471. Love & Pop
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hideaki Anno
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kirari, Hirono Kudo, Yukie Nakama, Asumi Miwa
472. Zigeunerweisen ( Tsigoineruwaizen )
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Actors: Yoshio Harada, Naoko Otani, Toshiya Fujita, Michiyo Ookusu, Kisako Makishi, Kirin Kiki
473. Naked Island, The ( Hadaka no shima )
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto
Plot: Taking place on a small island in the Setonaikai archipelago, a family of four are the sole inhabitants of the harsh island. Each day they must row to a neighboring island to fetch water for their barely-alive crops.
474. Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch, The ( Hebi musume to hakuhatsuma )
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Actors: Yûko Hamada, Yachie Matsui, Sei Hiraizumi, Kuniko Miyake, Tadashi Date, Saburô Ishiguro
475. Living Skeleton, The ( Kyûketsu dokuro-sen )
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hiroshi Matsuno
Actors: Yasunori Irikawa, Kô Nishimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Kikko Matsuoka, Masumi Okada
476. Executioner, The ( Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Teruo Ishii
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Eiji Go, Yutaka Nakajima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yasuaki Kurata, Makoto Satô
477. Genius Party
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Nicolas de Crécy, Atsuko Fukushima, Yoji Fukuyama, Hideki Futamura, Shôji Kawamori, Shinji Kimura, Mahiro Maeda, Kôji Morimoto, Kazuto Nakazawa, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, Shinichirô Watanabe, Hiro Yamagata, Masaaki Yuasa, Shin'ya Ôhira
Actors: Tomoko Kaneda, Rinko Kikuchi, Lu Ningjuan, Taro Yabe, Yûya Yagira
Plot: Beautiful imagery and complex ideas combine in this collection of short anime films.
478. Love and Honor ( Bushi no ichibun )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Yôji Yamada
Actors: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugoro Bando, Takashi Sasano, Kaori Momoi, Nenji Kobayashi
479. Sword Art Online: The Movie - Ordinal Scale ( Gekijo-ban Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale )
Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Actors: Ryan Bartley, Cherami Leigh, Bryce Papenbrook, Michelle Ruff, Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
480. Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ( Dorosute no hate de bokura )
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Junta Yamaguchi
Actors: Kazunari Tosa, Riko Fujitani, Gôta Ishida, Masashi Suwa, Yoshifumi Sakai, Haruki Nakagawa
Plot: Café owner Kato discovers his computer's monitor shows what will happen
two minutes into the future from the perspective of the television in
the café, which, in turn, displays what happened two minutes into the
past. As more people learn about this weird feature, the computer is
brought down to face the television, creating a Droste effect, allowing
the characters to see several minutes into the future. Trouble shows up
when they use this feature to get some money - which belongs to some
dangerous gangsters.
