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Cartas Teatro Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films Japan Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Campañas Japón Teatro Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 Drama Japan. Rikugun Military life Drama Letter writing, Japanese Drama Miyamoto, Musashi 1584-1645 Drama Motion pictures, Japanese Yoshikawa, Eiji 1892-1962 Film adaptationsFilter By Subjects
Cartas Teatro Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films Japan Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Campañas Japón Teatro Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 Drama Japan. Rikugun Military life Drama Letter writing, Japanese Drama Miyamoto, Musashi 1584-1645 Drama Motion pictures, Japanese Yoshikawa, Eiji 1892-1962 Film adaptationsSummary: Takada is an aging Japanese fisherman who has been estranged from his son for many years. When the son is diagnosed with terminal cancer his daughter-in-law, Rie, summons him to the hospital. When his son refuses to see him, Rie gives him a videotape about the work his son was doing on a documentary film in a remote region of China's Yunnan province. Still troubled by the relationship, Takada...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RIDSummary: A sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai, Musashi Miyamoto, set against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. Follows Musashi's odyssey from his unruly youth to his enlightened years as a warrior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The dramatic story of the end of WWII and the destruction faced by the Japanese people. This is the story of August 15, 1945, Japan's longest day, where in a single 24-hour period, the fate of 100 million people would be decided.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: AnimEigo 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JAPSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN THISummary: Sixty-one years ago, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007