44 Films & TV Shows Set In Japan During The 2000s
-
Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers
Hyōgo Prefecture The 1980s The 2000sIn the beginning of the movie, 20 years ago, on the moon, the 4 Ultra brothers, Ultraman, Seven, Jack, and Ace were fighting a deadly foe known as Yapool, a monster that was several times their size. As they fought, Yapool had a clear advantage and used his several claws to grasp the brothers, although, they managed to clear from the claws through there powers and used a combined Specium Ray to no avail. The monster then flies off to Earth to dodge the attack and the brothers follow. The brothers were barely able to defeat Yapool but the monster still needed to be sealed. However, to seal Yapool away they were forced to give up the ability to transform, and took up jobs to be in the area of Kobe in case the monster ever returned.
-
The Day After Tomorrow
🇦🇶 Antarctica New York District of Columbia California 🇲🇽 Mexico Scotland 🇮🇳 India Tokyo Prefecture The 2000sWhere will you be? — After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.
-
The Grudge
Tokyo Prefecture The 2000sIt never forgives. It never forgets. — An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
-
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Tokyo Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture 🇲🇽 Mexico Texas California The 2000sA roaring rampage of revenge. — An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
-
Lost in Translation
Tokyo Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture The 2000sEveryone wants to be found. — Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
-
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Tokyo Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 2000sThree giant monsters, one violent final battle!! — Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
-
Austin Powers in Goldmember
California England Tokyo Prefecture 🇬🇺 Guam The 2000s The 1970sHe's still evil... He's still deadly... and he's still surrounded by frickin' idiots! — The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world domination, Austin gets help from his dad and an old girlfriend.
-
Returner
Tibet Tokyo Prefecture The 2000s The 2080sThe future could be history — After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly, travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto, to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi, who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.
-
Ju-on: The Grudge
Tokyo Prefecture The 2000sWhen a grudge from the dead passes to the living - Who is safe? — Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.
-
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Chiba Prefecture The 1990s The 2000sStartup - Resonance - Smashed Ice — JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must learn to find value in her own life as well.
-
WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
Tokyo Prefecture The 2000sSet in the year 2000 (between the events of Patlabor and Patlabor 2), when the level of Labor accidents begin to escalate around Tokyo Bay, police detectives Kusumi and Hata are assigned to investigate. What they discover leads to a series of government cover-ups, conspiracy concerning a new biological weapon entitled WXIII-Wasted Thirteen and a tragic, personal connection to Hata. The only hope to stop this threat is to cooperate with the military and lead WXIII into a showdown with the Labors of Special Vehicle Division 2.
-
Spirited Away
🇯🇵 Japan The 2000sA young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
-
Ichi the Killer
🇯🇵 Japan The 2000sLove really hurts — As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
-
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Yamanashi Prefecture Shizuoka Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 2000s The 1950sThe God of Destruction Godzilla lands in Japan! — Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
-
Battle Royale
🇯🇵 Japan The 2000sCould you kill your best friend? — In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
-
Digimon: The Movie
New York Colorado 🇯🇵 Japan The 1990s The 2000sNew Monsters. New Battles. Now on the Big Screen. — The first story focused on Tai and Kari Kamiya four years before their adventure in the Digital World. It shows their first encounter with Digimon and what happened to them (as well as the other children). Tai and Kari wake one morning to find a Digi-Egg that came out of their computer the night before and the egg soon hatches, revealing a Botamon. The Digimon then evolves into Koromon and then Agumon (not the same one that became friends with Tai in the series, and yet, somehow, both Koromon and Kari remember each other), who then goes out and unintentionally destroys a good part of the neighborhood with Kari riding on his back. A second Digi-Egg appears in the sky to reveal an evil digimon, Parrotmon. Agumon then Digivolves to Greymon but isn't strong enough to beat Parrotmon and is knocked out. Tai grabs Kari's whistle and wakes up Greymon, who defeats Parrotmon and disappears with him.
-
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Yamanashi Prefecture Tokyo Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 1990s The 1960s The 1950s The 2000sGodzilla disappears. — In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tide is created with the intent of eliminating Godzilla. However, the new weapon might also serve as a gateway to something far more sinister.
-
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Tokyo Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Hokkaido Prefecture Pacific Ocean The 2000sWitness! A new era of Godzilla! — An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
-
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Tokyo Prefecture Kanagawa Prefecture 🇰🇭 Cambodia The 1990s The 2000sA Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.