2009 · Japanese Movies

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

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

Kamui

カムイ外伝

Release date Sep 19 · 115 min

Drama · Action

Directed by Yōichi Sai

Cast Kenichi Matsuyama, Koyuki, Kaoru Kobayashi

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

Symbol

しんぼる

Release date Sep 12 · 93 min

Comedy · Fantasy

Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto

Cast Hitoshi Matsumoto, David Quintero, Carlos C. Torres

Tajomaru: Avenging Blade

TAJOMARU

Release date Sep 12 · 126 min

Action · History · Drama

Directed by Hiroyuki Nakano

Cast Shun Oguri, Yuki Shibamoto, Kei Tanaka

Ballad

BALLAD 名もなき恋のうた

Release date Sep 5 · 132 min

Drama · Action · Romance

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yui Aragaki, Takao Osawa

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

20世紀少年 －最終章－ ぼくらの旗

Release date Aug 19 · 156 min

Adventure · Mystery · Science Fiction

Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Airi Taira

Memoirs of a Lady Ninja

隠密くノ一列伝 ～秘められた女忍び～

Release date Jul 25 · 89 min

Adventure · Fantasy

Directed by Jirō Ishikawa

Cast Saori Hara, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Akari Hoshino

Air Doll

空気人形

Release date Sep 26 · 116 min

Drama · Fantasy

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast Bae Doona, Arata Iura, Itsuji Itao

Locked Out

ロックアウト

Release date Sep 1 · 82 min

Thriller

Directed by Yasunobu Takahashi

Cast Noboru Akima, Keisaku Kimura, Tomomi Miyashita

Sasori

さそり

Release date Aug 8 · 101 min

Action · Adventure · Drama

Directed by Joe Ma Wai-Ho

Cast Miki Mizuno, Dylan Kuo, Emme Wong Yi-Man

The Chef of South Polar

南極料理人

Release date Aug 8 · 125 min

Drama · Comedy

Directed by Shuichi Okita

Cast Masato Sakai, Katsuhisa Namase, Kitaro

American Widow

Release date Aug 29 · 305 min

Drama

Directed by C.S. Leigh

Cast Marina Defavoroy, Yekaterina Golubeva, Cat Power

The Quiet Don: A New Chapter

静かなるドン 新章 Vol.1

Release date Sep 5 · 83 min

Comedy · Crime · Action

Directed by Hideo Jojo

Cast Yoshihiko Hakamada, Emi Kobayashi, Daisuke Nagakura

Wangan Midnight: The Movie

湾岸ミッドナイト THE MOVIE

Release date Sep 12 · 100 min

Action · Drama

Directed by Atsushi Muroga

Cast Yuichi Nakamura, Ryoko Kobayashi, Kazuki Kato

Yamagata Scream

山形スクリーム

Release date Aug 1 · 115 min

Comedy · Horror

Directed by Naoto Takenaka

Cast Riko Narumi, Ryohei Kurosawa, Naoto Takenaka

MW -ムウ-

Release date Jul 3 · 129 min

Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

Directed by Hitoshi Iwamoto

Cast Hiroshi Tamaki, Takayuki Yamada, Rio Yamashita

Kanikôsen

蟹工船

Release date Jul 4 · 109 min

Drama

Directed by SABU

Cast Ryuhei Matsuda, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kengo Kora