101. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Jack Fletcher, Tai Kit Mak
Actors: Hideyuki Tanaka, Rintarou Nishi, Keiji Fujiwara, Emi Shinohara, Ichirô Nagai, Kôichi Yamadera
102. Godzilla ( Gojira )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ishirô Honda
Actors: Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Takashi Shimura, Fuyuki Murakami, Sachio Sakai
Plot: A giant monster attacks Tokyo.
103. 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, Yoichi Masukawa, Kôichi Tôchika
104. 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, Toshikazu Fukawa, Kenichi Endo
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, Fumihiko Tachiki, Akira Ishida
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. 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, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
107. 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, Masakazu Morita, Miki Itô
108. 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, Yûki Kaneko, Yui Ishikawa
109. Shall We Dance? ( Shall we dansu? )
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Masayuki Suo
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe, Yu Tokui, Hiromasa Taguchi
Plot: A staid Japanese businessman secretly joins a ballroom dancing class,
where he bonds with a kindly group of misfits. Meanwhile, his wife begins
to wonder what he is up to and hires a private detective to find out.
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, Shunji Fujimura, Shigeki Hosokawa
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.
