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“Early Summer.” “Mother.” Sony/Japan Society. $59.95 each. Classic early-’50s films about resilience and change in post-World War II Japanese families. ****

“Road to Utopia.” MCA. $29.95. 1946. The Hope-Crosby comedy team in the Klondike.*** 1/2

“The Incredible Shrinking Man.” MCA. $29.95. 1957. One of the better ‘50s sci-fi B pictures, featuring a Richard Matheson script.***

“Return of the Living Dead II.” Lorimar. $89.95. 1988. R. More ghoulish humor as the dead become the non-dead and vice versa. ***

“Steel Dawn.” Vestron. $89.98. Patrick Swayze does a different kind of “Dirty Dancing”--it’s more like “Filthy Fighting”--in this tale of nomadic warriors and other comic-book types. *

“The Virgin Queen of St. Francis High.” Media. $79.95. PG. Dumb teen courtship comedy. *

“Dogs in Space.” Key. $79.98. 1987. R. Featuring INXS, this Australian film concerns 1978 rock band and house it shares with various other misfits.

“Real Men.” CBS/Fox. $79.98. 1987. PG-13. Spy spoof that went poof at box office. With John Ritter and Jim Belushi.

OTHER NEW VIDEOS

“Star Trek TV Series.” Paramount. $12.95 each. Final 18 episodes to make it to video.

“The Joy of Stress.” Wood Knapp. $19.95. Dr. Peter Hanson on managing stress and generating energy.

“Couples Do It Debbie’s Way.” VidAmerica. $29.98. Debbie Reynolds’ new exercise tape.

“Final Four, the Movie.” JCI. $49.99. Documentary on history of the NCAA basketball championships.

“Windham Hill--Tibet.” Paramount. $29.95. Old mountains and monasteries set to new-age music by Mark Isham.

“WrestleMania IV.” Coliseum. $39.95. Four hours (!) of Hulk Hogan, Brutus Beefcake, et al., at March 27 super-bouts. On two cassettes.

“Abel’s Island.” Random House. $14.95. William Steig tale animated by Michael Sporn. Half-hour, with Tim Curry doing voice of Abel the mouse.

“Storytime Musical Treasury.” J2. $14.95 each. Two half-hour versions of “Peter and the Wolf” and “Carnival of the Animals” with music and puppets.

“Fodor’s Mexico.” “Fodor’s Great Britain.” “Fodor’s Hawaii.” Random House. $19.95 each. Video “guidebooks,” each approximately 75 minutes.

“Joe Jackson Live in Tokyo.” A&M.; $19.98. A 114-minute concert tape of English jazz-pop singer.

“Roy Orbison & Friends.” “B.B. King & Friends.” “The Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll.” HBO. $19.99 each. Musical “Super Sessions” from Cinemax cable, including the highly acclaimed, black-and-white Orbison hour featuring Bruce Springsteen and Jackson Browne, among others.

“Romantic Wine Country.” Stat. $29.95. A 54-min. tour of Northern California’s wineries. Information: (213) 221-3550.

“Color Me Beautiful.” Random House. $19.95. An hour of makeup tips from Carole Jackson.