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Reports: Japan Society gives a Garden Party

Date released

14 Jun 1937

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

419

NoS ID

007699

Story no

7 / 13

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japan Society Gives a Garden Party. SHOTLIST: Shots of the guests at the Garden Party both Japanese and English. Duke of Gloucester is present. Duchess poses with Princess Chichibu. The...

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Goodbye Cp (2007)

aka: Sayonara Cp

Director

Kazuo Hara

Subject

Social Studies; Social welfare

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1, 82 minutes), $29.95

Maverick documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara once again criticizes the mores and customs of Japanese society in this unsentimental portrait of adults with cerebral palsy. Focusing on how the CP victims are...

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Titus Andronicus (2006 Video)

Director

Yukio Ninagawa

Video recording, using a single, fixed camera, of The Ninagawa Company’s 2004 production of Titus Andronicus with Kotaro Yoshida as Titus.

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Iranian Cinema: A Political History

Date

31 Mar 2014, 10:27

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Iranian Cinema: A Political History by Hamid Reza Sadr (I.B. Tauris, September 2006), 320 pages, ISBN: 101845111478 (paperback) £16.99; ISBN 978-1845111465 (hardback) £45.00 About the reviewer: Dr...

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Japanese London

Date released

28 Mar 1968

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

692

NoS ID

121980

Story no

1 / 1

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A kimono worn in London today is no Carnaby Street caper. It’s part of a determined gesture by Japanese in Britain to retain their national dress, cultures and customs. Like Origami - paper...

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Eat the Kinono (1989 Video)

Director

Claire Hunt; Kim Longinotto

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Women’s studies

Distribution

Sale (video only), Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A biography of Hanayagi Genshu, Japanese feminist and dancer, who shocked traditional elements of Japanese society with her radical politics and avant-garde performances. She was prepared to flout the...

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Video Letter II: Japan into the Nineties (1990 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 6 x 30 min., 1997 sale: £5.00 each (+VAT inc. p&p)

Series exploring the structure and values of contemporary Japanese society through the eyes of people experiencing each aspect of life. 1: Looks at the education systems and discusses examination pressures...

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Hirohito Documentaries (2007)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 120 minutes), $9.99

Three documentaries on Emperor Hirohito who ruled Japan from December 25, 1926 until his death in 1989. His reign was the longest of any historical Japanese emperor, and he oversaw many significant changes...

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Introduction to the Video Letters from Japan, An (1990 Video)

Subject

Sociology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25? min.

Introductory programme to the TDK Video Letter Project, based on video programmes exploring the structure and values of contemporary Japanese society as seen through the eyes of Japanese people. The series...

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Can Do Kendo?

Date released

12 Feb 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1706

NoS ID

024502

Story no

6 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Can Do Kendo?. DESCRIPTION: The Japanese can do it, and the London Judo Society has a number of members learning to do it: Kendo, a ritual form of fencing in which the armour and...

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