List of Japanese films of 1998

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Bayside Shakedown	¥5.00 billion
2	Pokémon: The First Movie	¥4.15 billion
3	Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas	¥2.10 billion

List of films

A list of films released in Japan in 1998 (see 1998 in film).

Japanese films released in 1998

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A	Tatsuya Mori		Documentary	About Aum Shinrikyo cult
After Life	Hirokazu Koreeda	Arata, Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima	Fantasy	[1]
Andromedia	Takashi Miike	Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara		[2]
April Story	Shunji Iwai	Takako Matsu, Tanabe Seiichi	Drama	[3]
Begging for Love	Hideyuki Hirayama	Mieko Harada, Maho Nonami, Kiichi Nakai	Drama	[4]
Beru • Epokku	Joji Matsuoka	Hikaari Ishida, Kyōka Suzuki, Isako Washio	—	[4]
The Bird People in China	Takashi Miike	Masahiro Motoki, Renji Ishibashi, Mako	—	[5]
Blues Harp	Takashi Miike	Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Seiichi Tanabe, Saori Sekino	—	[2]
Bullet Ballet	Shinya Tsukamoto	Shinya Tsukamoto, Hisashi Igawa	—	[6][7]
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target	Kanetsugu Kodama		—	Animated film[8]
Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission	Keiichi Hara		—	Animated film[8]
Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas	Tsutomu Shibayama		—	Animated film[9]
The Doraemons ⋆ The Great Springing Inspections Military Operation	Yoshitomo Yonetani		—	Animated short[9][8]
Dr. Akagi	Shōhei Imamura	Akira Emoto, Kumiko Asō	Comedy drama	Japanese-French co-production[10][11]
Flowers of Shanghai	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Annie Yi, Michiko Hada	Drama	Japanese-Taiwanese co-production[12][13]		The Geisha House	Kinji Fukasaku	Maki Miyamoto		[14][15][16]
Kizuna	Kichitaro Negishi	Kōji Yakusho, Ken Watanabe, Yumi Asō	—	[8]
Love & Pop	Hideaki Anno
Megaranger vs. Carranger	—		—
Moon Light Dinner	Yutaka Ikejima	Kanae Mizuhara Yumi Yoshiyuki	Pink	Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best New Actress - Pink Grand Prix
Odoru daisosasen – The Movie	Katsuyuki Motohiro	Yūji Oda, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu	—	[4]
Ping Pong Hot Springs	Gen Yamakawa	Keiko Matsuzaka, Riho Akise, Satoshi Yamanaka	—	[8]
Pokémon: The First Movie	Kunihiko Yuyama			Animated film;[8][4] first film based on the Pokémon franchise.
Rasen	Jōji Iida	Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kōichi Satō	Horror	[9]
Rebirth of Mothra III	Okihiro Yoneda	Megumi Kobayashi, Misato Tate, Aki Flano	—	[4]
Return of Doraemon	Ayumu Watanabe		—	Animated short[9]
Ring	Hideo Nakata	Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rikiya Ōtaka	Horror	[9]
Sada	Nobuhiko Obayashi	Hitomi Kuroki, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Norihei Miki	Drama	[17]
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl	Katsuhito Ishii	Tadanobu Asano, Sie Kohinata, Ittoku Kishibe	Action	[18]
The Story of PuPu	Kensaku Watanabe	Sakura Uehara, Reiko Matsuo	Road movie
Tokyo Eyes	Jean-Pierre Limosin	Shinji Takeda, Hinano Yoshikawa, Kaori Mizushima	Thriller, romance	French-Japanese co-production[19][20]
Tomie	Ataru Oikawa	Mami Nakamura, Miho Kanno, Yoriko Doguchi	Horror	[21]
Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of the Star of Light	—
Yomigaeru Yūsaku: Tantei Monogatari Tokubetsu-hen

See also

• 1998 in Japan
• 1998 in Japanese television