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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN IRE

Summary: "Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective assigned to a homicide unit, saw his wife killed by a serial killer, Shinji Nishizono. From the shock of the incident, he suffers from MPD (multiple personality disorder) and becomes Kazuhiko Amamiya. Soon after he manages to hunt down and kill his wife's murderer. Now a new series of murders have started and the suspect claimed to be Shinji Nishizono. Could it...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Eiji Ohtsuka Office/MPD Psycho Project 2000

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MPD

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: 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 MIS

Summary: Meet Naruto's son, Boruto. Just like his dad, he's rambunctious, rebellious, and more than a handful. He's joined by the next generation of the Hidden Leaf Village, including Sarada, the daughter of Sasuke; and Mitsuki, a shinobi of mysterious lineage. Boruto and his friends have their hands full when they investigate a dangerous entity known as 'The Ghost.' Can he save the village just like dad?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BOR

Summary: Meet Naruto's son. Just like his dad, he's rambunctious, rebellious, and more than a handful. He's joined by the next generation of the Hidden Leaf Village, including Sarada, the daughter of Sasuke; and Mitsuki, a shinobi of mysterious lineage. He and his friends have their hands full when they investigate a dangerous entity known as 'The Ghost.' Can he save the village just like dad?

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BOR

Summary: Several years after the end of the Shinobi War, Naruto's son Boruto is about to enter the Chunin exams alongside Sarada Uchiha and the mysterious Mitsuki.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BOR

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: Back in the world of the living, Ichigo Kurosaki has been officially recognized as a Substitute Soul Reaper by the Soul Society. Then trouble comes to Karakura Town in the form of Visoreds, a group of ex-Soul Reapers that have crossed over into the realm of the Hollows. As they try to recruit Ichigo to their side, it is revealed that former Captain Sosuke Aizen is attempting to create an army...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2010

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BLE

Summary: "One of a string of late-career masterworks made by Kenji Mizoguchi in the first half of the 1950s, A Story from Chikamatsu (a.k.a. The Crucified Lovers) is an exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN STO

Summary: The continuing adventures of Totsuki Fine Dining Academy student Soma Yukihira, as he takes on one of the members of The Ten during the Lunar Feast while preparing for the Promotional Exam.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME FOO

Summary: The continuing adventures of master chef-hopeful Yukihira Soma and his fellow remaining second-year students at Tohtsuki Academy as they battle each other on their quest of winning the gold medal.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME FOO

Summary: The day of Rukia's execution draws ever closer, and to save her, Ichigo and his loyal comrades must navigate the madness of a Soul Society on the brink of collapse. Ichigo and Renji face the most difficult training of their Soul Reaper careers as they struggle to achieve bankai, without which they have no hope against the most powerful captain of the Seireitei - Byakuya Kuchiki.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Viz Media 2012

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ANIME BLE

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BLE

Fujitani, Ayako

Summary: An aimless artistic couple try to make their names and works known in Tokyo; a homeless person periodically emerges from the Tokyo sewers to terrorize people; an agoraphobe meets a beautiful pizza delivery woman just as an earthquake strikes Tokyo.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Liberation Entertainment 2009

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

Summary: The day of Rukia's execution draws ever closer, and to save her, Ichigo and his loyal comrades must navigate the madness of a Soul Society on the brink of collapse. Ichigo and Renji face the most difficult training of their soul reaper careers as they struggle to achieve bankai, without which they have no hope against the most powerful captain of the Seireitei-Byakuya Kuchiki. Meanwhile, all...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2010

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME BLE

Summary: Documentary of the untold story of John Lennon's 1971 album Imagine between him and Yoko Ono.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC JOH

Summary: After discovering she can leap through time, high school student Makoto Konno does what any teenager would do. She re-takes tests, corrects embarrassing situations, and sleeps in as late as she wants, never thinking that her carefree time traveling could have a negative effect on the people she cares about. By the time she realizes the damage she's done, she'll have to race against time to set...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ANIME GIR

Summary: 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 IN

Summary: Two old ladies who spend their days scavenging the local trashpiles, find a mysterious little girl in their home, knitting a sweater which will promptly be unraveled the moment it's done and knitted again-and again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Koch Entertainment 2007

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

Summary: Halfway between heaven and Earth lies Konohanatei, an inn where Yuzu, a naive yet eager foxgirl, works alongside her fellow attendants. As patrons come and go with the passing seasons and connections blossom between the girls, Yuzu's curiosity guides her. Because every guest, expected or not, has a story to tell and life lessons to share-and Yuzu is happy to listen.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME KON

Davidov, Ilko

Summary: Explores the life and career of comic book publisher Todd Loren.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MVD Visual 2012

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNA