2009 · Japanese Movies
364 Japanese films opened in 2009, including Rookies the Movie: Graduation, Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess, Gokusen: The Movie. Drama, Comedy, Horror were the most common genres. Rookies the Movie: Graduation led in box office (¥8,550M). 10 titles hold award records.
Award-winning highlights
All 10 award-winning titles from 2009.
364 titles
Rookies the Movie: Graduation
ROOKIES -卒業-
Release date May 30 · 137 min
Drama
Directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa
Cast Ryuta Sato, Hayato Ichihara, Keisuke Koide
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
アマルフィ 女神の報酬
Release date Jul 18 · 125 min
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Cast Yuji Oda, Yuki Amami, Erika Toda
Gokusen: The Movie
ごくせん THE MOVIE
Release date Jul 11 · 118 min
Comedy · Drama
Directed by Tōya Satō
Cast Yukie Nakama, Katsuhisa Namase, Yuta Tamamori
April Bride
余命1ヶ月の花嫁
Release date May 9 · 129 min
Drama
Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki
Cast Eita Nagayama, Nana Eikura, Akira Emoto
The Unbroken
沈まぬ太陽
Release date Oct 23 · 202 min
Drama
Directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu
Cast Ken Watanabe, Kyoka Suzuki, Mitsuko Kusabue
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
劔岳 点の記
Release date Jun 20 · 139 min
Drama
Directed by Daisaku Kimura
Cast Tadanobu Asano, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryuhei Matsuda
Crows Zero II
クローズZERO II
Release date Apr 11 · 133 min
Action · Adventure · Crime · Comedy
Directed by Takashi Miike
Cast Shun Oguri, Takayuki Yamada, Kenta Kiritani
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム
Release date Oct 10 · 130 min
Thriller · Drama · Mystery
Directed by Tōya Satō
Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara, Yuki Amami, Teruyuki Kagawa
I Give My First Love to You
僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ
Release date Oct 24 · 122 min
Drama · Romance
Directed by Takehiko Shinjo
Cast Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Tetta Sugimoto
Pandemic
感染列島
Release date Jan 17 · 138 min
Action · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller
Directed by Takahisa Zeze
Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki, Rei Dan, Ryoko Kuninaka
Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara
天国で君に逢えたら
Release date Sep 24 · 120 min
Drama
Directed by Nobuhiro Doi
Cast Kazunari Ninomiya, Mao Inoue, Gori
No More Cry
なくもんか
Release date Nov 14 · 134 min
Drama · Comedy
Directed by Nobuo Mizuta
Cast Sadao Abe, Yuko Takeuchi, Eita Nagayama
Kamui
カムイ外伝
Release date Sep 19 · 115 min
Drama · Action
Directed by Yōichi Sai
Cast Kenichi Matsuyama, Koyuki, Kaoru Kobayashi
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
ジェネラル・ルージュの凱旋
Release date Mar 7 · 123 min
Drama · Mystery
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
Cast Yuko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe, Masato Sakai
Brass Knuckle Boys
少年メリケンサック
Release date Feb 14 · 125 min
Comedy · Music
Directed by Kazushige Tanaka, Kankuro Kudo
Cast Aoi Miyazaki, Koichi Sato, Yuichi Kimura
Castle Under Fiery Skies
火天の城
Release date Sep 12 · 140 min
Drama · History
Directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Cast Toshiyuki Nishida, Saki Fukuda, Kippei Shiina
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
旭山動物園物語 ペンギンが空をとぶ
Release date Feb 7 · 112 min
Drama
Directed by Masahiko Tsugawa
Cast Toshiyuki Nishida, Yasuhi Nakamura, Ai Maeda
Free and Easy 20: Final
釣りバカ日誌20 ファイナル
Release date Dec 26 · 117 min
Comedy
Directed by Yuzo Asahara
Cast Toshiyuki Nishida, Takashi Tsukamoto, Rentaro Mikuni
チーム・バチスタ第2弾 ナイチンゲールの沈黙
Release date Oct 9 · 90 min
Directed by Kazuhisa Imai
Cast Atsushi Ito, Toru Nakamura, Kenichi Endo
Dear My Love
60歳のラブレター
Release date May 16 · 129 min
Drama
Directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Cast Masatoshi Nakamura, Mieko Harada, Keiko Toda