2009 · Japanese Movies
99 Japanese films opened in Q4 (Oct–Dec) 2009, including The Unbroken, Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, I Give My First Love to You. Drama, Comedy, Romance were the most common genres. The Unbroken led in box office (¥2,800M). 3 titles hold award records.
99 titles
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
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
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
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
A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest
ウルルの森の物語
Release date Dec 19 · 119 min
Drama
Directed by Makoto Naganuma
Cast Eiichiro Funakoshi, Kyoko Fukada, Masaru Hamaguchi
The Hovering Blade
さまよう刃
Release date Oct 10 · 112 min
Drama
Directed by Shoichi Mashiko
Cast Akira Terao, Yutaka Takenouchi, Shirō Itō
Feel the Wind
風が強く吹いている
Release date Oct 30 · 133 min
Drama
Directed by Sumio Ōmori
Cast Keisuke Koide, Kento Hayashi, Yuichi Nakamura
A Good Husband
今度は愛妻家
Release date Oct 14 · 128 min
Drama
Directed by Isao Yukisada
Cast Etsushi Toyokawa, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Asami Mizukawa
Genkai in a Black Company
ブラック会社に勤めてるんだが、もう俺は限界かもしれない
Release date Nov 21 · 104 min
Drama
Directed by Yuichi Satoh
Cast Teppei Koike, Maiko, Seiichi Tanabe
Silver Rain
銀色の雨
Release date Nov 28 · 113 min
Drama
Directed by Takayuki Suzui
Cast Kento Kaku, Aki Maeda, Shido Nakamura
LENZ
Release date Oct 23 · 70 min
Directed by Shinpei Ueno
Cast Akira Fujimoto, Gotou Wataru, Haruta Makoto
My Rainy Days
天使の恋
Release date Nov 7 · 119 min
Drama · Romance
Directed by Yuri Kanchiku
Cast Nozomi Sasaki, Shosuke Tanihara, Hikaru Yamamoto
Battle of Demons 2
華鬼 三部作～麗二×もえぎ編
Release date Nov 28 · 81 min
Directed by Kotaro Terauchi
Cast Kei Hosogai, Yukie Kawamura, Hirofumi Araki
Battle of Demons 3
華鬼 三部作～響×桃子編
Release date Dec 5 · 89 min
Directed by Kotaro Terauchi
Cast Ai Kago, Ryouta Murai, Hirofumi Araki
Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I
のだめカンタービレ 最終楽章 前編
Release date Dec 19 · 122 min
Romance · Comedy · Music
Directed by Hideki Takeuchi
Cast Juri Ueno, Hiroshi Tamaki, Eita Nagayama
Hop Step Jump!
ほっぷすてっぷじゃんぷッ！
Release date Nov 14 · 84 min
Comedy
Directed by Takao Nakano
Cast Saori Andô, Jiro Dan, Susumu Nihashi
The Shock Labyrinth
戦慄迷宮3D
Release date Oct 15 · 89 min
Horror · Thriller
Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Cast Yuya Yagira, Misako Renbutsu, Ryo Katsuji
Tochka
Tôchika
Release date Oct 24 · 93 min
Drama
Directed by Hiroyuki Matsumura
Cast Yoko Fujita, Shun Sugata, Ryusei Ueno