Booking Japanese films in 35mm

[bernst_m@bellsouth.net]

I may have asked this last year and if so, apologies.

I find it virtually impossible to find classic or recent Japanese film
titles available in 35mm
to show on my college campus.  Between distributor disinterest, lack of
prints, difficulties of
locating rights holders, it's a lot of work.

Can anyone suggest any websites / clearing houses or specialty distributors
that facilitate this process?

I'm looking to program three or so films, perhaps on one of the following
themes:

the 150th anniversary of US-Japan relations (perhaps one from different
periods--Meiji, Edo, Showa)
documentaries
japanese traditional stories or myths
traditional japanese arts (tea ceremony, martial arts, kabuki, etc.)
animation

But I'm not tied to these themes at all.

Any information / advice would be most, most appreciated.

Thanks,
Matthew Bernstein