability to hack into people's minds and control them, Major is uniquely qualified to stop it. As she prepares to face a new enemy, Major discovers that...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2017

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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE GHO

Summary: A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, and they embark on a fantastic journey of friendship before Ponyo's father forces her to return to the sea. Ponyo's desire to be human upsets the balance of nature and only Ponyo's mother, a beautiful sea goddess, can restore nature's balance and make Ponyo's dreams come true.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME PON

Summary: The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2011

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RED