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  1. Then and Now (2012)

    Director
    Paul Johannessen
    Subject
    Environmental science; Geography

    This short (15 minute) introductory documentary, shot in November 2011 in Ishinomaki, Japan, looks at how the recovery from the Tsunami earlier that year is going. During a trip to Ishinomaki in November,...

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  2. Japan and China: The Unforgotten War (2006)

    Subject
    Economics; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    DVD

    Just a few sentences in a Japanese history textbook in 2005 sparked the biggest protests China had seen since 1989. The subject of those sentences— the Nanjing Massacre —occurred during World War II, but...

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  3. Kochuu: Japanese Architecture / Influence & Origin (2006)

    Director
    Jesper Wachtmeister
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 53 minutes), £14.99 (QL) £145.00 Artfilms)

    KOCHUU is about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future and traditional concepts,...

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  4. Shakespeare in Japan (1995 Multimedia)

    Director
    Deguchi Norio
    Subject
    Drama

    CD-ROM. A multimedia exposition and comparison of three parallel productions of The Shakespeare Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, all directed by Deguchi Norio at the Tokyo Globe in 1994. Each...

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  5. Throne of Blood (1957 Film, Video)

    aka: Throne of Blood

    Director
    Akira Kurosawa
    Producer
    Akira Kurosawa
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £14.99

    The story of MACBETH transposed to medieval Japan, with Macbeth as a samurai and drawing on traditions from Noh drama. Toshiro Mifune is Macbeth. In Kurosawa’s masterly interpretation of MACBETH ‘the...

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  6. Interlude 9: "Kurosawa Films" Alexander M (Audio)

    Subject
    Drama; Shakespeare

    Podcast. Weekly showdown hosted by Stephanie Crugnola that pits her against academics, actors and teachers to debate a Shakespeare-related ‘best of’ - with listeners getting the opportunity to vote on...

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