List of Japanese films of 1999

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Highest-grossing films

RankTitleGross
1 Pokémon: The Movie 2000 ¥3.50 billion
2 Ring 2 ¥2.10 billion
3 Poppoya ¥2.05 billion
4 Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe ¥2.00 billion
5 Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century ¥1.45 billion

List of films

A list of films released in Japan in 1999 (see 1999 in film).

Contents

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
Adolescence of Utena Kunihiko Ikuhara — [1]
Adrenaline Drive Shinobu Yaguchi Masanobu Andō, Hikari Ishida, Yutaka Matsushige Comedy [2]
After the Rain Takashi Koizumi Akira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shiro Mifune DramaJapanese-French co-production [3] [4] [5]
Audition Takashi Miike Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Miyuki Matsuda Horror [6]
Away With Words Christopher Doyle Tadanobu Asano, Kevin Sherlock, Mavis Xu Drama [7]
Barren Illusion Kiyoshi Kurosawa Shinji Takeda, Miako Tadano, Yutaka Yasui Science fiction [8]
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie Morio Asaka Animation
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the Century Kenji Kodama Animated feature [9] [10]
Charisma Kiyoshi Kurosawa Köji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren Osugi Drama [11] [12]
Dead or Alive Takashi Miike Riki Takeuchi Action [13] [14]
Don't Look Back Akihiko Shiota Yusaku Suzuki, Shingo Mizuno, Yuria Haga Drama [15]
Eiga kureyon Shin-chan–Bakuhatsu! Onsen Wakwaku daikessen Keiichi Hara —Animated feature [9]
EM Embalming Shinji Aoyama Reiko Takashima, Yukata Matsushige, Toshio Shiba Horror [16]
The Haunted School 4 Hideyuki Hirayama Mai Toyoda, Matsunosuke Shofukutei, Yuki Minakawa [10]
Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris Shusuke Kaneko Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Yukijiro Hotaru Science fiction [17] [18]
Gemini Shinya Tsukamoto Masahiro Motoki, Ryō, Yasutaka Tsutsu Horror [19] [20]
Gingaman vs. Megaranger [ citation needed ]
Godzilla 2000: Millennium Takao Okawara Takehiro Murata, Shiro Sano, Hiroshi Abe Science fiction [21] [22]
Himitsu Yōjirō Takita Ryōko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kayoko Kishimoto Fantasy, romance [23]
Japanese Hell Teruo Ishii Michiko Maeda, Nozomi Saito Horror [24] [25]
Jin Roh Mamoru Oshii [26]
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Masahiro Kobayashi [ citation needed ]
Keiho Yoshimitsu Morita Kyōka Suzuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ittoku Kishibe Mystery [27]
Kikujiro Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko Kishimoto Comedy-drama [28]
Kureshin Paradaisu! Meido • In • Saitama Tsutomu Mizushima —Animated feature [9]
Ley Lines Takashi Miike Kazuki Kitamura, Sho Aihara, Naoto Takenaka Action, crime [29] [30]
M/Other Nobuhiro Suwa Tomokazu Miura, Makiko Watanabe, Ryudai Tatkahashi Drama [31]
Messengers Yasuo Baba Naoko Iijima, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Comedy [19]
Moonlight Whispers Akihiko Shiota Kenji Mizuhashi, Tsugumi, Kouta Kusano Drama, romance [32]
My Neighbors the Yamadas Isao Takahata Comedy [33]
Nobita Drifts in the Universe Tsutomu Shibayama Animated feature [9]
Nobita no kekkon Zenya Ayumu Watanabe Animated short [9]
Nodo-Jiman Kazuyuki Izutus Shigeru Muroi, Kohei Otomo, Isao Bido Comedy [18]
Office Lady Love Juice Yūji Tajiri Azumi Kubota, Mikio Satō Pink [ citation needed ]
Osaka Story Jun Ichikawa Chizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji Sawada Drama [34]
Owls' Castle Masahiro Shinoda Shohei Hino, Shima Iwashita, Takaya Kamikawa [19]
The Perfect Education Ben Wada Naoto Takenaka, Hijiri Kojima, Eriko Watanabe Drama [35]
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 Kunihiko Yuyama [10]
Pola X Leos Carax Guillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine Deneuve DramaFrench-German-Japanese-Swiss co-production [36] [37] [38]
Poppoya Yasuo Furuhata Ken Takakura, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinobu Otake Drama [39]
Rainbow Over the Cape Masahiko Okumura Rentarō Mikuni, Mieko Harada, Isao Natsuyagi — [9]
Ring 2 Hideo Nakata Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satō, Kyoko Fukada Horror [18] [40]
Saimin Masayuki Ochiai Miho Kann, Ken Utsui, Yukio Watanabe Horror [41]
Shabondama Elegy Ian Kerkof Thom Hoffman, Mai Hoshino, Kiyomi Ito Crime, romanceJapanese-Dutch co-production [42] [43]
Shady Grove Shinji Aoyama Arata, Wakaba Nakano Romantic drama [44]
Shikoku Shunichi Nagasaki Chiaki Kuriyama, Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui Thriller [18] [45]
Silver Takashi Miike Atsuko Sakuraba, Kenji Haga, Keiji Matsuda — [46]
Taboo Nagisa Oshima Takeshi Kitano, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano Drama [47]
Tomie: Another Face Toshiro Inomata Akira Shirai, Runa Nagai Horror [48]
Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace Kazuya KonakaTakeshi Yoshioka
White-Collar Worker Kintaro Takashi Miike Katsunori Takahashi, Michiko Hada, Tsutomu Yamazaki — [14]
Wild Zero Tetsuro Takeuchi Guitar Wolf, Makoto Inamiya, Masashi Endo [49] [50] [51]
Will to Live Kaneto Shindo Rentarō Mikuni, Shinobu Otake [52]
Yu-Gi-Oh! Junji Shimizu
Za • Doraemonzu–Okashina Okashina Okashinana Yoshitomo Yonetani Animated short [9]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Davis, Julie; Flanagan, Bill (January 2001). "Chiho Saito and Kunihiko Ikuhara". Animerica Extra . 4 (1): 6–11.
  2. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Adrenaline Drive". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ame Agaru". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 8, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Ame Agaru". Allmovie . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  5. ↑ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 413.
  6. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Audition". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Away With Words". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  8. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Barren Illusion (1999)". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith, 2008. p.406
  10. 1 2 3 Galbraith, 2008. p.407
  11. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Charisma". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Charisma". Cannes Film Festival . Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ Gerow, Aaron (25 November 1999). "Laughing at the End of the World". The Daily Yomiuri : 9.
  14. 1 2 Mes 2006, p. 391.
  15. ↑ Dönmez-Colin, Gönül. "Dokomademo Ikou (1999) - Akihiko Shiota | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  16. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Embalming". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation.|accessdate=November 4, 2013
  17. ↑ "Gamera 3 Revenge of Isis". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  18. 1 2 3 4 Galbraith, 2008. p.405
  19. 1 2 3 Galbraith, 2008. p.408
  20. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Gemini". Allmovie . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  21. ↑ Galbraith, 2008. p.409
  22. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Godzilla 2000". Allmovie . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  23. ↑ 秘密 (1999). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  24. ↑ Buchanan, Jason. "Japanese Hell". Allmovie . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  25. ↑ Harper, 2008. p. 24
  26. ↑ Berra, 2012. p.117-118
  27. ↑ Dönmez-Colin, Gönül. "Keiho Dai Sanjyukyu Jyo". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  28. ↑ Dönmez-Colin, Gönül. "Kikujiro". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  29. ↑ "NIPPON KURO SHAKAI". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  30. ↑ Buchanan, Jason. "Ley Lines". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  31. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "M/Other". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  32. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Moonlight Whispers". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  33. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "My Neighbors the Yamadas". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  34. ↑ 大阪物語 (1999). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  35. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Kanzen Naru Shi-iku". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Pola X". Filmportal.de. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Pola X". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  38. ↑ Dönmez-Colin, Gönül. "Pola X". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  39. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Poppoya Tetsudo-En". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  40. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Ringu 2". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  41. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "The Hypnotist". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  42. ↑ "Shabondama Elegy". BFI Film & Television Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  43. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Shabondama Elegy". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  44. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Shady Grove". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  45. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Shikoku". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  46. ↑ Mes 2006, p. 389.
  47. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Taboo". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  48. ↑ Tobey, Matthew. "Tomie". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  49. ↑ Harper, 2008. p. 43
  50. ↑ Mes, Tom. "Wild Zero". Midnight Eye. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  51. ↑ "Biography". Guitar Wolf Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  52. ↑ Crow, Jonathan. "Ikitai". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

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