Takita DVDs / Jun Ichikawa / End of Summer VCD

[Michael E. Kerpan]

I see that two recent films by Yojiro Takita are available on DVDs from Hong
Kong -- the Exam and Himitsu.  Are these worth getting?  (They sound a bit
Hollywoodesque from their descriptions).

Are any films by Jun Ichikawa (reasonably) available in any home format (video,
VCD, DVD).  I haven't been able to find any web source (that lists titles in
English).  If this is answered by Aaron's recent list, sorry, but I didn't get
many recognizable names in my copy of his letter, just stuff like
"$BK4Nn2xG-20I_(B"

BTW, I did find a Chinese subtitled VCD version of Ozu's _End of Summer_ listed
at www.yesasia.com.

Best wishes

Michael Kerpan