61. Letter to Momo, A ( Momo e no tegami )
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
Actors: Karen Miyama, Yuka, Daizaburo Arakawa, Toshiyuki Nishida
Plot: After the sudden death of her father, a young girl and her mother retreat from the bustle of Toyko to a more secluded island of Shio. Momo, hanging on to an unfinished letter her father started, has trouble adjusting. Things don't get any easier when she meets up with three goblins - spirits only she can see. But she learns soon enough these spirits are connected to her father, and may hold a key to finishing the letter she holds so dear.
62. Samurai 3: Duel on Ganryu Island aka Bushido ( Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
Actors: Koji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada
Plot: The Conclusion of the definitive Samurai trilogy, in which the ultimate warrior Musashi Miyamoto finds his true love, battles his nemesis, and continues along the path of the warrior.
63. Madadayo
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyôko Kagawa, Hisashi Igawa, Jôji Tokoro
64. In This Corner of the World ( Kono sekai no katasumi ni )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Actors: Non - Rena Nounen, Megumi Han, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba
Plot: In 1935 Suzu lives with her family in Eba, a town in Hiroshima, where her artistic talent is allowed to flourish. All that changes when she finds herself suddenly married as a teen, whisked off to Kure where she falls in to a daily routine of cleaning, mending and cooking. As war looms over Japan, Suzu finds living a normal life becomes more and more difficult as food rationing and air raids disrupt her life. Through hardships both physical and emotional, Suzu determinedly soldiers on.
65. To the Forest of Firefly Lights ( Hotarubi no mori e )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takahiro Ômori
Actors: Ayane Sakura, Koki Uchiyama, Kanehira Yamamoto, Izumi Sawada
66. Tokyo Godfathers
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya
Actors: Toru Emori, Aya Okamoto, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Shôzô Îzuka
Plot: On Christmas a group of homeless outcasts in Tokyo find an abandoned child. They band together to care for it, but who does it belong to and how could anyone abandon a baby at Christmas?
67. Space Pirate Captain Harlock ( Harlock: Space Pirate )
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Actors: Yû Aoi, Shun Oguri, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
68. After Life ( Wandâfuru raifu )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Actors: Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima, Takashi Naitô
Plot: In this version of life after death, people who have recently died find themselves working with counselors (themselves dead) to pick the one memory they will take with them for all eternity. With 22 new arrivals - there is much work to be done, including helping an old man who has lost his memories find one to keep, convincing a young girl to take another memory other than Disneyland all while dealing with personal feelings of their own.
69. Only Yesterday ( Omohide poro poro )
Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Isao Takahata
Actors: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna, Mayumi Iizuka
Plot: An office-worker quits her job and moves to the countryside, where she finds a new life and inspiring romance in the provinces.
70. Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler ( Inuyasha - Tenka hadou no ken )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
