191. Suicide Club ( Jisatsu saakuru )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sion Sono
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Akaji Maro, Saya Hagiwara, Yoko Kamon, Masatoshi Nagase, Kimiko Yo
Plot: The collective suicide of 54 girls at a train station starts Detective Kuroda on a case with many questions but few leads. As a wave of suicides sweep the country, the detective comes across a website that seems to predict the deaths while a high school student on her own investigation finds a connection to a popular all-girl pop group, Desert.
192. Quiet Duel, The ( Shizukanaru ketto )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Miki Sanjo, Kenjiro Uemura, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku
Plot: Dr. Kyoji gets infected by Syphilis from a drunken man named Nakata, a soon to be father. Minegishi is a nurse who secretly has feelings for Kyoji. Kyoji gets emotionally affected by the unfortunate incident.
193. House ( Hausu )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Actors: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Yôko Minamida, Ai Matsubara, Kiyohiko Ozaki, Haruko Wanibuchi
Plot: House (Hausu) is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six classmates to her sick aunt's country home, where they come face to face with supernatural events as the girls are, one by one, devoured by the home.
194. April Story ( Shigatsu monogatari )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shunji Iwai
Actors: Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Kaori Fujii, Rumi, Kazuhiko Kato, Yôsuke Eguchi
195. Memories of Matsuko ( Kiraware Matsuko no isshô )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Actors: Miki Nakatani, Eita, Yûsuke Iseya, Mikako Ichikawa, Asuka Kurosawa, Shinji Takeda
196. Shin Godzilla aka Godzilla Resurgence ( Shin Gojira )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kôra
Plot: Following an accident at Tokyo Bay’s Aqua Line, a giant creature emerges
to wreck havoc on town after town on its way to Tokyo - a creature dubbed
"Godzilla".
197. Paradise Lost ( Shitsurakuen )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao, Toshio Shiba, Tomoko Hoshino, Yoshino Kimura
Plot: Junichi Watanabe penned the novel about forbidden love - Paradise Lost is the story put on screen as two lovers engage in a sudden, passionate affair - but the relationship is so intense, it may destroy them both.
198. When the Last Sword is Drawn ( Mibu gishi den )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yojiro Takita
Actors: Kiichi Nakai, Koichi Sato, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata, Miki Nakatani, Yuji Miyake
199. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl ( Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Actors: Yukie Kawamura, Eri Otoguro, Takumi Saito, Eihi Shiina, Takashi Shimizu, Kai Izumi
200. Blade of the Immortal ( Mugen no jûnin )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Erika Toda, Hayato Ichihara, Chiaki Kuriyama
Plot: After his sister is murdered, Manji, a skilled samurai, goes on a quest for vengeance, slaughtering countless other samurai before a nun curses him with immortality. Decades later, he meets a young girl who is also on a quest to avenge the murder of her family. Reminded of his sister, Manji agrees to help her and finds himself up against a master swordsman and his powerful group, who wan to take over all dojos.
