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The Makioka sisters [videorecording] / by Hidaka, Shinʼya,screenwriter.; Hosokawa, Toshiyuki,actor.; Ichikawa, Kon,1915-2008,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Ishizaka, Kōji,1941-actor.; Itami, Jūzō,1933-1997,actor.; Kishi, Keiko,actor.; Kotegawa, Yūko,1959-actor.; Sakuma, Yoshiko,1939-actor.; Tanaka, Tomoyuki,1910-1997,film producer.; Yoshinaga, Sayuri,1945-actor.; Motion picture adaptation of (work):Tanizaki, Jun'ichirō,1886-1965.Sasameyuki.; Criterion Collection (Firm)(CARDINAL)348269; Janus Films.; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha,production company.;
Photography, Kiyoshi Hasegawa ; production design, Shinobu Muraki ; editor, Chizuko Osada ; music, Shinnosuke Okawa, Toshiyuki Watanabe.Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuko Kotegawa, Juzo Itami, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Koji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi.Japan, 1938. War is looming on the horizon, but the Makioka sisters are far more concerned with their domestic troubles. The sisters have taken over their family's kimono manufacturing business in Osaka, and are well off, traveling together to view the changing of the seasons--cherry blossoms in Kyoto, brilliant leaves in the fall. Tsuruko and Sachiko, the older two, have been married for quite some time. Tradition demands that they marry in order of their birth, but marrying off the shy, conservative Yukiko is proving difficult. These challenges have been particularly frustrating for youngest sister Taeko, who is eager to marry and move on with her life. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono ; enhanced for 16:9 televisions.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Arranged marriage; Courtship; Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Sisters; Young women;
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Tampopo [videorecording] / by Hosogoe, Seigo,film producer.; Itami, Jūzō,1933-1997,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Miyamoto, Nobuko,1945-actor.; Murai, Kunihiko,composer (expression); Suzuki, Akira,1928-2014,editor of moving image work.; Tamaoki, Yasushi,film producer.; Tamura, Masaki,1939-2018,cinematographer.; Watanabe, Ken,1959-actor.; Yakusho, Kōji,actor.; Yamazaki, Tsutomu,1936-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; Itami Purodakushon.production company.; Nyū Senchurī Purodyūsāzu.production company.;
Disc 1. [Feature film] -- Disc 2. [Special features].Director of photography, Masaki Tamura ; editor, Akira Suzuki ; music, Kunihiko Murai.Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Koji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Rikiya Yasuoka, Hideji Ōtaki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Fukumi Kuroda, Setsuko Shinoi, Yoshi Kato, Kinzo Sakura."The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe"--Container.MPAA rating: Not rated.DVD; region 1, NTSC; wide screen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Man-woman relationships; Noodles; Restaurant management; Truck drivers;
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The funeral [videorecording] / by Ōtaki, Hideji,1925-2012,actor.; Hosogoe, Seigo,film producer.; Itami, Jūzō,1933-1997,film director,screenwriter.; Iyer, Pico,writer of supplemental material.(CARDINAL)739480; Maeda, Yonezo,1935-2021,director of photography.; Miyamoto, Nobuko,1945-actor.; Okada, Yutaka,1938-film producer.; Sugai, Kin,1926-2018,actor.; Suzuki, Akira,1928-2014,editor of moving image work.; Tamaoki, Yasushi,film producer.; Yamazaki, Tsutomu,1936-actor.; Yuasa, Jōji,composer (expression); Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; Itami Purodakushon,production company.; Nyū Senchurī Purodyūsāzu,production company.;
Cinematography, Yonezo Maeda ; editor, Akira Suzuki ; music, Joji Yuasa.Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Ōtaki Hideji."It's death, Japanese style, in the rollicking and wistful first feature from maverick writer-director Juzo Itami. In the wake of her lascivious father's sudden passing, a successful actor (Itami's wife and frequent collaborator, Nobuko Miyamoto) and her husband (Tsutomu Yamazaki) leave Tokyo and return to their family house to oversee a traditional funeral. Over the course of three days of mourning that bring illicit escapades in the woods, a surprisingly materialistic priest (Yasujiro Ozu regular Chishu Ryu), and cinema's most epic sandwich handoff, the tensions between public propriety and private hypocrisy are laid bare. Deftly weaving dark comedy with poignant family drama, The Funeral is a fearless satire of the clash between old and new in Japanese society in which nothing, not even the finality of death, is off-limits"--Container.Special edition features: interview with actors Nobuko Miyamoto and Manpei Ikeuchi; Creative marriages: Juzo Itami & Nobuko Miyamoto (a short program produced by the Criterion Channel); commercials for Ichiroku Tart by director Juzo Itami; trailers; plus an essay by Pico Iyer.DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby monaural.
Subjects: Foreign language films; Dark comedy films.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies; Families;
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Fruits basket. [videorecording] / by Artist Not Provided; Cook, Justin,director.; Daichi, Akitarô,1956-director.; Hisakawa, Aya,1968-voice actor.; Jewell, Jerry,1976-voice actor.Television adaptation of (work):; Seki, Tomokazu,1972-voice actor.; Takaya, Natsuki,1973-Furūtsu basuketto.; Vale, Eric,1974-voice actor.;
The strangest day -- The Sohma curse -- All shapes and sizes -- Here comes Kagura! -- A rice ball in a fruits basket -- Invincible friendship -- A plum on the back -- Don't cry, for the snow will surely melt -- A solitary new year -- Make it clear if it'sblack or white -- Everybody loves chocolate -- White day -- A new school term starts -- The adult's episode : Ayame's a messed up snake! -- There are no memories it's OK to forget -- If we've three then we don't need to fear Jason -- It's because I've been loved that I've become stronger -- The strongest tag - the cursed electric wave brother and sister -- The source of cheer can be affected by colds too -- Ayame's secret life -- Sophist Boy has captured the Prince -- Prince Yuki Fan Club -- Is the rumored Ri that mother's daughter? -- The curse of the cat -- True form.Japanese voices: Aya Hisakawa, Tomokazu Seki, Yui Horie ; English voices: Eric Vale, Jerry Jewell, Laura Bailey.Originally broadcast on Japanese television in 2001.A sixteen-year-old orphaned girl is invited to live with the cursed Sohma family where certain members turn into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac when they are hugged by someone of the opposite sex.TV rating: TV-14.These are Blu-ray discs made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Fantasy comedies (Television programs); Fiction television programs.; Television adaptations.; Television series.; Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-; Dysfunctional families; Magic; Orphans; Zodiac;
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