191. Quiet Duel, The ( Shizukanaru ketto )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjo, Kenjiro Uemura
Plot: Dr. Kyoji gets infected by Syphilis from a drunken man named Nakata, a soon to be father. Minegishi is a nurse who secretly has feelings for Kyoji. Kyoji gets emotionally affected by the unfortunate incident.
192. April Story ( Shigatsu monogatari )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Kaori Fujii, Rumi
193. Paradise Lost ( Shitsurakuen )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba
Plot: Junichi Watanabe penned the novel about forbidden love - Paradise Lost is the story put on screen as two lovers engage in a sudden, passionate affair - but the relationship is so intense, it may destroy them both.
194. When the Last Sword is Drawn ( Mibu gishi den )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yojiro Takita
Actors: Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata
195. Steamboy ( Suchîmubôi )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Actors: Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Patrick Stewart, Kari Wahlgren
196. Samurai 1: Miyamoto Musashi
Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa
Plot: a young man in a small fuedal japanese village wishes to leave the farming life, and become a samurai warrior. During various attacks by local ronin, he learns what he must do, to become the man he is destined to be, and to obtain the skill that he will soon perfect.
197. Burmese Harp, The ( Biruma no tategoto )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Actors: Rentaro Mikuni, Shôji Yasui, Jun Hamamura, Taketoshi Naitô
198. House ( Hausu )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Actors: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida, Ai Matsubara
Plot: House (Hausu) is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six classmates to her sick aunt's country home, where they come face to face with supernatural events as the girls are, one by one, devoured by the home.
199. Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion ( Gekijô ban Burîchi: Za Daiamondo dasuto riberion - Mô hitotsu no hyôrinmaru )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Actors: Akira Ishida, Masakazu Morita, Romi Pak, Johnny Yong Bosch
200. Electric Dragon 80,000 V
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sogo Ishii
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase, Yoshiki Arizono
