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 Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC BLU-RAY FOREIGN BLINSummary: 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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Summary: "In the prosperous kingdom of Pars lies the Royal Capital of Ecbatana, a city of splendor and wonder, ruled by the undefeated and fearsome King Andragoras. Arslan is the young and curious prince of Pars who, despite his best efforts doesn't seem to have what it takes to be a proper king like his father. At the age of 14, Arslan goes to his first battle and loses everything as the blood-soaked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2014
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HERTanaka, Yoshiki
Summary: Though Arslan and his party have escaped Kharlan s forces, Kharlan will stop at nothing to capture the former prince of Pars. To draw out Arslan, Kharlan has an underhanded plan to massacre innocent villagers until the prince makes his appearance, but Arslan will not stand idly by while the lives of his people are at stake, so he heads out to take on Kharlan and his army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2015
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2004
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN IKITanaka, Yoshiki
Summary: "The priestess Farangis and wandering minstrel Gieve have joined Prince Arslan in his quest to reclaim his kingdom. But these new additions are far from enough to stand up against the vast army of Lusitania and the nefarious scheming of the Man in the Silver Mask. Arslan must seek reinforcements from Kashan Fortress and is warmly greeted by its lord, Hodir, but Hodir's hospitality will come at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kodansha Comics 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HERKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide--and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide--and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: The suspense builds as a group of Tokyo teens tries to discover what strange force is leading so many to take their own lives--and just why they have been spared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: "A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide, and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: "Taisuke and Yuta are searching for their kidnapped friends when they are ambushed by the wind-wielding Morio. Can Taisuke use his burgeoning powers to escape? Whom can Taisuke and Yuta trust?"--P [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: Taisuke, having defeated Adou and Ron, must decide whether he can trust them to lead him to Acro's Heart where mastermind Katsumata waits.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIOzawa, Tadashi
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic-sha Pub. 2001
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIKawashima, Tadashi.
Summary: "A strange virus is making its way around the globe, causing its victims to commit suicide, and becoming a lethal pandemic in less than a week. Now a group of Tokyo teens who have survived the outbreak are wondering why they are still alive"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey/Ballantine Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ALIOno, Tadashi
Summary: "A collection of more than 100 recipes that introduces Japanese comfort food to American home cooks, exploring new ingredients, techniques, and the surprising origins of popular dishes like gyoza and tempura. Japanese food is often thought of as precise, austere, and time-consuming. But along with the high (kaiseki and tea ceremony) there is also the low (food carts and fried chicken). Through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 ONOYasuda, Takashi
Summary: "Marimo, comes home mentally drained after being laid off from her job. Her father runs Japanese candy business, facing a severe decline in customers and acquisition threat from a local competitor. One night, Marimo doses off in her bedroom. In her dream, she meets the mysterious duo of Rosie and Emo. From them, she learns how to rebuild her family's business through marketing, and starts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 YASKojima, Takashi
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1954
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 513.028 KOJSummary: The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WIFMiike, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Look Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SUKKatakawa, Yuko
Summary: Mouse, Fox, Snake, and Spider try to frighten Bear, the biggest, loudest, bravest, strongest--and possibly trickiest--animal in the forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KATHisakawa, Haru
Summary: A full-color manga about purrfectly professional massage therapists: fluffy cats who knead your troubles away. Nekoyama, worn out after another long day at the office, stops at a therapeutic massage parlor only to discover that it s run by a cat! Not only that, but the cat actually does the massaging?! As the professional meowsseur digs soft toe beans into Nekoyama s aching muscles, his heart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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Summary: Nothing beats a massage from a cat! Having developed an addiction to the cats' comforting and therapeutic massages, Nekoyama and his fellow office workers return to the parlor. The cats work whenever they want, but lucky for Nekoyama and company, the parlor is open today. There's even a new cat working there!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas Entertainment 2021
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Summary: Information and techniques for drawing, Manga style, the male form--from posture to shoes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic-sha Publishing 2002