471. Moonlight Whispers ( Gekkô no sasayaki )
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Akihiko Shiota
Actors: Kenji Mizuhashi, Tsugumi, Kouta Kusano, Harumi Inoue, Yoshiki Sekino, Chika Fujimura
472. 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
473. 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
474. 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.
475. 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
476. 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
477. 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
478. 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.
479. 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
480. 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
