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Highest-grossing films edit

Rank	Title	Gross
1	Whisper of the Heart	¥1.85 billion
2	Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla	¥1.65 billion
3	Tora-san's Easy Advice	¥1.55 billion

List of films edit

A list of films released in Japan in 1995 (see 1995 in film).

Japanese films released in 1995
Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!	Toshiki Satō	Hotaru Hazuki	Pink	Pink Grand Prix for Best Film
Crayon Shin-chan: Unkokusai's Ambition	Mitsuru Hongo		—	^[1]
Deep River	Kei Kumai	Kumiko Akiyoshi, Eiji Okuda, Hisashi Igawa	Drama	^[1]^[2]
Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn	Shigeyasu Yamauchi		Anime
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon	Mitsuo Hashimoto		Anime	The final Dragon Ball Z animated film to be released in theaters until Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in 2013.
East Meets West	Kihachi Okamoto	Hiroyuki Sanada	—	^[3]
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness	Shimako Sato	Kimika Yoshino, Miho Kanno, Miho Tamura	Horror	^[4]^[5]
Eternal Moment	Seijiro Koyama	Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kumiko Goto, Masahiro Takashima	—	^[1]
Farewell to Nostradamus	Takeshi Shirato		—	^[1]
Flirt	Hal Hartley	Martin Donovan, Parker Posey	Comedy-drama, romance	American-German-Japanese co-production^[6]^[7]
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe	Shusuke Kaneko	Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani, Yukijiro Hotaru	Science fiction	^[1]^[8]^[9]
Getting Any?	Takeshi Kitano	Dannkann	Comedy
Ghost in the Shell	Mamoru Oshii		Science fiction	^[10]
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah	Takao Okawara	Takurō Tatsumi, Yōko Ishino, Yasufumi Hayashi	Science fiction	^[11]
Gonin	Takashi Ishii	Takeshi Kitano, Kōichi Satō, Masahiro Motoki	Crime, thriller	^[12]
Good Men, Good Women	Hou Hsiao-hsien	Lim Giong, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Jack Kao	Drama	Taiwanese-Japanese co-production^[13]
Hana Yori Dango	Yasuyuki Kusuda	Yuki Uchida	Romance
Hiroshima	Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode	Kenneth Welsh, Hisashi Igawa	Drama
Kamikaze Taxi	Masato Harada
Kura	Yasuo Furuhata	Yūko Asano
A Last Note	Kaneto Shindō	Haruko Sugimura Nobuko Otowa		Japan Academy Prize for Best Film, entered into Moscow
Like Grains of Sand	Ryosuke Hashiguchi	Yoshinori Okada, Ayumi Hamasaki	Drama
Listen to the Voices of the Sea	Hideo Sekigawa	Akitake Konō, Hajime Izu, Yasumi Hara	War	^[14]
Love Letter	Shunji Iwai	Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Bunjaku Han	Drama, romance	^[15]
Maborosi	Hirokazu Koreeda	Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano, Akira Emoto	Drama, mystery	^[16]
Mechanical Violator Hakaider
Memories	Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura		Fantasy, science fiction	^[17]
Mr. Children in Film	Takeshi Kobayashi	Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa	Documentary	^[1]
Ohranger Movie
Ring: Kanzenban	Chisui Takigawa	Katsunori Takahashi, Yoshio Harada, Mai Tachihara		Television film^[5]^[18]
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie	Hiroki Shibata		Anime	The final Sailor Moon film released in theaters.
School Ghost Stories	Hideyuki Hirayama	Hironobu Nomura, Ayako Sugiyama, Masahiro Sato	—	^[1]
Sexual Desires in the Ladies' Restroom: Dripping!	Yutaka Ikejima	Kimitake Hiraoka Kaoru Yuzu	Pink	Silver Prize at the Pink Grand Prix
Sharaku	Masahiro Shinoda			Entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival
Slam Dunk: Howling Basketman Spirit!!			Anime
Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Greatest Challenge!			Anime
Sleeping Beauty	Toshi Hiruma	Garry Chalk, Ian James Corlett, Terry Klassen, Andrea Libman	Animation	Japanese American co-production
Tokyo Fist	Shinya Tsukamoto	Shinya Tsukamoto, Kahori Fujii, Kōji Tsukamoto	Avant-garde, horror	^[19]^[20]^[21]
Tora-san to the Rescue	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	48th and last in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Whisper of the Heart	Yoshifumi Kondō		Drama	^[22]^[1]^[23]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 390.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Deep River". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "East Meets West". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Kalat 2007, p. 59.
^ ^a ^b Kalat 2007, p. 272.
^ Blaise, Judd. "Flirt". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ "Flirt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 389.
^ Brennan, Sandra. "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Townsend, Emru. "Ghost in the Shell". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Gonin". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Good Men, Good Women". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Reid, T. R. (August 14, 1995). "WWII re-fought, revised in Japanese media". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Love Letter". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Deming, Mark. "Maborosi". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Memories". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Kalat 2007, p. 273.
^ Mes 2005, p. 119.
^ Mes 2005, p. 213.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Tokyo Fist". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Crow, Jonathan. "Whisper of the Heart". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 391.

Bibliography edit

Kalat, David (2007). J-horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond. Vertical. ISBN 978-1932234084.
Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
Mes, Tom (2005). Iron Man. The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto. Fab Press. ISBN 1-903254-35-3.

External links edit

Japanese films of 1995 at the Internet Movie Database

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008390-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 390.

[2] Crow, Jonathan. "Deep River". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[3] Crow, Jonathan. "East Meets West". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEKalat200759-4] Kalat 2007, p. 59.

[FOOTNOTEKalat2007272-5] Kalat 2007, p. 272.

[6] Blaise, Judd. "Flirt". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[7] "Flirt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008389-8] Galbraith IV 2008, p. 389.

[9] Brennan, Sandra. "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[10] Townsend, Emru. "Ghost in the Shell". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[11] Crow, Jonathan. "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[12] Crow, Jonathan. "Gonin". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[13] Crow, Jonathan. "Good Men, Good Women". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[14] Reid, T. R. (August 14, 1995). "WWII re-fought, revised in Japanese media". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

[15] Crow, Jonathan. "Love Letter". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[16] Deming, Mark. "Maborosi". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[17] Crow, Jonathan. "Memories". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEKalat2007273-18] Kalat 2007, p. 273.

[FOOTNOTEMes2005119-19] Mes 2005, p. 119.

[FOOTNOTEMes2005213-20] Mes 2005, p. 213.

[21] Crow, Jonathan. "Tokyo Fist". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[22] Crow, Jonathan. "Whisper of the Heart". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008391-23] Galbraith IV 2008, p. 391.

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Summary

Highest-grossing films edit

List of films edit

See also edit

References edit

Bibliography edit

External links edit