391. Nightmare Detective ( Akumu Tantei )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Fantasy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Ryuhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Ando, Ren Osugi, Yoshio Harada, Shinya Tsukamoto
Plot: Police investigate a pair of gruesome suicides, but when a disturbing
connection is made to the victims, they must rely on a man with the
ability to enter a person's dreams to stop a killer who can turn
nightmares into reality.
392. Ana-ta-han ( Anatahan )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Akemi Negishi, Tadashi Suganuma, Kisaburo Sawamura, Shôji Nakayama, Jun Fujikawa, Hiroshi Kondô
393. Sandakan 8 aka Brothel 8 ( Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo )
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kei Kumai
Actors: Komaki Kurihara, Yôko Takahashi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Takiko Mizunoe, Eiko Mizuhara, Yoko Todo
394. City of Lost Souls, The ( Hyôryû-gai )
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Teah, Michelle Reis, Patricia Manterola, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Koji Kikkawa, Marcio Rosario
395. Big Bang Love, Juvenile A ( 46-okunen no koi )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Ryuhei Matsuda, Masanobu Ando, Shunsuke Kubozuka, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ryo Ishibashi, Jo Kanamori
396. Death by Hanging ( Koshikei )
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Actors: Kei Sato, Fumio Watanabe, Toshirô Ishido, Masao Adachi, Rokko Toura, Hosei Komatsu
Plot: After a Korean man survives his attempted execution by hanging, his executioners spend the next two hours deciding what to do in Nagisa Ôshima's trademark black farce.
397. Crucified Lovers, The ( Chikamatsu monogatari )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Yôko Minamida, Haruo Tanaka
398. Gate of Hell ( Jigokumon )
Year of Release: 1954
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Actors: Kazuo Hasegawa, Machiko Kyô, Isao Yamagata, Yataro Kurokawa, Kôtarô Bandô, Jun Tazaki
Plot: During an attempted coup on the royal family, a loyal samurai spirits away one of the ladies in waiting. When the coup fails, the samurai asks to have the woman's hand in marriage - but after the lord grants his request, it is discovered she is already betrothed to another. The samurai and his stubborn nature refuses to let go of the woman and tragedy ensues.
399. Princess Yang Kwei-fei ( Yôkihi )
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Sugimura
400. Street of Shame ( Akasen chitai )
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Actors: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure, Kumeko Urabe, Yasuko Kawakami
