Japanese films of 2008

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A list of films released in Japan in 2008 (see 2008 in film).

2008

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
2008
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End Yukihiko Tsutsumi Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa Science fiction, Mystery Based on a manga
Achilles and the Tortoise Takeshi Kitano Beat Takeshi
BLEACH the Movie: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name Noriyuki Abe Voices of Masakazu Morita, Fumiko Orikasa, Kentarō Itō Supernatural/action/anime Based on a manga/anime series created by Tite Kubo/Sequel to The DiamondDust Rebellion
Cafe Isobe Keisuke Yoshida Hiroyuki Miyasako, Riisa Naka, Kumiko Aso, Mari Hamada
Cruel Restaurant Koji Kawano Mihiro, Sakae Yamazaki Erotic horror Released with unrated edition
Departures Yojiro Takita Masahiro Motoki Won best foreign film in the 2009 Academy Awards
Detective Conan: Full Score of Fear Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Akira Kamiya
Doraemon Movie: Nobita and the Green Giant Legend Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki
Engine Sentai Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! GekijōBang!! Noboru Takemoto Yasuhisa Furuhara, Shinwa Kataoka, Rina Aizawa, Masahiro Usui, Kenji Ebisawa, Nao Oikawa, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yumi Sugimoto
Hana yori Dango Final Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda Romance Based on a manga
Happy Flight Shinobu Yaguchi Seiichi Tanabe, Saburo Tokito, Haruka Ayase Comedy
The Homeless Student Tomoyuki Furumaya
K-20: Legend of the Mask Shimako Sato Takeshi Kaneshiro Action
Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka
Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World
Kurosagi Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa Thriller
L: Change the WorLd Hideo Nakata Kenichi Matsuyama Death Note films Spin-off
The Machine Girl Noboru Iguchi Minase Yashiro, Asami, Ryōsuke Kawamura Horror, action comedy
Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds Kamegaki Hajime
One Piece the Movie: Episode of Chopper: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Sakura Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Ōtani, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Kazuki Yao Series creator Eiichirō Oda took part in screenwriting
Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Hayao Miyazaki Fantasy anime
Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar - The Movie Makkoi Saitō Jun Kaname, Hiroaki Ogi, Mai Takahashi Comedy, Musical Live-Action film based on a manga
Sakigake!! Otokojuku Tak Sakaguchi Tak Sakaguchi, Shōei, Akaji Maro, Hideo Sakaki, Tetsushi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Onoue, Shintaro Yamada, Shun Sugata Live-Action film based on a manga
School Days with a Pig Tetsu Maeda Satoshi Tsumabuki, Mieko Harada, Tomoko Tabata Based on a true event
Shaolin Girl Katsuyuki Motohiro Kou Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, Kitty Zhang Yuqi, Tin Kai Man, Lam Chi Chung, Takashi Okamura, Yosuke Eguchi Comedy Inspired by the 2001 Hong Kong film Shaolin Soccer
Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers Takeshi Yagi Hiroshi Nagano Comedy This Has King Gesura King Pandon Super Alien Hipporit King Goldras King Silvergon Ultraman Tiga Ultraman Dyna Ultraman Gaia Ultraman Ultraseven Ultraman Jack Ultraman Ace Ultraman Mebius and Giga Chimera
A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies Ryuichi Inomata Eiichiro Funakoshi, Akiko Matsumoto, Ryohei Hirota
The Taste of Fish Shingo Matsubara Takao Osawa, Rena Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Yoko Moriguchi, Shiro Ito, Akira Emoto Drama Based on a manga
Tokyo Gore Police Yoshihiro Nishimura Itsuji Itao, Camille LaBry, Shôko Nakahara Action, Horror
Tokyo Sonata Kiyoshi Kurosawa Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyōko Koizumi Drama
Tsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama Yūzō Asahara Toshiyuki Nishida, Miyoko Asada
Us vs the police:700 day war Renpei Tsukamoto Ichihara Hayato Comedy

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