List of Japanese films of 1997

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	Koji 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
Moonlight Serenade	Masahiro Shinoda			Entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival
Parasite Eve	Masayuki Ochiai	Hiroshi Mikami, Riona Haduki, Tomoko Nakajima	N/A	[2][4]
Perfect Blue	Satoshi Kon		Anime
Princess Mononoke	Miyazaki, HayaoHayao Miyazaki		Fantasy, adventure	Animated film[5][6]
Rainy Dog	Takashi Miike	Show Aikawa
Rebirth of Mothra II			Kaiju
Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Requiem
Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi	Yōjirō Takita	Tsunku, Hatake, Takanori Jinnai	Comedy	[7]
Tekken: The Motion Picture				Animated
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Footnotes

1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 400.
2. Kalat 2007, p. 273.
3. Crow, Jonathan. "Cure". AllMovie. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
4. Kalat 2007, p. 274.
5. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 414.
6. Stewart, Bhob. "Princess Mononoke (1997)". AllMovie. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
7. 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 1461673747.
• Kalat, David (2007). J-horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond. Vertical. ISBN 193223408X.

External links

• Japanese films of 1997 at the Internet Movie Database