Summary: A portrait of a woman victimized by the strictures of seventeenth-century feudal Japanese society, from her beginnings as the daughter of a samurai and ending up as a prostitute.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

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

Summary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VAL

Summary: Three girls come to New York City and later, Hollywood, to chase their dreams of stardom: there's Anne, the innocent secretary type who becomes an assistant to a large theatrical agent; Neely, an aspiring chorus girl with pluck who dreams of being a singer; and the beautiful blonde Jennifer, who longs to be a real actress, but is destined to be regarded as a sex object. Life has a lot to give...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA VAL

Summary: Originally based on a short story from science fiction writer Harlan Ellison, this is an epic tale of a boy, Vic, and his telepathic dog, Blood, as they trudge through a post-apocalyptic world. The pair travels together on a search for food and other pleasures that leads them to an underground society where life has been preserved! While Vic finds that he has escaped the devastation of the war,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI BOY

Mizoguchi, Kenji

Summary: Slave traders tear a governer's family apart after a feudal lord forces him into exile.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007

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

Summary: Anne of Green Gables, a new adaptation of the classic series, set in 1907 on beautiful Prince Edward Island. Anne Shirley is sent there to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who wanted to adopt a boy. Anne must make her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and in Avonlea to ensure she is never sent back to the orphanage again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY ANN

Summary: "The fortunes of the MacDonalds have always been up and down, but now Paul, Archie's brother, is newly installed as master of Glenbogle. Can this town come to terms with the new monarch?"

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2007

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MON

Summary: Hard-luck hound Hank finds himself in a town full of cats who need a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's evil plot to wipe their village off the map. With help from a reluctant teacher to train him, our underdog must assume the role of town samurai and team up with the villagers to save the day.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV PAW

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAW

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAW

Sharma, Suraj

Summary: Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2013

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

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD LIF RATED PG

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Li

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE LIF

Summary: Night key: An ingenious inventor of a security system is kidnapped by a gang of burglars and forced to help them commit robberies.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: DVD HORROR BOR

Summary: This heartrending masterpiece by Kenji Mizoguchi about the give-and-take between life and art marked the director's first use of the hypnotic long takes and eloquent camera movements that would come to define his films. The adopted son of legendary kabuki actor Kikunosuke, who is striving to achieve stardom by mastering female roles, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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

Summary: Mulan: Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: [Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY MUL

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MUL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUL

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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Mulan 2013

Summary: After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2009

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Co