181. Family Game, The
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Actors: Yusaku Matsuda, Juzo Itami, Saori Yuki, Ichirota Miyagawa
182. Funeral, The ( Ososhiki )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juzo Itami
Actors: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kin Sugai, Hideji Otaki
183. Tekkon Kinkreet ( Tekon kinkurîto )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Arias
Actors: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yû Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankurô Kudô
Plot: The story takes place in the fictional Takara Machi (宝町 Treasure Town) and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids: the tough, canny Kuro (クロ Black) and the childish, snot-nosed Shiro (シロ White), together known as the Neko (猫 Cats), as they deal with Yakuza attempting to take over Takara Machi.
184. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Actors: Richard Epcar, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Crispin Freeman, William Knight
Plot: Batô, the living cyborg working for Public Security Section 9, investigates a case where a pleasure model female robot has killed her owner. But in 2032, the line between humanity and cybernetics is becoming more and more blurred as humans live out there every whim - in all this a lonely ghost of man seeks to reclaim his own humanity.
185. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs ( Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki )
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mikio Naruse
Actors: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai
186. Tokyo Drifter ( Tôkyô nagaremono )
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Actors: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Ryuji Kita
Plot: A man joins his yakuza boss by going on the straight and narrow, but when a rival gang threatens to pull the men back into a life of crime and gang warfare he must become a drifter and keep his old boss out of that life.
187. Afrosamurai
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Okazaki
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kelly Hu, Ron Perlman, Jason Marsden
188. Rhapsody in August ( Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku )
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Sachiko Murase, Hisashi Igawa, Narumi Kayashima, Tomoko Otakara
189. Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, The ( Zangiku monogatari )
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Gonjurô Kawarazaki, Kakuko Mori
Plot: Tokyo, 1888, Kikunosuke Onoue is the adopted son of a famous actor who learns that all his praise is due to his father and that behind his back no one takes him seriously. His only true friend is Otoku, a wet-nurse, but the relationship is frowned upon and she is fired. But Kikunosuke follows her despite the scandal. She encourages him to become a true actor and regain the family name.
190. Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
Actors: Steve Burton, Rachel Leigh Cook, Mena Suvari, Crispin Freeman
Plot: A planet is ravaged by the "Geostigma" disease and an ex-mercenary decides to fight again when three mysterious men begin kidnapping children sticken with the sickness.
