List of Japanese films of 2000

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Highest-grossing films

RankTitleGross
1 Pokémon 3: The Movie ¥4.85 billion
2 Whiteout ¥4.20 billion
3 Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King ¥3.05 billion

List of films

A list of films released in Japan in 2000 (see 2000 in film).

Contents

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
Battle Royale Kinji Fukasaku Tatsuya Fujiwara Thriller [1]
Brother Takeshi Kitano Beat Takeshi, Omar Epps, Claude Maki Crime [2]
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card Morio Asaka Animation
Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes Kanetsugu Kodama Animation [3]
Chaos Hideo Nakata Miki Nakatani, Masato Hagiwara, Ken Mitsuishi Mystery-thriller
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called The Jungle Keiichi Hara Animated [3]
Dead or Alive 2: Birds Takashi Miike Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi Crime [4]
Doki Doki Wildcat Engine Hiroshi Nishikiori Animated [3]
Dora-Heita Kon Ichikawa Kōji Yakusho, Yuko Asano, Bunta Sugawara Comedy [5]
Doraemon: A Grandmother's Recollections Ayumu Watanabe Animated [3]
Doraemon: Nobita and the Legend of the Sun King Tsutomu Shibayama Anime [3]
Escaflowne Kazuki Akane Maaya Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Seki Anime
Eureka Shinji Aoyama Kōji Yakusho, Ken Mitsuishi, Yutaka Matsushige Drama [6]
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus Masaki Tezuka Misato Tanaka, Shosuke Tanihara, Masato Ibu Science fiction, action [7] [8]
Gojoe Gakuryu Ishii Tadanobu Asano, Masatoshi Nagase Action [9]
GTO: The Movie
Isn't She Great Andrew Bergman Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, David Hyde Pierce American-British-German-Japanese co-production [10]
Isola Toshiyuki Mizutani Yoshino Kimura, Yu Kurosawa, Ken Ishiguro Horror [10]
Ju-on Takashi Shimizu Yurei Yanagi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Takako Fuji Horror Direct-to-video release. [11] [12]
Ju-on 2 Takashi Shimizu Yuuko Daike, Makoto Ashikawa, Kahori Fuji HorrorDirect-to-video release [12]
Juvenile Takashi Yamazaki [5] [13]
Keizoku-Unsolved Cases Yukihiko Tsutsumi Kiyoshi Nakajo, Atsuro Watanabe, Nanako Okochi [10]
GoGoV: Sudden Shock! A New Warrior!
GoGoV vs. Gingaman
Like a Flowing River Yasushi Akimoto Mitsuko Mori, Kunie Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga [5]
Mononoke hime in U.S.A. Toshikazu Sato Hayao Miyazaki Documentary [3]
Nagai Yume Higuchinsky Shuuji Kashiwabara, Masami Horiuchi, Eriko Hatsune HorrorTelevision film [14]
Off-Balance Shin Togashi
One Piece: The Movie Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi Animation First One Piece movie.
Pikachu & Pichu Kunihiko Yuyama Animated [5]
Pokémon 3: The Movie Kunihiko Yuyama Anime [5]
Pyrokinesis Shusuke Kaneko Akiko Yada, Hideaki Itō, Ryuji Harada Horror [5]
Ring 0: Birthday Tsuruta Norio Yukie Nakama, Seiichi Tanabe, Yoshiko Tanaka Horror [10]
Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay Tarō Araki Emi Kawana, Yumi Yoshiyuki Pink Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
Senrigan Manabu Iso Miki Mizuno, Hitomi Kuroki, Toshirou Yanagiba [15]
Sunday's Dream Yōichirō Takahashi Screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival
Titan A.E. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo, Drew Barrymore Animated science fiction action-adventure
Tomie: Replay Tomijiro Mitsuishi Mai Hosho, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Yosuke Kubozukai Horror [11]
Uzumaki Higuchinsky Eriko Hatsune, Fhi Fan, Hinako Saeki Horror [11]
Versus Ryuhei Kitamura Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki Action, horror [16]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Deming, Mark. "Battle Royale". AllMovie. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  2. Crow, Jonathan. "Brother". AllMovie. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 414.
  4. Crow, Jonathan. "Dead or Alive 2". AllMovie.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 415.
  6. Crow, Jonathan. "Eureka". AllMovie. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  7. Deming, Mark. "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus". AllMovie. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  8. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 417.
  9. Deming, Mark. "Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle". AllMovie. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 413.
  11. 1 2 3 Kalat 2007, p. 280.
  12. 1 2 Kalat 2007, p. 281.
  13. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 416.
  14. Kalat 2007, p. 282.
  15. Kalat 2007, p. 283.
  16. Crow, Jonathan. "Versus". AllMovie . Retrieved February 3, 2016.

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