List of Japanese films of 2009

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Highest-grossing films

RankTitleGross
1 Rookies: Graduation ¥8.55 billion
2 Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life ¥4.67 billion
3 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption ¥4.41 billion
4 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance ¥4.00 billion
5 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess ¥3.65 billion

List of films

A list of films produced in Japan in 2009 (see 2009 in film):

Contents

OpeningTitleDirectorCastGenreNotesRef
31 January 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope Yukihiko Tsutsumi Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira Science fiction, Mystery Based on a manga [1]
29 August 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Yukihiko Tsutsumi Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira Science fiction, Mystery Based on a manga [2]
14 May Air Doll Hirokazu Koreeda Bae Doona, Arata, Itsuji Itao Drama Competed at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival [3] [4]
18 July Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Hiroshi Nishitani Yūji Oda, Yūki Amami, Erika Toda Mystery [5]
9 May April Bride Ryuichi Hiroki Nana Eikura, Eita Drama [6]
18 July Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e Kunihiko Yuyama Rica Matsumoto, Megumi Toyoguchi, Yūji Ueda Anime [7]
7 February Asahiyama Zoo Story- Penguins in the Sky Masahiko Makino Nishida Toshiyuki, Nakamura Osamu Sun, Maeda Megumi, Takashi Sasano, etc. Drama Based on real events [8]
14 March Beauty Toshio Gotō Takataro Kataoka, Ainosuke Kataoka, Kumiko Asō Drama Entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival [9] [10]
1 May Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship Osamu Kaneda Dori Sakurada, Takuya Mizoguchi, Ruka Sawaki Tokusatsu [11]
6 February Coraline Henry Selick Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, Ian McShane Co-production with the US
11 April Crows Zero 2 Takashi Miike Shun Oguri, Shunsuke Daitō, Suzunosuke Tanaka Action [12]
24 January Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger Satoshi Morota Yasuhisa Furuhara, Shinwa Kataoka, Rina Aizawa, Masahiro Usui, Kenji Ebisawa, Akiko Nakagawa, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yumi Sugimoto, Nao Oikawa, Hiroki Suzuki, Mina Fukui, Manpei Takagi, Riki Miura, Sotaro, Hirofumi Araki, Yuka Hirata, Naoki Kawano, Kazue Itoh Tokusatsu [13]
27 June Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Hideaki Anno Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura Anime [14]
1 May Goemon Kazuaki Kiriya Yōsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryōko Hirosue Action [15]
11 July Gokusen: The Movie Tōya Satō Yukie Nakama, Kazuya Kamenashi, Katsuhisa Namase, Yuya Takaki, Yuta Tamamori, Shun Oguri Drama [16]
8 May Hotel Chelsea Jorge Valdés-Iga Nao Nagasawa, Justin Morck, Hiro Masuda, Sawa Suzuki, Anthony Laurent Thriller [17]
24 October I Give My First Love to You Takehiko Shinjo Mitsuru Komiyama, Mika Nakamura, Hiroyasu Murakami, Fumihiro Hirai, Fumihiro Hirai Drama Based on a manga [18]
10 October Kaiji Tōya Satō Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yūki Amami Drama Based on a manga [19]
8 August Kamen Rider Decade The Movie: All Riders vs. Great Shocker Osamu Kaneda Masahiro Inoue, Ryouta Murai, Kanna Mori Tokusatsu [20]
12 December Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010 Ryuta Tasaki Renn Kiriyama, Masaki Suda, Hikaru Yamamoto Tokusatsu [21]
19 September Kamui Gaiden Yōichi Sai Ken'ichi Maysuyama, Koyuki Action [22]
10 October Kuhio taisa Daihachi Yoshida Masato Sakai, Sakura Ando Drama [23]
12 December Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie Koichi Sakamoto Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Shunji Igarashi Tokusatsu [24]
20 June Mt. Tsurugidake Daisaku Kimura Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Aoi Miyazaki Drama [25]
1 August Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire Masahiko Murata Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Satoshi Hino Anime [26]
17 January Pride Shusuke Kaneko Stephanie Drama Based on a manga [27]
10 April Saikin-rettou Kenji Murakami Naoto Takenaka Comedy [28]
15 June Samurai Princess Kengo Kaji Aino Kishi, Dai Mizuno Gore film [29]
8 August Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War Shōjirō Nakazawa Tori Matsuzaka, Hiroki Aiba, Rin Takanashi Tokusatsu [30]
Soul Red
17 October The Shock Labyrinth 3D Takashi Shimizu Yūya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Ryo Katsuji Horror [31]
12 December Snow Prince Joji Matsuoka Shintaro Morimoto, Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Rei Dan, Katsuo Nakamura, Maiko, Gaku Yamamoto, Keiko Kishi Drama Based on a Classic Story [32]
25 April Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann the Movie: Spiral Stone Chapter Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime [33]
7 November Tenshi no Koi Yuri Kanchiku Nozomi Sasaki
Shosuke Tanihara 		Romance Based on a cell phone novel [34]
26 June Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu Yukie Kawamura, Eri Otoguro Horror Based on a manga [35]
7 March Yatterman Takashi Miike Sho Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyoko Fukada Action [36]
23 December Yona Yona Penguin Rintaro Anime [37]
10 January Zen Banmei Takahashi Kankuro Nakamura, Yuki Uchida Historical [38]

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