New Films on Japan

Clicking on the title of a film will direct you to the UH Library web site

We urge you to screen the films before showing to your class, as there may be films with adult content.

Comedy

"Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1998/2003) DVD 3384

Documentary

Global Villages (2005) DVD 3546
Kamikaze in Color (2002) DVD 3523
Red Persimmons (2001) DVD 3309
Shirayuri kurabu Tōkyo e iku (2003) DVD 3636
Shōwa Nippon ichioku-nisenmannin no eizō (2004-2005) DVD 3294
Takie Lebra (1992) VIDEOTAPE 21746
Time machine: The Propaganda Wars Japan vs. the U.S. (1996) VIDEOTAPE 21338
Times of Witness: Fieldwork in Japan (1996) VIDEOTAPE 21747
Tokyo Olympiad (1964) DVD 3427

Erotic

Pornographers (1966/2003) DVD 3381
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) DVD 3131

Family & Youth

All About Lily Chou Chou (2001/2005) DVD 3235
Banshun-Late Spring (1949/2003) DVD 3644
Blue Spring (2004) DVD 3402
Crazed Fruit (2005) DVD 3436
Dolls (2004) DVD 3535
Early Summer (1951/2004) DVD 3252
Happiness of the Katakuris (2001) DVD 3400
If You Were Young: Rage (1970) DVD 3227
Little Nemo Adventures in Slumberland (1992/2004) DVD 3597
Maboroshi no hikari (1995/2000) DVD 3401
Nihon no yoru to kiri (1960/2003) DVD 3648
Nijūshi no hitomi (1954/2003) DVD 3647
Nobody Knows/Daremo shiranai (2005) DVD 3882
Rhapsody in August (1991/2003) DVD 3123
Sasayaki (Moonlight Whispers) (1999/2003) DVD 3312
Sōshun-Early spring (1956/2003) DVD 3643
The Cat Returns (Anime) (2002) DVD 3385
Ukigusa Monogatari - a Story of Floating Weeds (1934/1959/2004) DVD 3592

Gay/Lesbian

Hush (2003) DVD 3240
Manji (2004) DVD 3439
Gohatto Taboo (1999) DVD 3250

Murder Mystery/Psychological Drama

Audition (1999) DVD 3393
Doppelgänger (2004) DVD 3128
Eureka (2000/2003) DVD 3642
Fukushū suru wa ware ni ari (1979/2002) DVD 3645
High and Low (1963/1998) DVD 3377
Mike Yokohama: a Forest with No Name (2002) DVD 3243
MPD Psycho: Malice Spreads Like Disease [TV Program] (2000) DVD 3424
One Missed Call (2005) DVD 3383
Onibaba - Demon Woman (1964) DVD 3223
Ringu: The Ring (1998) DVD 3249
Séance (2000) DVD 3245
Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (1977/2002) DVD 3646
Uzumaki Spiral (2000) DVD 3253
Zero Focus (1961) DVD 3345

Nature

Dreams (1990/2003) DVD 3125

Okinawa

All About Lily Chou Chou (2001/2005) DVD 3235
Shinkokyū no hitsuyō (2004) DVD 3637
Shirayuri kurabu Tōkyō e iku (2003) DVD 3636

Samurai

Gōhime(1992/2003) DVD 3650
Harakiri seppuku (1962/2005) DVD 3276
Incident at Blood Pass (1970/2005) DVD 3129
Kill! (1968/2005) DVD 3388
Lower Depths / Donzoko (1957/2004) DVD 3327
Ronin Gai (1990/2005) DVD 3396
Samurai Rebellion (1967/2005) DVD 3389
Samurai Spy (1965/2005) DVD 3390
Sword of the Beast (1965/2005) DVD 3391
The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi (2003) DVD 3314
The Sea is Watching (2002) DVD 3371
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962/2002) DVD 3305

Science Fiction

Beautiful Dreamer (Anime) (1984/2004) DVD 3409
Cowboy Bebop (Anime) (2001) DVD 3306
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) DVD 3934
Kō̄kaku kidōtai 2: Inosensu = Ghost in the Shell 2 :Iinnocence (Animie)(2004) DVD 3598
Meikyu Monogatari (Animie) (2004) DVD 4066
Memories [presented by Katsuhiro Otomo] (1995) DVD 3570
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Anime) (2002) DVD 3338
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind(Anime) (1984/2005) DVD 3432
Robot Carnival (1990) VIDEOTAPE 21337
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1998) DVD 3450
The Place Promised in Our Early days/ Kumo no muko, yakusoku no basho (2004) DVD 3568
The Wings of Honneamise (1987) DVD 3347
A Tree of Palme (Anime) (2005) DVD 3307
WXII Patlabor: The Movie 3 (Anime) (2005) DVD 3600

War

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972/2005) DVD 3394

Work

Giants and Toys (1958/2004) DVD 3308
Ikiru/To Live (1952/2004) DVD 3313
Shūbun <Sukyandaru>(1950/2003) DVD 3649
Sono otoko kyōbō ni tsuki: Violent Cop (1989) DVD 3599
Stupeur et Tremblements/ Fear and Trembling (/2005) DVD 3826

Yakuza

9 Souls (2005) DVD 3224
The Yakuza Papers: Battles without Honor and Humanity (2004) DVD 3318
Beauty of the Underworld (1958/2003) DVD 3324
Branded to Kill (1967/1999) DVD 3421
City of Lost Souls (2000) DVD 3350
Dead or Alive (2003) DVD 3456
DOA 2 (2003) DVD 3126
Fire Within (2005) DVD 3130
Fudoh - The New Generation (1996) DVD 3458
Full Metal Yakuza (1997) DVD 3444
Gokudō kuroshakai - Rainy Dog (1997) DVD 3451
Gozu (2004) DVD 3226
Jingi no hakaba - Graveyard of Honor (1975/2004) DVD 3244
Kikoku Yakuza Demon (2004) DVD 3426
Pale Flower (1964/2003) DVD 3395
Pistol Opera (2001/2003) DVD 3274
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1999) DVD 3225
Shinjuku - Triad Society (2004) DVD 3222
Stray Dog (1949/2004) DVD 3228
Tokyo Drifter (1999) DVD 3386

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