101. Godzilla ( Gojira )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ishirô Honda
Actors: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura
Plot: A giant monster attacks Tokyo.
102. Naruto Shippuden: The Movie ( Gekijô-ban Naruto shippûden )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Actors: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Masako Katsuki, Kazuhiko Inoue
103. Origin: Spirits of the Past ( Gin-iro no kami no Agito )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Actors: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yûko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi
104. Ringu
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuko Takeuchi
Plot: A reporter investigates a video tape that is supposed to kill you seven days after viewing it.
105. Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone ( Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno
Actors: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi
Plot: The first in a line of four films that will re-imagine the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series. You Are (Not) Alone cover approximately episode 1 - 6 dealing with Shinji Ikari coming to terms with being an EVA pilot and battling Angels, dealing with his estranged father Gendo, his new roommate Lt. Colonel Misato Katsuragi and the cool, distant pilot Rei Ayanami.
106. Fireworks ( Hana-bi )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima
Plot: Nishi is a police offer struggling to balance his personal and professional life. As his wife succumbs to Leukemia, a former partner becomes suicidal after suffering an accident that leaves him confined to a wheelchair. Nishi eventually leaves the force, but as he falls deeper into despair, makes questionable decisions to help those he loves.
107. Lower Depths, The ( Donzoko )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjiro Nakamura
108. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masahiro Hosoda
Actors: Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Ryô Horikawa, Kôichi Yamadera
109. Silent Voice, A ( Koe no katachi )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Naoko Yamada
Actors: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yuki, Kenshô Ono
110. Death Note ( Desu nôto )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Erika Toda
Plot: Adapted from a highly popular manga, with original charcters and plot twists developed only for live-action film.
Ace Student Light Yagami finds the death note a notebook intentionally drpped by a rouge "shinigami" death god named ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies upset with the current justice system light takes matters into his own hands and vows to use the power of the death note to rid the world of all evil, and become "the god of the ne world." A mysterious detective known as "L" quickly learns the serial killer, Nicknamed "kira" by the public, is located in japan. Light realizes that L will be his greatest enemy, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.
