Title Director Cast Genre Notes A Tatsuya Mori Documentary About Aum Shinrikyo cult After Life Hirokazu Koreeda Arata , Erika Oda , Susumu Terajima Fantasy [ 1] Andromedia Takashi Miike Hiroko Shimabukuro , Eriko Imai , Takako Uehara April Story Shunji Iwai Takako Matsu , Tanabe Seiichi Drama [ 3] Begging for Love Hideyuki Hirayama Mieko Harada , Maho Nonami , Kiichi Nakai Drama Beru • Epokku Joji Matsuoka Hikaari Ishida , Kyōka Suzuki , Isako Washio — The Bird People in China Takashi Miike Masahiro Motoki , Renji Ishibashi , Mako — Blues Harp Takashi Miike Hiroyuki Ikeuchi , Seiichi Tanabe , Saori Sekino — Bullet Ballet Shinya Tsukamoto Shinya Tsukamoto , Hisashi Igawa — Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target Kanetsugu Kodama — Animated film Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission Keiichi Hara — Animated film Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas Tsutomu Shibayama — Animated film The Doraemons ⋆ The Great Springing Inspections Military Operation Yoshitomo Yonetani — Animated short Dr. Akagi Shōhei Imamura Akira Emoto , Kumiko Asō Comedy drama Japanese-French co-production [ 10] [ 11] Flowers of Shanghai Hou Hsiao-hsien Tony Leung Chiu-wai , Annie Yi , Michiko Hada Drama Japanese-Taiwanese co-production [ 12] [ 13] The Geisha House Kinji Fukasaku Maki Miyamoto [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Kizuna Kichitaro Negishi Kōji Yakusho , Ken Watanabe , Yumi Asō — Love & Pop Hideaki Anno Megaranger vs. Carranger — — Moon Light Dinner Yutaka Ikejima Kanae Mizuhara Yumi Yoshiyuki Pink Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best New Actress - Pink Grand Prix Odoru daisosasen – The Movie Katsuyuki Motohiro Yūji Oda , Toshirō Yanagiba , Eri Fukatsu — Ping Pong Hot Springs Gen Yamakawa Keiko Matsuzaka , Riho Akise , Satoshi Yamanaka — Pokémon: The First Movie Kunihiko Yuyama Animated film; first film based on the Pokémon franchise. Rasen Jōji Iida Miki Nakatani , Hiroyuki Sanada , Kōichi Satō Horror Rebirth of Mothra III Okihiro Yoneda Megumi Kobayashi , Misato Tate , Aki Flano — Return of Doraemon Ayumu Watanabe — Animated short Ring Hideo Nakata Nanako Matsushima , Hiroyuki Sanada , Rikiya Ōtaka Horror Sada Nobuhiko Obayashi Hitomi Kuroki , Tsurutaro Kataoka , Norihei Miki Drama [ 17] Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Katsuhito Ishii Tadanobu Asano , Sie Kohinata , Ittoku Kishibe Action [ 18] The Story of PuPu Kensaku Watanabe Sakura Uehara , Reiko Matsuo Road movie Tokyo Eyes Jean-Pierre Limosin Shinji Takeda , Hinano Yoshikawa , Kaori Mizushima Thriller, romance French-Japanese co-production [ 19] [ 20] Tomie Ataru Oikawa Mami Nakamura , Miho Kanno , Yoriko Doguchi Horror Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light — Yomigaeru Yūsaku: Tantei Monogatari Tokubetsu-hen