121. Tokyo Twilight ( Tôkyô boshoku )
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Ineko Arima, Kamatari Fujiwara, Setsuko Hara, Nobuo Nakamura
Plot: Two sister live with their father - the youngest is involved with an affair and finds herself pregnant while the eldest has recently left her husband, her child in tow. When their mother, long thought dead, suddenly re-enters their lives, both sisters have different reactions - even after learning her full story.
122. Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass ( Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
123. Good Morning ( Ohayô )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake
Plot: The setting is Japan, late 50s, in a westernized suburban community. Two boys go on a silence strike in order to secure a television set as we follow along with this small community and see how important small talk and communication is in their daily lives.
124. Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, The ( Suzumiya Haruhi no shôshitsu )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Actors: Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yuko Goto
Plot: Kyon, your everyday highschooler, lives an extraordinary life with just about no rest whatsoever. The reason behind this is none other than a girl named Haruhi Suzumiya. They meet a time-traveler, alien, and esper along the way that go by the names of Mikuru, Yuki, and Itsuki, and together they form the SOS Brigade! However, Haruhi was not, and has never been aware of these things, as she wields the power to control the universe in which ever way she wants. Kyon, Itsuki, Mikuru, and Yuki need to prevent her from finding this out. In this movie, Kyon wakes up one morning only to realize that...Haruhi has gone missing, Mikuru and Yuki no longer remember him, and Itsuki's class doesn't even exist! Kyon is the only one who remembers anything!
125. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Junkichi Orimoto, Yasosuke Bando
Plot: The life of Yukio Mishima, who committed public ritual suicide seppuku, is presented in both the day he died, his early life and three of his short stories brought to life. Explores Japanese nationalism, repressed sexuality and the secrets that define our lives.
126. Garden of Words ( Koto no ha no niwa )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Actors: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Gou Maeda
Plot: An expected encounter in a rainy garden changes the life of an aspiring shoe designer forever.
127. Geisha, A ( Gion bayashi )
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburô Kawazu, Saburo Date
Plot: In post-war Kyoto, a geisha takes on an apprentice. One year later, she is ready to debut, but they need a large sum of money first. The money comes from a tea-house owner, who in return borrowed it from a businessman, who fancies the new geisha while wanting to trade the older to conclude another business deal. But the two geisha women have their own idead.
128. Great Duel, The ( Dai satsujin )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eiichi Kudo
Actors: Tôru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezo Kataoka
129. Bird People in China, The ( Chûgoku no chôjin )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Li Li Wang
130. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' ( Doragon bôru Z: Fukkatsu no 'F' )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Actors: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Masaharu Satô
