Sakamoto, Ryūichi 1952-

The last emperor ( Visual )
6 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and Portuguese and held by 856 libraries worldwide
"The life of [Chinese] Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval within and without the walls of the Forbidden City"--Container.

Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 675 libraries worldwide
An adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel about two mismatched lovers and the terrible vengeance one takes on the people he blames for tearing them apart.

Femme fatale ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 476 libraries worldwide
An alluring seductress is suddenly exposed to the world, including her enemies, by a voyeuristic photographer who becomes ensnared in her surreal quest for revenge.

The handmaid's tale ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in English and held by 451 libraries worldwide
Set in the near future, the handmaids of the title are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide-spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the Republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training center. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her!

Peachboy ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in English and held by 406 libraries worldwide
Japanese folktale in which a peasant couple discovers a little boy inside a giant peach. In time, Momotaro the Peachboy becomes a great warrior who sets off on an epic journey to deliver his people from an evil band of ogres.

Derrida ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2003 and 2007 in French and held by 394 libraries worldwide
Jacques Derrida is best known for having formulated a theoretical analysis commonly referred to as "deconstruction." His writings on language, rhetoric, and philosophy interrogate and challenge the formulations of certain basic precepts of Western metaphysics, such as presence, truth, the position of the subject and nature of identity. Politically active and deeply committed to social justice, he devoted his life work to rethinking positions of racism, power, and oppression using his sharp and surprising analytical skills to address the ways in which they overtly and covertly operate. One of the most cited and influential contemporary intellectual figures, the film illuminates the paradox of Derrida, a person who was at once both extremely private and extremely public.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 321 libraries worldwide
In a Japanese prison camp on Java in 1942, two British officers, John Lawrence and Jack Celliers, encounter camp commander Yonoi and his sergeant Hara. Things had been going pretty well, until charismatic, rebellious Celliers arrived. Yonoi is a devotee of the samurai ideal; neither he nor Hara can understand the stoic way in which the British prisoners accept their situation of defeat. Lawrence speaks Japanese, and ceaselessly tries to mediate between the prisoners and their overseers, translating both the words the values of the two races. Celliers attitude, however, is more comprehensible to Yonoi. He and Celliers arrive at a sort of détente, based on an admiration for the other, but this eventually turns into a contest of wills as the camp's carefully nurtured equilibrium is destroyed.

The sheltering sky ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 273 libraries worldwide
An American artist couple, drawn by desire to the Sahara, travel there shortly after World War II in order to follow their passionate obsessions in an attempt to recapture the love they once shared.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ( Visual )
21 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in English and held by 175 libraries worldwide
British army officer Jack Celliers is sentenced to a Japanese P.O.W. camp in Java where he engages in a private war of wills with the camp's commander and a belligerent sergeant. Despite the gruesome setting, Celliers and his fellow prisoner John Lawrence come to understand and respect the special Japanese code of honor.

Peachboy by Eric Metaxas ( Recording )
9 editions published between 1991 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 166 libraries worldwide
Features Sigourney Weaver reading the Japanese folktale of Peachboy. After Momotaro is found floating on the river inside a giant peach, the young boy matures into a great warrior who fights the evil demons who terrorize his village. Includes eight musical selections written and performed by Ryūichi Sakamoto.