171. In the Realm of the Senses ( Ai no corrida )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Actors: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi
Plot: In 1930s Japan two lovers begin a passionate and ultimately destructive relationship.
172. Ju-On: The Curse 2
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Actors: Yuuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Kahori Fujii, Takako Fuji, Ryôta Koyama, Takashi Matsuyama
Plot: When something of unspeakable tragedy takes place the location becomes tainted and everyone that comes here get tainted by the evil as well. A husband murders his wife and child in jelous rage because he's convinced she is having an affair. The house become cursed and more people get tainted as they enter the house.
173. Memories ( Memorîzu )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kôji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo
Actors: Shigeru Chiba, Hisao Egawa, Kayoko Fujii, Nobuaki Fukuda, Ami Hasegawa, Michio Hazama
Plot: This anime trilogy explores three unrelated sci-fi stories: in Magnetic Rose a four space travelers explore an abandoned ship only to be drawn into a world created from the memories of a single woman; in Stink Bomb a lab assistant becomes a walking biological weapon - heading straight for Tokyo and finally, in Cannon Fodder we see a life in the day of a city whose only purpose is to fire their weapons at an unknown enemy.
174. Masseurs and a Woman, The ( Anma to onna )
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Actors: Bakudankozo, Shinichi Himori, Zentaro Iijima, Hideko Kasuga, Tsuneo Osugi, Mieko Takamine
Plot: The story of Toku and Fuku, two blind masseurs who go to a mountain retreat to find work for the season. It follows their adventures, from a mysterious Tokyo woman to a rash of thefts at the inn.
175. No Regrets for Our Youth ( Waga seishun ni kuinashi )
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Setsuko Hara, Susumu Fujita, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Eiko Miyoshi, Kokuten Kodo, Akitake Kôno
176. Gozu ( Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita, Harumi Sone
Plot: Ozaki, a Yakuza, is prone to increasingly bizarre behavior and gives the boss a reason to dispatch him. Minami, a fellow Yakuza is tasked with taking him out, even though he respects Ozaki for saving his life. Their intertwined fate takes on a surreal edge when he loses Ozaki's body and has to wade through a town full of oddities and mysteries to get it back.
177. Violent Cop, The ( Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano, Sei Hiraizumi, Mikiko Otonashi
178. Vexille
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Actors: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Christine M. Auten, Jason Douglas, Luci Christian, Christopher Sabat
179. Swallowtail Butterfly ( Suwarôteiru )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito, Yôsuke Eguchi, Andy Hui Chi-On, Atsurô Watabe
180. Tekkon Kinkreet ( Tekon kinkurîto )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Arias
Actors: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yû Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankurô Kudô, Min Tanaka, Rokurô Naya
Plot: The story takes place in the fictional Takara Machi (宝町 Treasure Town) and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids: the tough, canny Kuro (クロ Black) and the childish, snot-nosed Shiro (シロ White), together known as the Neko (猫 Cats), as they deal with Yakuza attempting to take over Takara Machi.
