Highest-grossing films

RankTitleGross
1Pokémon: The Movie 2000¥3.50 billion
2Ring 2¥2.10 billion
3Poppoya¥2.05 billion
4Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe¥2.00 billion
5Case 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).

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
Adolescence of UtenaKunihiko Ikuhara[1]
Adrenaline DriveShinobu YaguchiMasanobu Andō, Hikari Ishida, Yutaka MatsushigeComedy[2]
After the RainTakashi KoizumiAkira Terao, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Shiro MifuneDramaJapanese-French co-production[3][4][5]
AuditionTakashi MiikeRyo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Miyuki MatsudaHorror[6]
Away With WordsChristopher DoyleTadanobu Asano, Kevin Sherlock, Mavis XuDrama[7]
Barren IllusionKiyoshi KurosawaShinji Takeda, Miako Tadano, Yutaka YasuiScience fiction[8]
Cardcaptor Sakura: The MovieMorio AsakaAnimation
Case Closed: The Last Wizard of the CenturyKenji KodamaAnimated feature[9][10]
CharismaKiyoshi KurosawaKöji Yakusho, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Ren OsugiDrama[11][12]
Dead or AliveTakashi MiikeRiki TakeuchiAction[13][14]
Don't Look BackAkihiko ShiotaYusaku Suzuki, Shingo Mizuno, Yuria HagaDrama[15]
Eiga kureyon Shin-chan–Bakuhatsu! Onsen Wakwaku daikessenKeiichi HaraAnimated feature[9]
EM EmbalmingShinji AoyamaReiko Takashima, Yukata Matsushige, Toshio ShibaHorror[16]
The Haunted School 4Hideyuki HirayamaMai Toyoda, Matsunosuke Shofukutei, Yuki Minakawa[10]
Gamera 3: The Revenge of IrisShusuke KanekoShinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Yukijiro HotaruScience fiction[17][18]
GeminiShinya TsukamotoMasahiro Motoki, Ryō, Yasutaka TsutsuHorror[19][20]
Gingaman vs. Megaranger[citation needed]
Godzilla 2000: MillenniumTakao OkawaraTakehiro Murata, Shiro Sano, Hiroshi AbeScience fiction[21][22]
HimitsuYōjirō TakitaRyōko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kayoko KishimotoFantasy, romance[23]
Japanese HellTeruo IshiiMichiko Maeda, Nozomi SaitoHorror[24][25]
Jin RohMamoru Oshii[26]
Kaizokuban Bootleg FilmMasahiro Kobayashi[citation needed]
KeihoYoshimitsu MoritaKyōka Suzuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ittoku KishibeMystery[27]
KikujiroTakeshi KitanoTakeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Kayoko KishimotoComedy-drama[28]
Kureshin Paradaisu! Meido • In • SaitamaTsutomu MizushimaAnimated feature[9]
Ley LinesTakashi MiikeKazuki Kitamura, Sho Aihara, Naoto TakenakaAction, crime[29][30]
M/OtherNobuhiro SuwaTomokazu Miura, Makiko Watanabe, Ryudai TatkahashiDrama[31]
MessengersYasuo BabaNaoko Iijima, Tsuyoshi KusanagiComedy[19]
Moonlight WhispersAkihiko ShiotaKenji Mizuhashi, Tsugumi, Kouta KusanoDrama, romance[32]
My Neighbors the YamadasIsao TakahataComedy[33]
Nobita Drifts in the UniverseTsutomu ShibayamaAnimated feature[9]
Nobita no kekkon ZenyaAyumu WatanabeAnimated short[9]
Nodo-JimanKazuyuki IzutusShigeru Muroi, Kohei Otomo, Isao BidoComedy[18]
Office Lady Love JuiceYūji TajiriAzumi Kubota, Mikio SatōPink[citation needed]
Osaka StoryJun IchikawaChizuru Ikewaki, Kōsuke Minamino, Kenji SawadaDrama[34]
Owls' CastleMasahiro ShinodaShohei Hino, Shima Iwashita, Takaya Kamikawa[19]
The Perfect EducationBen WadaNaoto Takenaka, Hijiri Kojima, Eriko WatanabeDrama[35]
Pokémon: The Movie 2000Kunihiko Yuyama[10]
Pola XLeos CaraxGuillaume Depardieu, Yekaterina Golubeva, Catherine DeneuveDramaFrench-German-Japanese-Swiss co-production[36][37][38]
PoppoyaYasuo FuruhataKen Takakura, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinobu OtakeDrama[39]
Rainbow Over the CapeMasahiko OkumuraRentarō Mikuni, Mieko Harada, Isao Natsuyagi[9]
Ring 2Hideo NakataMiki Nakatani, Hitomi Satō, Kyoko FukadaHorror[18][40]
SaiminMasayuki OchiaiMiho Kann, Ken Utsui, Yukio WatanabeHorror[41]
Shabondama ElegyIan KerkofThom Hoffman, Mai Hoshino, Kiyomi ItoCrime, romanceJapanese-Dutch co-production[42][43]
Shady GroveShinji AoyamaArata, Wakaba NakanoRomantic drama[44]
ShikokuShunichi NagasakiChiaki Kuriyama, Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka TsutsuiThriller[18][45]
SilverTakashi MiikeAtsuko Sakuraba, Kenji Haga, Keiji Matsuda[46]
TabooNagisa OshimaTakeshi Kitano, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu AsanoDrama[47]
Tomie: Another FaceToshiro InomataAkira Shirai, Runa NagaiHorror[48]
Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna & Ultraman Gaia: Battle in HyperspaceKazuya KonakaTakeshi Yoshioka
White-Collar Worker KintaroTakashi MiikeKatsunori Takahashi, Michiko Hada, Tsutomu Yamazaki[14]
Wild ZeroTetsuro TakeuchiGuitar Wolf, Makoto Inamiya, Masashi Endo[49][50][51]
Will to LiveKaneto ShindoRentarō Mikuni, Shinobu Otake[52]
Yu-Gi-Oh!Junji Shimizu
Za • Doraemonzu–Okashina Okashina OkashinanaYoshitomo YonetaniAnimated 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. ^ Galbraith, 2008. p.406
  10. ^ 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
  14. ^ 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. ^ Galbraith, 2008. p.405
  19. ^ 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. ^ "ja:秘密 (1999)" (in Japanese). allcinema. 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. ^ "ja:大阪物語 (1999)" (in Japanese). allcinema. 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" (in Japanese). Guitar Wolf Official Website. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  52. ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Ikitai". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

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