Movies produced in Japan and first released in 2008
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The list below includes all films produced by production companies based in Japan, including international co-productions.
Note: While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Movie | Co-Producing
Countries | Genre | Production
Budget | Worldwide
Box Office
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) |
Japan |
Adventure |
$34,000,000 |
$205,162,666 |
|
| Rookies |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$85,405,510 |
|
| Hana yori dango: Fainaru |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$73,000,000 |
|
| Okuribito |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$66,092,062 |
|
| Suspect X |
Japan |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$53,000,000 |
|
| Pokemon 2008 |
Japan |
Adventure |
|
$42,563,360 |
|
| Partners: The Movie |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$39,314,819 |
|
| Twentieth Century Boys |
Japan |
Adventure |
|
$34,571,688 |
|
| Za majikku awâ |
Japan |
Comedy |
|
$32,813,807 |
|
| Doraemon: Nobita to Midori no kyojinten |
Japan |
Adventure |
|
$29,397,231 |
|
| Desu Noto 3: L: Change the World |
Japan |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$22,730,665 |
|
| Meitantei Conan: Senritsu no furu sukoa |
Japan |
Adventure |
|
$21,997,163 |
|
| Desu Noto |
Japan |
Thriller/Suspense |
|
$21,497,802 |
|
| Blindness |
Brazil,
Canada,
Japan |
Thriller/Suspense |
$25,000,000 |
$20,052,958 |
|
| Gegege no Kitarô: Sennen noroi uta |
Japan |
Adventure |
|
$18,836,036 |
|
| Detoroito Metaru Shiti |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$18,569,470 |
|
| Pako to Maho no Ehon |
Japan |
|
|
$18,508,052 |
|
| Shaolin Girl |
Hong Kong,
Japan |
Action |
|
$12,380,512 |
|
| Crayon Shin-chan 16 |
Japan |
|
|
$10,536,987 |
|
| Flowers in the Shadow |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$10,188,284 |
|
| Chîmu bachisuta no eikô |
Japan |
|
|
$9,710,761 |
|
| Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo |
Japan |
Adventure |
|
$9,142,563 |
|
| Kuraimâzu hai |
Japan |
|
|
$8,667,202 |
|
| Eiga: Kurosagi |
Japan |
|
|
$7,336,788 |
|
| Inu to watashi no 10 no yakusoku |
Japan |
|
|
$7,220,517 |
|
| Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess (隠し砦の三悪人 THE LAST PRINCESS) |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$7,095,183 |
|
| Sunadokei |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$6,943,948 |
|
| Gekijoban Kamen Raida Kiba Makaijo no O |
Japan |
|
|
$6,569,478 |
|
| Boku no kanojo wa saibôgu |
Japan |
Action |
|
$5,506,234 |
|
| Giniro No Season |
Japan |
|
|
$4,904,830 |
|
| Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea |
Japan,
Mongolia |
Drama |
$30,000,000 |
$4,874,498 |
|
| Gekijô ban poketto monsutâ: Daiyamondo & Pâru - Giratina to sora no hanataba Sheimi (劇場版ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール ギラティナと氷空の花束 シェイミ) |
Japan |
Action |
|
$4,168,058 |
|
| Ikigami |
Japan |
|
|
$3,585,144 |
|
| Gekijoban Kamen Raida Den'o and Kiba Kuraimakkusu Deka |
Japan |
Action |
|
$3,558,763 |
|
| Meu Nome Nao E Johnny |
Japan |
|
|
$2,937,005 |
|
| The Sky Crawlers (スカイ・クロラ) |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$2,707,659 |
|
| Afutâ sukûru |
Japan |
|
|
$1,930,109 |
|
| Gekijoban Saraba Kamen Raida Den'o Fainaru Kauntodaun |
Japan |
|
|
$1,716,850 |
|
| One Piece: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura |
Japan |
|
|
$1,574,571 |
|
| Yama no Anata: Tokuichi no Koi |
Japan |
|
|
$512,213 |
|
| Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime |
Japan |
|
|
$469,202 |
|
| Nishi no majo ga shinda |
Japan |
|
|
$465,521 |
|
| Human Condition Trilogy |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$54,828 |
|
| Sukiyaki Western Django |
Japan |
Action |
|
$50,659 |
|
| Passion |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$13,618 |
|
| Vexille |
Japan |
Action |
|
$4,070 |
|
| Batman: Gotham Knight |
Japan,
Republic of Korea,
United States |
Adventure |
|
$0 |
|
| Kanaria |
Japan |
Drama |
|
$0 |
|
| Shinkaijû Reigô |
Japan |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Gurren Lagann the Movie: Childhood’s End (劇場版 天元突破グレンラガン 紅蓮篇) |
Japan |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
| Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name (劇場版BLEACH ブリーチ Fade to Black 君の名を呼ぶ) |
Japan |
Action |
|
$0 |
|
