Top 10 Japanese Box Office Movies for 2018 (Non-Anime Movies)
by wanderational | created - 30 Dec 2019 | updated - 26 Jan 2020 | PublicList based on In-Year Releases and retrieved from Box Office Mojo website https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2018/?grossesOption=totalGrosses&area=JP
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1. Code Blue: The Movie (2018)
127 min | Drama
The 'helicopter doctor' team is back and ready to take on the disasters and accidents at Japan's Narita airport and points near and far. They work together through these professional emergencies and deal with their personal calamities.
Stars: Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Manami Higa
Votes: 1,456
2. Shoplifters (2018)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Lily Franky, Sakura Andô, Kirin Kiki, Mayu Matsuoka
Votes: 86,434 | Gross: $3.31M
3. Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken (2018)
134 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.
Director: Yûichi Fukuda | Stars: Shun Oguri, Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yûya Yagira
Votes: 1,196
4. One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Things go badly for a hack director and film crew shooting a low budget zombie movie in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility, when they are attacked by real zombies.
Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda | Stars: Takayuki Hamatsu, Yuzuki Akiyama, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya
Votes: 29,720
5. Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
123 min | Mystery
Mogami Takeshi works at the Tokyo prosecutor's office focusing on violent criminal cases. Okino Keiichiro admires him and is happy to be assigned to work with Mogami. When a money lender is... See full summary »
Director: Masato Harada | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Takehiro Hira
Votes: 1,017
6. Stolen Identity (2018)
116 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After Asami's boyfriend lost his cellphone, she begins to receive unknown credit card payment notification, her social media information is leaked, and she is drawn into an unexpected ... See full summary »
Director: Hideo Nakata | Stars: Keiko Kitagawa, Yûdai Chiba, Ryo Narita, Kei Tanaka
Votes: 642
7. Recall (2018)
120 min | Drama
Tokuro Akamatsu (Tomoya Nagase) runs a transport company. One day, a truck owned by Tokuro Akamatsu is involved in an accident. A tire came off the truck and killed a pedestrian - a mother ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Tomoya Nagase, Dean Fujioka, Issei Takahashi, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 334
8. Chihayafuru Part III (2018)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The third part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy that takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part II". Chihaya is now a high school senior who is ready to enter another national competition alongside her friends.
Director: Norihiro Koizumi | Stars: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi
Votes: 679
9. The Crimes That Bind (2018)
119 min | Mystery, Thriller
Michiko came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa | Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Votes: 1,512
10. Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever (2018)
TV-PG | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
As their "companions" lose their memories, Sougo Tokiwa and Sento Kiryu find that an enemy has appeared in the Kuriogatake mountain.
Director: Kyohei Yamaguchi | Stars: So Okuno, Atsuhiro Inukai, Gaku Oshida, Eiji Akaso
Votes: 180
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