Japon Box Office 2002
by asianfilms-81159 | created - 25 Jan 2020 | updated - 25 Jan 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. The Cat Returns (2002)
G | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
After helping a cat, a seventeen-year-old girl finds herself involuntarily engaged to a cat Prince in a magical world where her only hope of freedom lies with a dapper cat statuette come to life.
Director: Hiroyuki Morita | Stars: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada
Votes: 64,559
2. Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Conan and his friends were invited to the premier of an new virtual computer game. But someone programmed the game, that if they can't answer the riddle in the game, they all have to die.
Director: Kenji Kodama | Stars: Minami Takayama, Hideyuki Tanaka, Wakana Yamazaki, Kappei Yamaguchi
Votes: 3,954
3. Pokémon Heroes (2002)
G | 71 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two thieves take control of an ancient weapon designed to defend the canal city of Altomare.
Directors: Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Veronica Taylor
Votes: 6,832 | Gross: $0.75M
4. Doraemon: Nobita and the Robot Kingdom (2002)
80 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Doraemon and friends travels into another world via the time machine; where humans and robots are living together. However they soon find out that the Empress of Robot Kingdom was trying to... See full summary »
Directors: Tsutomu Shibayama, Tatsuya Ishihara | Stars: Nobuyo Ôyama, Noriko Ohara, Michiko Nomura, Kazuya Tatekabe
Votes: 498
5. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
G | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla, only for the true Godzilla to reveal his doppelganger as a mechanical alien weapon.
Director: Jun Fukuda | Stars: Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima, Akihiko Hirata
Votes: 7,922
7. Mohou-han (2002)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Leopold and Loeb-styled thriller about serial murders.
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita | Stars: Masahiro Nakai, Kanji Tsuda, Takashi Fujii, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 204
8. Kamen Rider Ryuki: Episode Final (2002)
78 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Picking of episode 46 left off, Ryuki and four other Riders remain standing, but one of them, somewhat-related to Ryuki, threatens to speeden the deaths of the remaining Riders.
Director: Ryuta Tasaki | Stars: Takamasa Suga, Satoshi Matsuda, Ayano Sugiyama, Kenzaburou Kikuchi
Votes: 193
9. Returner (2002)
R | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion which will wipe out the human race.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Gorô Kishitani, Kirin Kiki
Votes: 11,598 | Gross: $0.07M
10. Leave It to the Nurses (2002)
114 min | Comedy
A disgruntled former patient interrupts the kooky routines of a hospital's employees.
Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa | Stars: Alisa Mizuki, Yuki Matsushita, Uno Kanda, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 59
11. Trick: The Movie (2002)
119 min | Comedy, Mystery
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Kazuyuki Aijima, Bengal, Eri Fuse
Votes: 401
12. Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Battle of the Warring States (2002)
95 min | Animation, History
After mysteriously being sent back in time, Shin-chan saves the life of Matabei Yoshitoshi Ijiri, a samurai who leads the army of a small province in Japan. Welcomed as a guest by Ijiri, Shinnosuke must figure out why he is stuck in 1574.
Director: Keiichi Hara | Stars: Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara, Satomi Kôrogi
Votes: 452
13. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
Not Rated | 99 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
After seemingly defeating their common enemy, Naraku, what appears to be the near-end of their journey instead leads Inuyasha and Kagome facing against a new threat.
Director: Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 2,340
14. The Twilight Samurai (2002)
129 min | Drama, Romance
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi, Ren Ôsugi
Votes: 25,524
15. Totsunyûseyo! 'Asama Sansô' jiken (2002)
130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task ... See full summary »
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Ryûdô Uzaki, Yûki Amami, Masatô Ibu
Votes: 196
16. Inochi (2002)
111 min | Drama
Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him.
Director: Tetsuo Shinohara | Stars: Makiko Esumi, Etsushi Toyokawa, Toshio Kakei, Kumiko Asô
Votes: 89
17. Dolls (2002)
114 min | Drama, Romance
Three stories of never-ending love.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 17,366 | Gross: $0.00M
18. Kewaishi (2001)
113 min | Drama, History
Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Stars: Kippei Shîna, Miho Kanno, Chizuru Ikewaki, Shirô Sano
Votes: 36
19. Koinu Dan no monogatari (2002)
70 min | Family
A showcase for several Hello. Project pop music idols, the story of Dan the puppy begins when a couple of preteen schoolgirls find and end up keeping the cute and affable young dog. With ... See full summary »
Director: Shin'ichirô Sawai | Stars: Natsumi Abe, Dan, Akira Emoto, Takaaki Enoki
Votes: 42
20. Seoul (2002)
110 min | Action, Thriller
Detective Hayase is caught in the midst of a truck robbery. Being forced to extend his stay and help identify the robbers, Hayase gets thrown into another situation as Japan's Foreign Minister is kidnapped before the upcoming Asian Summit.
Director: Masahiko Nagasawa | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Choi Min-soo, Hoon Jang, Seong Choi
Votes: 162
21. Ashita ga aru sa: The Movie (2002)
118 min | Comedy
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto | Stars: Masatoshi Hamada, Kôji Higashino, Takashi Fujii, Shôzô Endô
Votes: 31
22. Kyoki no sakura (2002)
121 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to clean the streets of Shibuya from bad elements.
Director: Kenji Sonoda | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Yoshio Harada, Yôsuke Eguchi, Rie Hagiwara
Votes: 187
23. Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle (2002)
Not Rated | 74 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Tyson and the Bladebreakers must stop an unleashed dark shadow group called the Shadow-Bladers and save the world in the ultimate Beyblade showdown battle!
Director: Yoshio Takeuchi | Stars: Motoko Kumai, Houko Kuwashima, Aya Hisakawa, Ai Orikasa
Votes: 468
24. Amida-do dayori (2002)
127 min | Drama
An urban Japanese couple decide to move to the country.
Director: Takashi Koizumi | Stars: Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Shoji Arano, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 297
25. Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu! (2002)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarô Mikuni, Kyôka Suzuki, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 19
26. Mr. Rookie (2002)
118 min
Director: Satoshi Isaka | Stars: Kazushige Nagashima, Mayu Tsuruta, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Isao Hashizume
Votes: 29
27. The Sea Is Watching (2002)
R | 119 min | Romance, Drama
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Director: Kei Kumai | Stars: Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tôno, Masatoshi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 1,606
28. Pinpon (2002)
114 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. "Peco" Hoshino is a brash, arrogant player, determined to turn pro. He taught his quiet, nerdy... See full summary »
Director: Fumihiko Sori | Stars: Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee, Shidô Nakamura
Votes: 3,487
Tell Your Friends