281. Honey & Clover ( Hachimitsu to Clover )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masahiro Takada
Actors: Sho Sakurai, Yû Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Ryo Kase, Megumi Seki, Keisuke Horibe
Plot: A group of young artists dealing with feelings and trying to connect them in the art they make.
282. Women of the Night ( Yoru no onnatachi )
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Mitsuo Nagata, Tomie Tsunoda, Kumeko Urabe, Ken Tanaka
283. Killing Machine ( Shôrinji kenpô )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Makoto Satô, Naoya Makoto, Sanae Kitabayashi, Akiko Mori
284. Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita
285. Norwegian Wood ( Noruwei no mori )
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Actors: Rinko Kikuchi, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kôra, Eriko Hatsune, Tetsuji Tamayama
286. Wings of Honneamise ( Ôritsu uchûgun Oneamisu no tsubasa )
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroyuki Yamaga
Actors: Masahiro Anzai, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Yoshito Yasuhara, Bryan Cranston, Steve Blum
287. Vital
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto, Kiki, Kazuyoshi Kushida, Gô Rijû, Hana Kino
Plot: After a car accident claims his girlfriend and his memories, an amnesiac joins a local medical school after seeing a book on dissection. As he takes part in the dissection of a body, his memories start to return and he must continue to dig deeper to remember.
288. Adventures of Milo and Otis, The ( Koneko monogatari )
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Family/Adventure
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Masanori Hata
Actors: Dudley Moore, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Kyôko Koizumi
Plot: A kitten and a puppy grow up on the same farm - one day when they find themselves separated, each goes on an adventurous journey to track the other down.
289. Branded to Kill ( Koroshi no rakuin )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Actors: Jo Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Anne Mari, Koji Nambara, Isao Tamagawa, Hiroshi Minami
Plot: A hitman botches his job - putting him in danger with his treacherous wife, another woman obsessed with death and a the deadly top-ranked hitman, a phantom who strikes fear into the heart of men.
290. Monster from a Prehistoric Planet ( Daikyojû Gappa )
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Haruyasu Noguchi
Actors: Tamio Kawaji, Yôko Yamamoto, Yuji Okada, Koji Wada, Tatsuya Fuji, Keisuke Inoue
Plot: Japanese scientists find a large egg in an African cave, protected by a young boy. After taking the egg and boy, the scientists make several discoveries until it hatches a large dinosaur-like creature. Putting it on display in a zoo, soon its parents come looking for it, laying waste to all in their path.
