Highest-grossing films Rank Title Gross 1 Ponyo 2 Boys Over Flowers: Final 3 Suspect X 4 Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior 5 AIBOU: The Movie
List of films A list of films produced in Japan in 2008 (see 2008 in film).
Title Director Cast Genre Notes10 Promises to My Dog Katsuhide Motoki Rena Tanaka, Mayuko Fukuda, Etsushi Toyokawa Drama 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End Yukihiko Tsutsumi Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa Science fiction, Mystery Based on a mangaAchilles and the Tortoise Takeshi Kitano Beat Takeshi Bleach: Fade to Black Noriyuki Abe Voices of Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentarō ItōSupernatural/action/animeBased on a manga/anime series created by Tite Kubo/Sequel to The DiamondDust RebellionUs vs the police:700 day warRenpei TsukamotoIchihara Hayato Comedy Cafe Isobe Keisuke Yoshida Hiroyuki Miyasako, Riisa Naka, Kumiko Asō, Mari Hamada Cruel Restaurant Koji Kawano Mihiro, Sakae Yamazaki Erotic horrorReleased with unrated editionCyborg She Kwak Jae Young Keisuke Koide, Haruka Ayase Science fiction, Time travelDeep Sea Monster ReigoShinpei HayashiyaTaiyo Sugiura, Mai Nanami, Yukijiro HotaruDepartures Yōjirō Takita Masahiro Motoki Won best foreign film in the 2009 Academy AwardsDetective Conan: Full Score of Fear Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! Noboru Takemoto Yasuhisa Furuhara, Shinwa Kataoka, Rina Aizawa, Masahiro Usui, Kenji Ebisawa, Nao Oikawa, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yumi Sugimoto Flowers in the Shadows Yuichiro Hirakawa Junichi Okada, Aoi Miyazaki, Atsushi Itō, Aya Hirayama Drama Based on a novelHana yori Dango Final Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda RomanceBased on a mangaHappy Flight Shinobu YaguchiSeiichi Tanabe, Saburō Tokitō, Haruka Ayase Comedy The Homeless Student Tomoyuki Furumaya The Monster X Strikes BackMinoru KawasakiNatsuki Katō, Kazuki Kato, Takeshi KitanoComedyK-20: Legend of the Mask Shimako Sato Takeshi Kaneshiro Action Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World Kurosagi Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa Thriller L: Change the WorLd Hideo Nakata Kenichi Matsuyama Death Note films Spin-offLove Exposure Shion Sono Atsuro Watabe, Itsuji Itao, Mami Nakamura, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Ando romance, comedy, drama, Art House & international, action JapaneseThe Machine GirlNoboru IguchiMinase Yashiro, Asami, Ryōsuke KawamuraHorror, action comedyNaruto Shippūden 2: Bonds Kamegaki Hajime One Piece the Movie: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Ōtani, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Yao Series creator Eiichirō Oda took part in screenwritingOrochi Norio Tsuruta Yoshino Kimura, Noriko Nakagoshi, Mitsuki Tanimura Based on a mangaPokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior Ponyo on the Cliff by the SeaHayao Miyazaki Fantasy anime Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar - The Movie Makkoi Saitō Jun Kaname, Hiroaki Ogi, Mai Takahashi Comedy, Musical Live-Action film based on a mangaSakigake!! OtokojukuTak SakaguchiTak Sakaguchi, Shōei, Akaji Maro, Hideo Sakaki, Tetsushi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Onoue, Shintaro Yamada, Shun SugataLive-Action film based on a mangaSchool Days with a PigTetsu MaedaSatoshi Tsumabuki, Mieko Harada, Tomoko Tabata Based on a true eventShaolin Girl Katsuyuki Motohiro Kou Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Tin Kai Man, Lam Chi Chung, Takashi Okamura, Yōsuke Eguchi Comedy Inspired by the 2001 Hong Kong film Shaolin SoccerSuperior Ultraman 8 Brothers Takeshi Yagi Hiroshi Nagano Comedy This Has King Gesura King Pandon Super Alien Hipporit King Goldras King Silvergon Ultraman Tiga Ultraman Dyna Ultraman Gaia Ultraman Ultraseven Ultraman Jack Ultraman Ace Ultraman Mebius and Giga ChimeraA Tale of Mari and Three Puppies Ryuichi Inomata Eiichiro Funakoshi, Akiko Matsumoto, Ryohei Hirota The Taste of Fish Shingo MatsubaraTakao Osawa, Rena Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yoko Moriguchi, Shiro Ito, Akira Emoto DramaBased on a mangaTokyo Gore PoliceYoshihiro NishimuraItsuji Itao, Camille LaBry, Shōko NakaharaAction, HorrorTokyo SonataKiyoshi KurosawaTeruyuki Kagawa, Kyōko KoizumiDramaTsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama Yūzō Asahara Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada
External links Japanese films of 2008 at the Internet Movie Database 2008 in Japan 2008 in Japanese television List of 2008 box office number-one films in Japan