List of Japanese films of 1995

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## Highest-grossing films

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Rank | Title | Gross

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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

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

Japanese films released in 1995 Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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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]

## See also

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* 1995 in Japan
* 1995 in Japanese television

## References

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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.
4. ^ Kalat 2007, p. 59.
5. ^ a b Kalat 2007, p. 272.
6. ^ Blaise, Judd. "Flirt". AllMovie. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
7. ^ "Flirt". Filmportal.de. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
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.
18. ^ Kalat 2007, p. 273.
19. ^ Mes 2005, p. 119.
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.
23. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 391.

### Bibliography

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* 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

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* Japanese films of 1995 at the Internet Movie Database

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