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Personalities in the News

Date released

8 Apr 1937

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

638

NoS ID

035128

Story no

4 / 8

Extras

1 shot list

Prince Chichibu inspects culture pearl industry.

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Arata Isozaki (1987 Video)

Director

Michael Blackwood

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 58 min.

Filmed almost entirely in Japan, Isozaki revisits the most important buildings of his 20 year career. Isozaki’s work illustrates how function and form can work together to enhance metaphysical...

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Culture: English Takes Center Stage (2001 Video)

Documentary. The export of Western culture has made English a star performer on the world stage. This programme discusses the ubiquity of Shakespeare and the King James Bible, explaining their roles in...

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After eight special (1980)

Genre

Feature

This special edition of After Eight follows the London Philharmonic Orchestra to Japan and looks at what its like to be on tour with them, the sights and sounds of Japan, and Japan’s interest in the West....

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A History of Film Music

Date

8 Sep 2014, 07:59

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

A History of Film Music by Mervyn Cooke (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 584 pages, ISBN: 978-0521010481 (paperback), £17.99 About the reviewer: Dr Kevin Donnelly is Reader in Film at University of...

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The True Face of Japan

Date released

4 Sep 1950

Series name

This Modern Age

Issue no

37

NoS ID

347249

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: A discussion about whether Japanese culture is embracing Western capitalism, or Japan’s traditional religion and cultures (including courtesy, family instinct and veneration of the past).

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The Tea Ceremony

Date released

26 Dec 1976

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2482

NoS ID

030921

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tea Ceremony. DESCRIPTION: Closely linked to the Zen religion, the Tea Ceremony has been part of Japanese Culture for four hundred years. Before the Great Buddha at Kamakura a special...

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David Halberstam on Hayes programme (1987)

Genre

Interview; Phone-in; Advertisement

Brian Hayes interviews journalist and writer, David Halberstam. Conversation focuses on topics covered in his recently published book The Reckoning: American manufacturing industry decline and comparison of...

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Global Fantasy II: The Irresistible Spread of the Computer Game? (2000)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 29 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

Explores the globalisation of culture through he contemporary phenomenon of computer games. Surveys gaming culture in Japan, the US and the UK and then explores the global flows of computer games, offering...

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Steve Jones show (1988)

Genre

Interview

British actor David Yip speaks about his career and overcoming stereotypical roles offered to actors of oriental origin. Born to a Chinese father and British mother, he discusses how Chinese communities...

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