Research Guides: Japanese Studies Resource: Movies & TV drama

Japanese Romanization Standards

Most North American academic libraries follow the Library of Congress' Japanese romanization rules. Many Japanese libraries use either Modified Hepburn or Kunreishiki romanization. Please see the following links for more information on various romanization standards.

Library of Congress Romanization

Searching Japanese Materials in Library Catalogs (video)

Research Databases and Guides

Dorama database
テレビドラマデータベース
Film Library Guide (LibGuide) at OSU Libraries
The OSU Libraries Film LibGuide compiles a vast number of resources, which can assist users in locating a broad variety of materials including Japanese and/or on Japanese Studies topics.
Japanese Animated Film Classics Database 日本アニメション映画クラシックス
Launched by the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo in 2017, the site offers 64 newly digitized pre-war productions, archival materials from the Noburō Ōfuji Collection (大藤信郎記念館), starting with Japan's oldest known film, "Namakura Gatana" 『なまくら刀』(1917). The site will continue to add materials on an experimental basis from the past 100 years.
JFROL（Japanese Film Resources Online）
映画資料所在地情報検索システムです。シナリオ、ポスター等のノンフィルム資料の所在地（所蔵館）を横断的に検索することが出来ます。研究用資料の調査、展示会のキュレーション等にご利用いただけます。
NDL Digital Collections - Science Film 科学映像
The Society for the Support of the Science Film Museum (Incorporated NPO) collected and digitized science films. These films produced mainly from 1950s to 1990s. Among these films, the films provided by the society to the NDL are available within the facilities of the NDL.

EASC A/V Titles

In 2016, our East Asian Studies unit at the library received a large donation from EASC's A/V collection. Here is a list of Japanese and Japanese Studies-related titles that were in the collection and are now available to all campus users.

Note: some items do not have call numbers but are instead linked to a streaming source in our catalog.

Title (English)		Call Number
150 Years of US-Japan Relations Past, Present, and Future: Part 1 Promoting Friendship & Part 2 Strengthening the Partnership		E183.8.J3 A15 2003 DVD
47 Samurai Chūshingura		PN1995.9.S24 C485 2002 DVD
A Taxing Woman's Return		PN1997 .M365252 1999 Videotape
Akira		PN1997 .A3218 2009 DVD
An Autumn Afternoon		PN1997 .S2597 2008 DVD
Big Bird in Japan		PN1992.77 .S43 2004 DVD
Black Rain		PN1997.2 .K87 2009 DVD
Castle in the Sky		PN1997.5 .C3875 2010 DVD pt.1-2
Chikamatsu Monogatari		PN1997 .C45384 1990z Videotape
Chushingura: The 47 Loyal Retainers		PN1995.9.S24 C485 2002 DVD
Cruel Story of Youth		PN1997 .S3566 1992 Videotape
Departures		PN1997.2 .D473 2009 DVD
Dodes'ka-Den		PN1998.3.K87 A64 2009 DVD v.3
Dreams		PN1997 .Y86 2003 DVD c.2
Drugstore Girl		PN1997.2 .D675 2004 DVD
Early Summer		PN1997 .B328 2004 DVD
Equinox Flower		PN1997 .H4794 1992 Videotape
Good Morning		PN1995.9.F35 O42 2000 DVD
Goyokin		PN1997 .G696 2006 DVD
Harakiri		PN1995.9.S24 H357 2005 DVD pt.1-2
High and Low		PN1997 .H4966 1998 DVD
Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped		Link here
Ikiru		PN1997 .I363 2004 DVD pt.1-2
Iyomande: The Ainu Bear Festival		Link here
Japan 2000: Changing Lifestyles		DS822.5 .C45 1994
Japan 2000: The Future of the Countryside		HD2092 .F88 1994
Japan 2000: The Hi-Tech Road		Link here
Japan 2000: Against All Odds		Link here
Japan Past and Present: Buddha in the Land of the Kami (7th-12th Centuries)		Link here
Japan: Resources for Understanding As Iwate Goes… Is Culture Local		Link here
Japanese History and Literature: Classical Japan and the Tale of Genji		PL726.1 .J37 1996 Videotape pt.1
Japanese History and Literature: Medieval Japan and Buddhism in Literature		PL726.1 .J37 1996 Videotape pt.2
Japanese History and Literature: Tokugawa Japan and Puppet Theater Novels, and the Hiaku of Basaho		PL726.1 .J37 1996 Videotape pt.3
Japan's Peace Constitution		KNX2070 .J383 2006 DVD
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior		PN1997 .K25 1990 Videotape
Kikujiro		PN1995.9.J34 K54 2000 DVD c.2
Kitaro		PN1997.2 .G444 2007 DVD
Late Chrysanthemums		PN1997 .B3352 1995 Videotape
Late Spring		PN1995.9.F35 B24 2006 DVD pt.1-2
Left Handed		PN1995.9.J34 T63 2012 DVD
Linda Linda Linda		PN1995.9.J34 L56 2007 DVD
Makiko's New World		Link here
Nana		PN1997.2 .N363 2006 DVD
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind		PN1997.5 .K39 2005 DVD pt.1-2 c.2
Neighborhood Tokyo		Link Here
No Regrets for Our Youth		PN1997 .W244 2007 DVD
One Wonderful Sunday		PN1997 .S79 2007 DVD
People's Century: 1900-1999: 1939 Total War		D421 .P46 1998 Videotape v.10 1939, Total war
Plants on the ICU Campus		QK369 .K39 2004 DVD
Pom Poko		PN1997.5 .P65 2005 DVD pt.1-2
Princess Monoke		PN1997.5 .M66 2000 DVD
Ran		PN1997 .R2351 1986 c.2
Rashomon		PN1997 .R244 2002 DVD
Red Beard		PN1997 .A32155 2002 DVD c.2
Rikyu		PN1997 .R555 2003 DVD
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto		PN1995.9.S24 S268 2012 DVD pt.1-3
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple		PN1995.9.S24 S268 2012 DVD pt.1-3
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island		PN1995.9.S24 S268 2012 DVD pt.1-3
Sanjuro		PN1998.3.K87 A64 2009 DVD v.20
Sanshiro Sugata		PN1998.3.K87 A64 2009 DVD v.1
Seven Samurai		PN1997 .K48 2006 DVD pt.1-3
Shall We Dance?		PN1995.9.F67 S43 2005 DVD
Shodo: The Path of Writing		NK3637.A2 S56 1989 Videotape
Snow Country		Link Here
Spirited Away		PN1997.5 .S69 2003 DVD pt.1-2
Stray Dog		PN1997 .N6365 2004 DVD
Tampopo		PN1997 .T265 1998 DVD
The Bad Sleep Well		PN1997 .W394 2006 DVD
The Ballad of Narayama		PN1997 .N368 2008 DVD
The Hidden Fortress		PN1998.3.K87 A64 2009 DVD v.17
The Human Face of Japan: A Working Couple (Urban Family Life)		Link Here
The Idiot		PN1997 .I3345 2007 DVD
The Japanese: Farm Song		HQ682 .F27 1997 Videotape
The Japanese: Full Moon Lunch		HQ682 .F84 1995 Videotape
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail		PN1997 .T6348 1998 Videotape
The Realm of the Senses		PN1997 .D294 2009 DVD
The Sisters of Gion		PN1997 .G496 2008 DVD
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum		PN1997 .Z37 1997 Videotape
The Tokyo Trial: Part 1		D804.J32 T65 2003 DVD pt.1-3
The Tokyo Trial: Part 2		D804.J32 T65 2003 DVD pt.1-3
The Tokyo Trial: Part 3		D804.J32 T65 2003 DVD pt.1-3
The Toyko Trial		D804.J32 T65 2003 DVD pt.1-3
The World at War: Banzai - Japan Strikes December 1941		D743.23 .W64 2001 DVD v.1
The World at War: Japan 1941-1945		D743.23 .W64 2004 DVD v.6
The World at War: The Bomb		D743.23 .W64 2001 DVD v.4
Throne of Blood		PN1997 .T4846 2003
Tokyo Olympiad		GV722 1964 .I24 1996
Tokyo Story		PN1997 .T6335 2003 DVD pt.1-2
Tora-San, His Tender Love		PN1997.A1 O86 2009 DVD pt.1 - 5
Tora-San, Our Loveable Tramp		PN1997.A1 O86 2009 DVD pt.1 - 5
Tora-San's Cherished Mother		PN1997.A1 O86 2009 DVD pt.1 - 5
Tora-San's Grand Scheme		PN1997.A1 O86 2009 DVD pt.1 - 5
Touch the Spirit of Japan		DS894.62 .R45 2003 DVD
Traffic Jam (Jutai)		PN1997 .J87 1995 Videotape
Ugetsu		PN1997 .U373 2005 DVD v.1&2
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun		PN1997 .G865 2005 DVD
Utamaro and His Five Women		PL832.U47 U82 1993 Videotape
Vengeance is Mine		PN1997 .F776 2007 DVD
Village of Dreams		PN1995.9.J34 E65 1999 DVD
Wings of Defeat: Once, we were Kamikaze		D792.J3 W564 2008 DVD
Woman in the Dunes		PN1997 .S8294 2007 DVD
Yojimbo		PN1997 .Y58 1999 DVD

Streaming Video at OSU Libraries

Asian Film Online
Asian Film Online offers a view of Asian culture as seen through the lens of the independent Asian filmmaker. A selection of over 1,000 narrative feature films, documentaries and shorts curated by film scholars and critics.
Docuseek2
Essential documentary films for higher education. Exclusive academic streaming for films from renowned leaders in documentary film distribution. Videos are available in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other languages.
To search for specific language, users must use the "advanced search" function, located in the "Language" drop down box.
Kanopy
Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides 12 million students and faculty with access to more than 26,000 films each year. It has an extensive library of both Japanese language titles and English titles related to Japanese Studies.
Swank
The Libraries can license some films for streaming through Swank Motion Pictures
• To see what we currently have licensed for streaming, visit go.osu.edu/swanklist
• To request a new film for streaming, fill out a request form, available via the above "Swank" link
• For questions about this service, contact olivera.3@osu.edu

Movie Communities/ Club

Kinema Club