A list of Japanese films that were first released in 2016.
The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films at the Japanese box office during 2016.
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January – March
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Title |
Director |
Cast |
Ref(s) |
J A N U A R Y |
8 |
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu | Tatsuya Oishi | Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara | [2][3] |
Garakowa: Restore the World | Masashi Ishihama | Yumiri Hanamori, Ayane Sakura, Risa Taneda | [4][5] |
Jinsei no Yakusoku | Kan Ishibashi | Yutaka Takenouchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Tori Matsuzaka, Yūka | [6][7][8][9] |
9 |
King of Prism Series | Masakazu Hishida | Tetsuya Kakihara, Tomoaki Maeno, Toshiki Masuda, Shinichiro Miki | [10][11] |
Pink and Gray | Isao Yukisada | Yuto Nakajima, Masaki Suda, Kaho, Yukino Kishii | [12][13] |
22 |
Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth | Tomohisa Taguchi | Akira Ishida, Megumi Toyoguchi, Kōsuke Toriumi, Rie Tanaka | [14][15] |
Nobunaga Concerto | Hiroaki Matsuyama | Shun Oguri, Kō Shibasaki, Osamu Mukai, Takayuki Yamada, Kiko Mizuhara, Arata Furuta | [16][17] |
29 |
Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days | Toru Murakawa | Hiroshi Tachi, Kyōhei Shibata, Atsuko Asano, Tōru Nakamura | [18][19] |
The Inerasable | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Yūko Takeuchi, Ai Hashimoto, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kenichi Takitō | [20][21] |
F E B R U A R Y |
6 |
New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream | Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka | Mamoru Miyano, Hiroaki Hirata, Maaya Uchida, Hiroshi Tsuchida | [22] |
12 |
selector destructed WIXOSS | Takuya Satō | Ai Kakuma, Ayane Sakura, Ai Kayano, Chinatsu Akasaki | [23] |
Lychee Light Club | Eisuke Naito | Shuhei Nomura, Yuki Furukawa, Shotaro Mamiya, Ayami Nakajo | [24][25] |
Children of Iron | Koki Fukuyama | Tomoko Tobata, Jyonmyon Pe, Taishi Sato, Mau Konishi | [26] |
26 |
Defying Kurosaki-kun | Shō Tsukikawa | Kento Nakajima, Nana Komatsu, Yudai Chiba, Sara Takatsuki | [27][28] |
27 |
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack | Hiroaki Sakurai | Suzuko Mimori, Sora Tokui, Mikoi Sasaki, Izumi Kitta | [29][30] |
M A R C H |
4 |
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation | Kōji Maeda | Kanna Hashimoto, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masanobu Andō, Takurō Ōno | [31][32][33] |
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 | Shinnosuke Yakuwa | Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki | [34][35][36] |
11 |
PriPara Minna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari | Makoto Moriwaki | Yuri Chinen, Taishi Nakagawa, Nana Komatsu, Erina Mano | [37][38][39] |
What a Wonderful Family! | Yoji Yamada | Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa | [40][41] |
Everest: The Summit of the Gods | Hideyuki Hirayama | Junichi Okada, Hiroshi Abe, Machiko Ono, Pierre Taki | [42][43] |
18 |
Chihayafuru Part 1 | Norihiro Koizumi | Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi | [44][45] |
Erased | Yūichirō Hirakawa | Rie Hosaka, Rina Honnizumi, Yui Ogura, Konomi Tada | [46][47][48] |
Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! | Yutaka Tsuchida | Rie Hosaka, Rina Honnizumi, Yui Ogura, Konomi Tada | [49][50][51] |
25 |
Assassination Classroom: Graduation | Eiichirō Hasumi | Sota Fukushi, Yuma Nakayama, Yuki Furukawa, Renn Kiriyama | [52][53][54][55] |
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April - June
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Title |
Director |
Cast |
Ref(s) |
A P R I L |
6 |
Tamayura ~Sotsugyō Shashin~ Part 4: Ashita | Junichi Sato | Ayana Taketatsu, Kana Asumi, Yuko Gibu, Yuka Iguchi | [56][57] |
8 |
Joshikō | Kōki Yamamoto | Minami Minegishi, Riho Takada, Haru Izumi, Erina Nakayama | [58][59] |
15 |
Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer | Kōbun Shizuno | Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tōru Furuya | [60][61] |
Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! The Great Assault on Dreamy World! | Wataru Takahashi | Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Mari Mashiba, Tamao Hayashi | [62][63][64] |
22 |
I've Always Liked You | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Hiroshi Kamiya, Haruka Tomatsu, Yūki Kaji, Kana Asumi | [65][66] |
Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions | Satoshi Kuwabara | Shunsuke Kazama, Kenjiro Tsuda, Hiroki Takahashi, Maki Saitō | [67][68] |
I Am a Hero | Shinsuke Sato | Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa | [69][70] |
23 |
Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band | Tatsuya Ishihara | Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai | [71][72] |
29 |
Terra Formars | Takashi Miike | Hideaki Itō, Emi Takei, Tomohisa Yamashita, Takayuki Yamada | [73][74][75] |
Chihayafuru Part 2 | Norihiro Koizumi | Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi | [76][45] |
M A Y |
6 |
64: Part I | Takahisa Zeze | Kōichi Satō, Nana Eikura, Gō Ayano, Yui Natsukawa | [77][78] |
13 |
The Whispering Star | Sion Sono | Megumi Kagurazaka, Kenji Endō, Yūto Ikeda | [79][80] |
Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis | Yūichi Fukuda | Ryohei Suzuki, Fumika Shimizu, Yūya Yagira, Tsuyoshi Muro | [81][82] |
If Cats Disappeared from the World | Akira Nagai | Takeru Satoh, Aoi Miyazaki, Gaku Hamada, Eita Okuno | [83][84][85][86] |
20 |
After the Storm | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yōko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi | [87][88][89] |
21 |
Destruction Babies | Tatsuya Mariko | Yūya Yagira, Masaki Suda, Nijiro Murakami, Nana Komatsu, Sosuke Ikematsu, Takumi Kitamura | |
Garo: Divine Flame | Yuichiro Hayashi | Daisuke Namikawa, Katsuhito Nomura, Romi Park, Kenyu Horiuchi, Miyu Tomita, Arisa Komiya, Masato Hagiwara | [90][91] |
27 |
Wolf Girl and Black Prince | Ryūichi Hiroki | Fumi Nikaidō, Kento Yamazaki, Mugi Kadowaki, Ryusei Yokohama | [92][93][94] |
Himeanole | Keisuke Yoshida | Gō Morita, Gaku Hamada, Aimi Satsukawa, Tsuyoshi Muro | [95][96] |
J U N E |
4 |
The Kodais | Masato Hijikata | Haruka Ayase, Takumi Saito, Kiko Mizuhara, Shotaro Mamiya | [97][98][99][100] |
Evergreen Love | Kōichirō Miki | Takanori Iwata, Mitsuki Takahata, Hana Imai, Joji Abe | [101][102] |
10 |
64: Part II | Takahisa Zeze | Kōichi Satō, Nana Eikura, Gō Ayano, Yui Natsukawa | [77][78] |
17 |
Sadako vs. Kayako | Kōji Shiraishi | Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Masahiro Komoto, Masanobu Andō | [103][104] |
CREEPY | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yūko Takeuchi, Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide | [105][106][107] |
18 |
Mars | Saiji Yakumo | Taisuke Fujigaya, Masataka Kubota, Marie Iitoyo, Hirona Yamazaki | [108][109] |
24 |
Twisted Justice | Kazuya Shiraishi | Gō Ayano, YOUNG DAIS, Yukio Ueno, Haruna Yabuki | [110][111] |
Too Young to Die! Wakakushite Shinu | Kankurō Kudō | Tomoya Nagase, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Machiko Ono, Aoi Morikawa | [112][113][114] |
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July - September
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Opening |
Title |
Director |
Cast |
Ref(s) |
J U L Y |
1 |
Setoutsumi | Tatsushi Ōmori | Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda, Ayami Nakajo, Takuji Suzuki | [115][116] |
8 |
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV | Takeshi Nozue | Gō Ayano, Shiori Kutsuna, Tsutomu Isobe, Shōzō Iizuka | [117][118] |
15 |
High & Low: The Movie Series | Shigeaki Kubo | Akira, Sho Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Takaya, Yushin Okami | [119][120] |
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel | Kunihiko Yuyama | Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinichiro Miki | [121][122] |
22 |
Accel World: Infinite Burst | Masakazu Obara | Sachika Misawa, Yūki Kaji, Aki Toyosaki, Shintarō Asanuma | [123][124] |
One Piece Film: Gold | Hiroaki Miyamoto | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi | [125][126] |
29 |
Shin Godzilla | Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi | Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi, Kengo Kora | [127][128] |
30 |
Corpse Party Book of Shadows | Masafumi Yamada | Rina Ikoma, Ryōsuke Ikeoka, Nozomi Maeda, Ren Ishikawa | [129][130] |
A U G U S T |
5 |
Rudolf the Black Cat | Kunihiko Yuyama | Ryohei Suzuki, Mao Inoue, Akio Ōtsuka, Arata Furuta | [131][132][133] |
13 |
Aikatsu!: The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card and Aikatsu Stars! | Shin'ya Watada, Ryuichi Kimura | Sumire Morohoshi, Azusa Tadokoro, Ayaka Ōhashi, Miyu Tomita | [134][135] |
19 |
Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu | Akiyuki Shinbo, Tatsuya Oishi | Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara | [3][136][137][138] |
Aozora Yell | Takahiro Miki | Tao Tsuchiya, Ryoma Takeuchi, Shōno Hayama, Arata Horii | [139][140] |
26 |
Your Name | Makoto Shinkai | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Masami Nagasawa, Etsuko Ichihara | [141][142] |
S E P T E M B E R |
2 |
Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars | Naokatsu Tsuda | Daisuke Ono, Keiko Suzuki, Tamio Ōki, Sanae Fukui | [143][144][145] |
9 |
Your Lie in April | Takehiko Shinjō | Kento Yamazaki, Suzu Hirose, Anna Ishii, Taishi Nakagawa | [146][147][148] |
16 |
A Silent Voice | Naoko Yamada | Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yūki, Kenshō Ono | [149][150] |
Rage | Lee Sang-il | Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Kenichi Matsuyama, Gō Ayano | [151][152] |
Over the Fence | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Joe Odagiri, Yū Aoi, Shota Matsuda, Yukiya Kitamura | [153][154] |
30 |
SCOOP! | Hitoshi Ōne | Masaharu Fukuyama, Fumi Nikaidō, Yō Yoshida, Kenichi Takito | [155][156][157] |
Cutie Honey: Tears | Asai Takeshi | Mariya Nishiuchi, Takahiro Miura, Nicole Ishida, Sousuke Takaoka | [158][159][160] |
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October - December
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Title |
Director |
Cast |
Ref(s) |
O C T O B E R |
7 |
Night's Tightrope | Yukiko Mishima | Tsubasa Honda, Mizuki Yamamoto, Mackenyu, Ryo Sato | [161][162][163] |
The Good Morning Show! | Ryoichi Kimizuka | Kiichi Nakai, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Shida, Saburō Tokitō | [164][165][166] |
8 |
My Dad and Mr. Ito | Yuki Tanada | Juri Ueno, Tatsuya Fuji, Lily Franky, Tomoharu Hasegawa | [167] |
14 |
The Long Excuse | Miwa Nishikawa | Masahiro Motoki, Eri Fukatsu, Pistol Takehara, Kenshin Fujita | [168][169][170] |
Gantz: O | Keiichi Sato | Daisuke Ono, M.A.O, Tomohiro Kaku, Saori Hayami | [171][172][173] |
Somebody | Daisuke Miura | Takeru Satoh, Masaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Fumi Nikaidō | [174][175] |
15 |
Zegapain ADP | Masami Shimoda | Shintarō Asanuma, Kana Hanazawa, Ayako Kawasumi, Romi Park | [176][177] |
28 |
Her Love Boils Bathwater | Ryōta Nakano | Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Joe Odagiri, Tori Matsuzaka | [178][179] |
29 |
Death Note: Light Up the New World | Shinsuke Sato | Masahiro Higashide, Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda, Erika Toda, Rina Kawaei | [180][181][182][183] |
N O V E M B E R |
4 |
Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening | Keitaro Motonaga | Hiroki Aiba, Yōko Hikasa, Yuka Iguchi, Junya Ikeda | [184][185][186] |
Drowning Love | Yūki Yamato | Nana Komatsu, Masaki Suda, Daiki Shigeoka, Mone Kamishiraishi | [187][188][189] |
11 |
In This Corner of the World | Sunao Katabuchi | Rena Nōnen, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Mayumi Shintani, Shigeru Ushiyama | [190][191] |
Museum | Keishi Ōtomo | Shun Oguri, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Machiko Ono, Shūhei Nomura | [192][193] |
18 |
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Yoshitaka Mori | Kenichi Matsuyama, Masahiro Higashide, Lily Franky, Keiko Takeshita | [194][195][196] |
25 |
KanColle: The Movie | Keizō Kusakawa | Sumire Uesaka, Rina Hidaka, Yumi Tanibe, Saki Fujita | [197][198][199][200] |
Itazura na Kiss the Movie ~High School-Hen~ | Minoru Mizoguchi | Kanta Satō, Reina Bisa, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Simon Ohkura | [201][202] |
26 |
Shippu Rondo | Teruyuki Yoshida | Hiroshi Abe, Tadayoshi Okura, Yuko Oshima, Tsuyoshi Muro | [203][204] |
D E C E M B E R |
9 |
Monster Strike The Movie | Shinpei Ezaki | Maaya Sakamoto, Tomo Muranaka, Yūsuke Kobayashi, Lynn | [205][206][207] |
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate | Takashi Yamazaki | Junichi Okada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shōta Sometani, Tōru Nomaguchi | [208][209][210] |
14 |
The Moment You Fall in Love | Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Momo Asakura, Natsuki Hanae, Tsubasa Yonaga, Yoshimasa Hosoya | [211][212] |
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday | Takahiro Miki | Sota Fukushi, Nana Komatsu, Masahiro Higashide, Yuki Yamada | [213][214][215] |
Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! | Shigeharu Takahashi, Shinji Ushiro | Ryōka Minamide, Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki, Etsuko Kozakura | [216][217] |
23 |
Pop in Q | Naoki Miyahara | Asami Seto, Shiori Izawa, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Atsumi Tanezaki | [218][219] |
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio | Takashi Miike | Toma Ikuta, Eita, Tsubasa Honda, Shinichi Tsutsumi | [220][221][222] |
31 |
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Pt.1 | Nobuhiro Yamashita, Tetsurō Araki | Tasuku Hatanaka, Sayaka Senbongi, Maaya Uchida, Toshiki Masuda | [223][224] |
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