List of Japanese films of 2004 explained

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2	Be with You
3
4
5

List of films

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

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2LDK		Maho Nonami	Thriller	^[1]
Appleseed				^[2]
Abaranger vs. Hurricanger
Be with You		Yūko Takeuchi, Shido Nakamura	Drama
Casshern		Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Asō, Toshiaki Karasawa	Science fiction	^[3]
Cutie Honey		Eriko Sato, Mikako Ichikawa, Jun Murakami	Science fiction	^[4]
Dark Tales of Japan	, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimizu, Yoshiro Nakamura, Koji Shiraishi		Horror	Television film
Dead Leaves
	Kazuo Kuroki	Rie Miyazawa, Yoshio Harada, Tadanobu Asano	Drama, History
			Science fiction	^[5]
			Science fiction	^[6]
Half a Confession	Kiyoshi Sasabe	Akira Terao Mieko Harada		Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Hana and Alice		Anne Suzuki, Yū Aoi, Tomohiro Kaku
Howl's Moving Castle			Fantasy	^[7]
Infection		Kōichi Satō, Michiko Hada, Yōko Maki	Horror	.^[8]
Izo			Action	^[9]
		Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Miku Ueno, Eriko Ichinohe	Horror	^[10]
Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace
Kamikaze Girls			Comedy	^[11]
Lunch Box	Shinji Imaoka	Yumika Hayashi	Pink	Best Film, Pink Grand Prix
Mind Game			Fantasy	^[12]
Marebito			Horror	^[13]
Naruto - Konoha Sports Festival
		Kazuyuki Asano, Mikihisa Azuma, Yuri Chinen
Nobody Knows		Yūya Yagira	Drama	^[14]
One Piece the Movie: Curse of the Sacred Sword
Premonition			Horror	^[15]
Saint Seiya: Heaven Chapter ~ Overture
Steamboy			Science fiction	^[16]
Survive Style 5+				^[17] ^[18]
Swing Girls			Comedy	^[19]
			Comedy-drama	^[20] ^[21]
Three... Extremes	, Takashi Miike, Park Chan-wook	Miriam Yeung, Lee Byung-hun, Kyōko Hasegawa	Horror	Hong Kong-South Korean-Japanese co-production^[22] ^[23]
Tony Takitani		Issey Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Takahumi Shinohara	Drama	^[24] ^[25]
	Kazuya Konaka
Vital		Tadanobu Asano, Nami Tsukamoto	Drama	^[26] ^[27]
				American-Japanese co-production^[28]
Zebraman			Comedy	^[29] ^[30]

See also

• 2004 in Japan
• 2004 in Japanese television

Footnotes

Bibliography

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

External links

• Japanese films of 2004 at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

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