201. An Autumn Afternoon ( Sanma no aji )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Chishu Ryu, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada
Plot: An aging Japanese widower lives with his daughter and son. His older son is married and his wife has control of the finances. Meeting with friends and having a reunion with an old school teacher reveals that his daughter is still unmarried and he realizes it may be time to arrange a marriage for her - even though she is happy in her current position.
202. Gate of Flesh ( Nikutai no mon )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Actors: Yumiko Nogawa, Jo Shishido, Kayo Matsuo, Satoko Kasai
Plot: A group of prostitutes in post-WWII Japan struggle to survive on their own by following a strict code: no sex for free. Those who transgress are subjected to torture and humiliation.
203. Face of Another, The ( Tanin no kao )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Teshigahara
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Machiko Kyô, Mikijiro Hira, Kyôko Kishida
204. Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, The ( Yume to kyôki no ôkoku )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mami Sunada
Actors: Hideaki Anno, John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
Plot: A look into a year in the life of Studio Ghibli as Hayao Miyazaki prepares The Wind Rises as we get an inside look into the inner workings of this acclaimed studio, as well as the life of its most famous animator.
205. Strange Circus ( Kimyô na sâkasu )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sion Sono
Actors: Masumi Miyazaki, Issei Ishida, Rie Kuwana, Mai Takahashi
Plot: A deranged father begins to sexually abuse his daughter. Everything seems disturbingly typical until we realize we're watching a book through the author's eyes. So, what is real and what is not?
206. Suicide Club ( Jisatsu saakuru )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sion Sono
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Saya Hagiwara, Yoko Kamon
Plot: The collective suicide of 54 girls at a train station starts Detective Kuroda on a case with many questions but few leads. As a wave of suicides sweep the country, the detective comes across a website that seems to predict the deaths while a high school student on her own investigation finds a connection to a popular all-girl pop group, Desert.
207. Like Father, Like Son ( Soshite chichi ni naru )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Rirî Furankî
Plot: A successful businessman is given life-changing information - when his son was born, he was switched at birth with another boy. Now he must make a crucial decision - whether to take back his biological son, or to keep the boy he has raised as his own.
208. Mary and the Witch's Flower ( Meari to majo no hana )
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Actors: Kate Winslet, Ruby Barnhill, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner
209. Equinox Flower ( Higanbana )
Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga
210. Seance ( Kôrei )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Jun Fubuki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Hikari Ishida
