171. In the Realm of the Senses ( Ai no corrida )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Actors: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui
Plot: In 1930s Japan two lovers begin a passionate and ultimately destructive relationship.
172. Fires on the Plain ( Nobi )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis, Mantarô Ushio
173. Ju-On: The Curse 2
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Actors: Yuuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Kahori Fujii, Takako Fuji
Plot: When something of unspeakable tragedy takes place the location becomes tainted and everyone that comes here get tainted by the evil as well. A husband murders his wife and child in jelous rage because he's convinced she is having an affair. The house become cursed and more people get tainted as they enter the house.
174. Memories ( Memorîzu )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Actors: Shigeru Chiba, Hisao Egawa, Kayoko Fujii, Nobuaki Fukuda
Plot: This anime trilogy explores three unrelated sci-fi stories: in Magnetic Rose a four space travelers explore an abandoned ship only to be drawn into a world created from the memories of a single woman; in Stink Bomb a lab assistant becomes a walking biological weapon - heading straight for Tokyo and finally, in Cannon Fodder we see a life in the day of a city whose only purpose is to fire their weapons at an unknown enemy.
175. Masseurs and a Woman, The ( Anma to onna )
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Actors: Bakudankozo, Shinichi Himori, Zentaro Iijima, Hideko Kasuga
Plot: The story of Toku and Fuku, two blind masseurs who go to a mountain retreat to find work for the season. It follows their adventures, from a mysterious Tokyo woman to a rash of thefts at the inn.
176. No Regrets for Our Youth ( Waga seishun ni kuinashi )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Eiko Miyoshi
177. Cure
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa
Plot: A series of gruesome murders sweeps Tokyo - each murderer is found near the victim with no recollection of having killed anyone. A young, strange man is the only tentative link to the crimes and he starts having an effect on the people around him.
178. Gozu ( Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino
Plot: Ozaki, a Yakuza, is prone to increasingly bizarre behavior and gives the boss a reason to dispatch him. Minami, a fellow Yakuza is tasked with taking him out, even though he respects Ozaki for saving his life. Their intertwined fate takes on a surreal edge when he loses Ozaki's body and has to wade through a town full of oddities and mysteries to get it back.
179. Swallowtail Butterfly ( Suwarôteiru )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito, Yôsuke Eguchi
180. Vexille
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Actors: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Christine M. Auten, Jason Douglas
