Summary: Summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, Wolverine becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WOLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOLCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WOL RATED PG-13Summary: Daigo Kobayashi, a cellist, dreamt of going around the world with his wife Mika. Unfortunately, the orchestra folds, so he sells his instrument, retreats to the small town he came from, lives in his late mother's house, and tries to start a new life. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is for a travel agency. Daigo's actual responsibilities entail preparing the local...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Tokyo Broadcast System 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DEP1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DEP
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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Surreal Japanese drama about a latex doll which becomes human. Hideo (Itsuji Itao) lavishes affection upon his doll, Nozomi (Doona Bae), and seems to appreciate her silently passive nature. Unbeknownst to him, however, one day Nozomi comes to life and sets out in search of human experience. On her wanderings she happens upon a video rental store, where she meets Junichi (Arata). As an emotional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN AIRSummary: While visiting family in the Japanese countryside, 27-year-old Taeko remembers her childhood spent solely in the city and wonders if her life has followed her childhood dreams.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME ONLSummary: Baker Sentaro's business enjoys new success when his new 76-year-old assistant Tokue shares her recipe for the sweet red bean paste used in the bakery's dorayaki pancakes, but another of Tokue's secrets may bring their happy work life to an early end.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SWESummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN UZUSummary: Tokyo teenager Gorgeous is upset with her long-widowed father--he wants to marry his new girlfriend Ryoko. Seriously miffed, Gorgeous hits the road to visit her aunt in the country, bringing along her best girlfriends Sweet, Melody, Fantasy, Prof, Mac, and Kung Fu. The titular house belongs to the wheelchair bound aunt, whose large white cat has been immortalized in artwork throughout. Things...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HOUSummary: Suzume's journey begins when she meets a young man looking for a door. Following him, she finds one and reaches for the knob. Doors open across Japan, unleashing destruction. Now Suzume must close them to prevent further disaster. On the other side of the door⁵was time in its entirety. Includes second disc of bonus material.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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2 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME SUZSummary: Ladybug is an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe, all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives, on the world's fastest train.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BULSummary: SAMURAI WOLF: Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that's more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. SAMURAI WOLF 2: HELL CUT: Charismatic ronin Kiba returns, once again...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN SAMSummary: Ladybug is an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe, all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives, on the world's fastest train.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD BULCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE BULCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie BulletMcConaughey, Matthew
Summary: A suicidal man befriends a Japanese man in "Suicide Forest" in Japan, and the two search for a way out.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lions Gate 2016