271. Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman ( Shin zatô Ichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken )
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Actors: Shintarô Katsu, Yu Wang, Watako Hamaki, Michie Terada, Kôji Nanbara, Tôru Abe
272. Shogun's Ninja ( Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu )
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Etsuko Shihomi, Tetsurô Tanba, Isao Natsuyagi, Asao Koike
273. Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler ( Doragon bôru Z 6: Gekitotsu! Hyakuoku pawâ no senshi )
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daisuke Nishio
Actors: Masako Nozawa, Ryûsei Nakao, Sean Schemmel, Andrew Chandler, Stephanie Nadolny, Christopher Sabat
274. Patriotism ( Yûkoku )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Domoto Masaki, Yukio Mishima
Actors: Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka
275. Dr. Akagi ( Kanzo sensei )
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shohei Imamura
Actors: Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asô, Juro Kara, Masanori Sera, Jacques Gamblin, Keiko Matsuzaka
276. Kaidan
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Teisui Ichiryûsai, Mao Inoue, Takaaki Enoki, Kumiko Asô, Reona Hirota, Taeko Nishino
277. Noroi: The Curse
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kôji Shiraishi
Actors: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Maria Takagi, Yôko Chôsokabe, Miyoko Hanai
Plot: The movie begins in a video editing room, where a voice-over narrator
briefly describes Masafumi Kobayashi, a paranormal expert who produced a
series of books and movies on supernatural activity around Japan. The
movie then explains that he disappeared in the process of making his
greatest and most disturbing film yet, The Curse, and the aforementioned
movie begins to play...
278. Ring 0 - Birthday ( Ringu 0: Bâsudei )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Actors: Yukie Nakama, Seiichi Tanabe, Kumiko Aso, Yoshiko Tanaka, Ryûji Mizukami, Takeshi Wakamatsu
279. Versus
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Actors: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Yuichiro Arai, Minoru Matsumoto
Plot: In the mysterious Forest of Resurrection two convicts, a group of gangsters and a women meet in a tense standoff ending in the death of one of the men... however, when the dead man rises to fight anew, it becomes apparent all of them are in for more than they bargained for, as a bullet-filled, sword-slashing, fist-flying fight of good vs. evil takes shape.
280. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie ( Sutorîto Faitâ II gekijô-ban )
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gisaburo Sugii
Actors: Kôjiro Shimizu, Kenji Haga, Miki Fujitani, Masane Tsukayama, Masakatsu Funaki, Ginzô Matsuo
Plot: The evil organization of Shadowlaw headed by M. Bison threatens the worlds governments and a band of street fighters must rise to stop him. Join such classic fighting game champions as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, E. Honda, and Guile as they battle Bison and his evil fighters Vega, Sagat, and Balrog.
