Highest-grossing films Rank Title Gross 1 Rookies: Graduation 2 Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life 3 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption 4 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance 5 Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
List of films A list of films produced in Japan in 2009 (see 2009 in film):
Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope Yukihiko Tsutsumi Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira Science fiction, Mystery Based on a manga 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption Yukihiko Tsutsumi Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira Science fiction, Mystery Based on a manga Air Doll Hirokazu Koreeda Bae Doona, Arata, Itsuji Itao Drama Competed at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Hiroshi Nishitani Yūji Oda, Yūki Amami, Erika Toda Mystery April BrideRyuichi Hiroki Nana Eikura, Eita Drama Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e Kunihiko Yuyama Rica Matsumoto, Megumi Toyoguchi, Yūji Ueda Anime Asahiyama Zoo Story- Penguins in the Sky Masahiko Makino Nishida Toshiyuki, Nakamura Osamu Sun, Maeda Megumi, Takashi Sasano, etc. Drama Based on real events Beauty Toshio Gotō Takataro Kataoka, Ainosuke Kataoka, Kumiko Asō Drama Entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship Osamu Kaneda Dori Sakurada, Takuya Mizoguchi, Ruka Sawaki Tokusatsu Crows Zero 2 Takashi Miike Shun Oguri, Shunsuke Daitō, Suzunosuke Tanaka Action 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 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Hideaki Anno Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura Anime Goemon Kazuaki Kiriya Yōsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryōko Hirosue Action Gokusen: The Movie Tōya Satō Yukie Nakama, Kazuya Kamenashi, Katsuhisa Namase, Yuya Takaki, Yuta Tamamori, Shun Oguri Drama Hotel Chelsea Jorge Valdés-Iga Nao Nagasawa, Justin Morck, Hiro Masuda, Sawa Suzuki, Anthony Laurent Thriller I Give My First Love to You Takehiko Shinjo Mitsuru Komiyama, Mika Nakamura, Hiroyasu Murakami, Fumihiro Hirai, Fumihiro Hirai Drama Based on a manga KaijiTōya Satō Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yūki Amami Drama Based on a manga Kamen Rider Decade The Movie: All Riders vs. Great Shocker Osamu Kaneda Masahiro Inoue, Ryouta Murai, Kanna Mori Tokusatsu Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010Ryuta Tasaki Renn Kiriyama, Masaki Suda, Hikaru Yamamoto Tokusatsu Kamui GaidenYōichi Sai Ken'ichi Maysuyama, Koyuki Action Kuhio taisaDaihachi Yoshida Masato Sakai, Sakura Ando Drama Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie Koichi Sakamoto Susumu Kurobe, Kohji Moritsugu, Shunji Igarashi Tokusatsu Mt. Tsurugidake Daisaku Kimura Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Aoi Miyazaki Drama Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire Masahiko Murata Junko Takeuchi, Kazuhiko Inoue, Satoshi Hino Anime Pride Shusuke Kaneko Stephanie Drama Based on a manga Saikin-rettou Kenji Murakami Naoto Takenaka Comedy Samurai Princess Kengo Kaji Aino Kishi, Dai Mizuno Gore film Samurai Sentai Shinkenger The Movie: The Fateful War Shōjirō Nakazawa Tori Matsuzaka, Hiroki Aiba, Rin Takanashi Tokusatsu Soul Red The Shock Labyrinth 3DTakashi Shimizu Yūya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Ryo Katsuji Horror 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 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann the Movie: Spiral Stone Chapter Hiroyuki Imaishi Anime Tenshi no Koi Yuri Kanchiku Nozomi SasakiShosuke Tanihara Romance Based on a cell phone novel Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu Yukie Kawamura, Eri Otoguro Horror Based on a manga Yatterman Takashi Miike Sho Sakurai, Saki Fukuda, Kyoko Fukada Action Yona Yona Penguin Rintaro Anime 10 January Zen Banmei Takahashi Kankuro Nakamura, Yuki Uchida Historical
References
External links Japanese films of 2009 at the Internet Movie Database 2009 in Japan 2009 in Japanese television List of 2009 box office number-one films in Japan