131. Geisha, A ( Gion bayashi )
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburô Kawazu, Saburo Date, Sumao Ishihara, Midori Komatsu
Plot: In post-war Kyoto, a geisha takes on an apprentice. One year later, she is ready to debut, but they need a large sum of money first. The money comes from a tea-house owner, who in return borrowed it from a businessman, who fancies the new geisha while wanting to trade the older to conclude another business deal. But the two geisha women have their own idead.
132. Great Duel, The ( Dai satsujin )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Eiichi Kudo
Actors: Tôru Abe, Mikijiro Hira, Yoshio Inaba, Chiezo Kataoka, Choichiro Kawarazaki, Nami Munakata
133. Bird People in China, The ( Chûgoku no chôjin )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako, Li Li Wang, Michiko Kase, Tomohiko Okuda
134. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' ( Doragon bôru Z: Fukkatsu no 'F' )
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Actors: Masako Nozawa, Ryô Horikawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Masaharu Satô, Mayumi Tanaka, Toshio Furukawa
135. Premonition ( Yogen )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Actors: Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita, Mayumi Ono, Hana Inoue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
136. Boy and the Heron, The ( Kimitachi wa dô ikiru ka )
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Kô Shibasaki, Christian Bale, Luca Padovan
Plot: Young Mahito Maki struggles to adapt following the death of his mother - hearing her voice in the fire even after moving the countryside with his uncle. Upon discovering an abandoned tower - he finds a world between life and death.
137. Millenium Actress ( Sennen joyû )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Satoshi Kon
Actors: Miyoko Shôji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shôzô Îzuka, Shouko Tsuda, Hirotaka Suzuoki
Plot: After 30 years, a reclusive, aged actress grants an interview with a journalist as the studio she worked for is torn down. Her tales of cinema are interweaved with the story of finding a young artist she met as a young girl.
138. Nana 2
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kentarô Ôtani
Actors: Mika Nakashima, Yui Ichikawa, Kanata Hongô, Yuna Ito, Nobuo Kyô, Tomoki Maruyama
139. Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice, The ( Ochazuke no aji )
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Actors: Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Koji Tsuruta, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Tsushima, Eijirô Yanagi
Plot: An upper-class woman finds herself becoming rather bored of her life to her rather dull middle-class husband (by arranged marriage) even while encouraging her niece to go along with her own arranged meetings.
140. Inuyasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island ( Inuyasha - Guren no houraijima )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Ken Narita, Kumiko Watanabe, Richard Ian Cox, Moneca Stori
