List of Japanese films of 2004

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World	¥8.50 billion
2	Be with You	¥4.80 billion
3	Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	¥4.38 billion
4	Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey	¥3.05 billion
5	Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky	¥2.80 billion

List of films

A list of films released in Japan in 2004 (see 2004 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2LDK	Yukihiko Tsutsumi	Maho Nonami	Thriller	[1]
Appleseed	Shinji Aramaki			[2]
Abaranger vs. Hurricanger
Be with You	Nobuhiro Doi	Yūko Takeuchi, Shido Nakamura	Drama	[3]
Beyblade: Fierce Battle
Casshern	Kazuaki Kiriya	Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Asō, Toshiaki Karasawa	Science fiction	[4]
Crayon Shin-chan: The Storm Called: The Kasukabe Boys of the Evening Sun	Tsutomu Mizushima		—	[5]
Cutie Honey	Hideaki Anno	Eriko Sato, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami	Science fiction	[6]
Dark Tales of Japan	Masayuki Ochiai, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshiro Nakamura, Koji Shiraishi		Horror	Television film[7]
Dead Leaves	Hiroyuki Imaishi			[citation needed]
Detective Conan: Magician of the Silver Sky	Taiichiro Yamamoto		—	[5]
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey	Tsutomu Shibayama		—	[5]
The Face of Jizo	Kazuo Kuroki	Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano	Drama, History
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Mamoru Oshii		Science fiction	[5][8]
Godzilla: Final Wars	Ryuhei Kitamura	Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa, Kazuki Kitamura	Science fiction	[9][10]
Half a Confession	Kiyoshi Sasabe	Akira Terao Mieko Harada		Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Hana and Alice	Shunji Iwai	Anne Suzuki, Yū Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku	—	[5]
Howl's Moving Castle	Hayao Miyazaki		Fantasy	[3][11][9]
Infection	Masayuki Ochiai	Kōichi Satō, Michiko Hada, Yōko Maki	Horror	.[12][3][13]
Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island	Toshiya Shinohara		—	[9]
Izo	Takashi Miike	Mickey Curtis, Daisaku Akino, Chisato Amate	Action	[14]
Ju-Rei: The Uncanny	Koji Shiraishi	Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Miku Ueno, Eriko Ichinohe	Horror	[15][16]
Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace
Kamikaze Girls	Tetsuya Nakashima	Kyoko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya	Comedy	[17]
Konjiki no Gash Bell!!: 101 Banme no Mamono
Lunch Box	Shinji Imaoka	Yumika Hayashi	Pink	Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
Mind Game	Masaaki Yuasa		Fantasy	[18]
Marebito	Takashi Shimizu	Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara	Horror	[12][19]
Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow	Tensai Okamura			[20]
Naruto - Konoha Sports Festival	Hayato Date			[20]
Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun, the Movie	Masayuki Suzuki	Kazuyuki Asano, Mikihisa Azuma, Yuri Chinen		[20]
Nobody Knows	Hirokazu Koreeda	Yūya Yagira	Drama	[21]
One Piece the Movie: Curse of the Sacred Sword
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys	Kunihiko Yuyama		—	[20]
Premonition	Tsuruta Norio	Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Hana Inoue	Horror	[3][22]
Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter ~ Overture
Steamboy	Katsuhiro Otomo		Science fiction	[20][23][24]
Survive Style 5+	Gen Sekiguchi	Vinnie Jones, Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto		[25][26]
Swing Girls	Shinobu Yaguchi	Juri Ueno, Yuta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya	Comedy	[20][3][27]
The Taste of Tea	Katsuhito Ishii		Comedy-drama	[28][29]
Three... Extremes	Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook	Miriam Yeung, Lee Byung-hun, Kyōko Hasegawa	Horror	Hong Kong-South Korean-Japanese co-production[30][31]
Tony Takitani	Jun Ichikawa	Issey Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Takahumi Shinohara	Drama	[32][33]
Ultraman: The Next	Kazuya Konaka
Vital	Shinya Tsukamoto	Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto	Drama	[34][35]
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light	Hatsuki Tsuji			American-Japanese co-production[36]
Zebraman	Takashi Miike	Atsuro Watabe, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Yui Ichikawa	Comedy	[37][38]

See also

• 2004 in Japan
• 2004 in Japanese television

Footnotes

1. Ralske, Josh. "2LDK". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
2. Felperin, Leslie. "Review: 'Appleseed'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
3. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 434.
4. Buchanan, Jason. "Casshern". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
5. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 431.
6. Gibner, Jason. "Cutie Honey". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
7. Kalat 2007, p. 294.
8. Deming, Mark. "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
9. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 435.
10. Deming, Mark. "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
11. Deming, Mark. "Howl's Moving Castle". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
12. Kalat 2007, p. 295.
13. Seibert, Perry. "Infection". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
14. Ralske, Josh. "Izo". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
15. Kalat 2007, p. 292.
16. Buchanan, Jason. "Ju-Rei: The Uncanny". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
17. Ralske, Josh. "Kamikaze Girls". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
18. Deming, Mark. "Mind Game". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
19. Deming, Mark. "Marebito". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
20. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 433.
21. Deming, Mark. "Nobody Knows". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
22. Deming, Mark. "Premonition". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
23. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 432.
24. Deming, Mark. "Steamboy". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
25. Weissberg, Jay (August 17, 2004). "Review: 'Survive Style 5+'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
26. Ralske, Josh. "Survive Style 5+". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
27. Buchanan, Jason. "Swing Girls". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
28. Buchanan, Jason. "The Taste of Tea". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
29. Elley, Derek (May 14, 2004). "Review: 'The Taste of Tea'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
30. Rooney, David (January 11, 2005). "Review: 'Three … Extremes'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
31. Ralske, Josh. "Three... Extremes". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
32. Elley, Derek (August 17, 2004). "Review: 'Tony Takitani'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
33. Deming, Mark. "Tony Takitani". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
34. Rooney, David (September 28, 2004). "Review: 'Vital'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
35. Ralske, Josh. "Vital". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
36. Koehler, Robert (August 12, 2004). "Review: 'Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light'". Variety. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
37. Young, Debirag (February 12, 2005). "Review: 'Zebraman'". Variety. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
38. Buchanan, Jason. "Zebraman". AllMovie. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

Bibliography

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
• Kalat, David (2007). J-horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond. Vertical. ISBN 978-1932234084.

External links

• Japanese films of 2004 at the Internet Movie Database