List of Japanese films of 1997

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Princess Mononoke	¥11.3 billion
2	Lost Paradise	¥2.30 billion
3	Doraemon: Nobita and the Spiral City	¥2.00 billion

List of films

A list of films released in Japan in 1997 (see 1997 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Carranger vs. Ohranger
Cat's Eye	Kaizo Hayashi	Yuki Uchida, Izumi Inamori, Norika Fujiwara		[1]
Crayon Shin-chan: Pursuit of the Dark Tama Tama			Anime
Cure	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Kōji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa	Thriller	[2][3]
Detective Conan: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper
The Eel	Shohei Imamura			Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes
The End of Evangelion	Hideaki Anno		Anime	Finale to the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion. Won the Animage Anime Grand Prix, Japanese Academy Prize for "Best Sensation," and "Anime Choice Award" at Animation Kobe.
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth	Hideaki Anno		Anime	Clip show of episodes 1-24 of the TV series Neon Genesis Evangelion, followed by 27 minutes of a draft of The End of Evangelion.
Fireworks	Takeshi Kitano
I Thought About You	Yukio Kitazawa	Yōta Kawase	Gay Pink	Pink Grand Prix, Best Film
Magunichuudo - ashita heno kakehashi	Hiroshi Sugawara	Kumie Tanaka, Naoto Ogata, Hiroko Yakushimaru	Drama	[4]
Moonlight Serenade	Masahiro Shinoda			Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
Parasite Eve	Masayuki Ochiai	Hiroshi Mikami, Riona Hazuki, Tomoko Nakajima	—	[2][5]
Perfect Blue	Satoshi Kon		Mystery, thriller	Animated film[6][7]
Princess Mononoke	Hayao Miyazaki		Fantasy, adventure	Animated film[4][8]
Rainy Dog	Takashi Miike	Show Aikawa	Crime	[9][10]
Rebirth of Mothra II	Kunie Miyoshi	Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano	Science fiction	[11][12]
Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Requiem
School Ghost Stories 3	Shusuke Kaneko	Naomi Nishida, Hitomi Kuroki, Hideki Noda	—	[1]
Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi	Yōjirō Takita	Tsunku, Hatake, Takanori Jinnai	Comedy	[13]
Tekken: The Motion Picture				Animated
Tokyo Biyori	Naoto Takenaka	Naoto Takenaka, Miho Nakayama, Yakako Matsu	Comedy-drama	[1][11]
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald	Koki Mitani	Jun inoue, Yasukiyo Umeno, Kaoru Okunuki	Comedy	[11]
Woman of the Police Protection Programme	Juzo Itami	Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Takehiro Murata	—	[1]

See also

• 1997 in Japan
• 1997 in Japanese television

Footnotes

1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 400.
2. Kalat 2007, p. 273.
3. Crow, Jonathan. "Cure". AllMovie. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
4. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 414.
5. Kalat 2007, p. 274.
6. "Perfect Blue" (PDF). Fantasia Film Festival. p. 64. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
7. Crow, Jonathan. "Perfect Blue". AllMovie. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
8. Stewart, Bhob. "Princess Mononoke (1997)". AllMovie. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
9. Rainy Dog (booklet). Arrow Films. 2017. p. 6. AV078.
10. Crow, Jonathan. "Rainy Dog". AllMovie. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
11. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 401.
12. "Rebirth of Mothra II". AllMovie. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
13. シャ乱Ｑの演歌の花道 (1997). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 6 July 2014.

References

• 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 1997 at the Internet Movie Database