List of Japanese films of 2018

A list of Japanese films that were first released in 2018.

Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the top 10 highest-grossing Japanese films released at the Japanese box office in 2018.

Rank	Title	Gross[1]
1	Code Blue	¥9.30 billion ($84.22 million)
2	Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer	¥9.18 billion ($83.13 million)
3	Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island	¥5.37 billion ($48.63 million)
4	Shoplifters	¥4.55 billion ($41.21 million)
5	Gintama 2	¥3.70 billion ($55.2 million)
6	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	¥3.21 billion ($29.07 million)
7	One Cut of the Dead	¥3.12 billion ($28.25 million)
8	Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us	¥3.09 billion ($27.98 million)
9	Killing for the Prosecution	¥2.96 billion ($26.81 million)
10	Mirai	¥2.88 billion ($26.08 million)

Film releases

January – March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref(s)
J A N U A R Y	5	We Make Antiques!	Masaharu Take	Kiichi Nakai, Kuranosuke Sasaki	[2][3]
	6	Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Take on Me	Tatsuya Ishihara	Jun Fukuyama, Maaya Uchida, Azumi Asakura, Chinatsu Akasaki, Sumire Uesaka, Juri Nagatsuma	[4]
		Garo: Kami no Kiba	Keita Amemiya	Wataru Kuriyama, Junya Ikeda, Tsunenori Aoki	[5][6]
	13	Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening	Tetsurō Araki, Masashi Koizuka	Yūki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Hiro Shimono	[7][8]
		Mazinger Z: Infinity	Keita Amemiya	Wataru Kuriyama, Junya Ikeda, Tsunenori Aoki	[9][10]
		Evil and the Mask	Teppei Nakamura	Hiroshi Tamaki, Yuko Araki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Tatsuya Nakamura	[11][12]
	19	Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-A	Yuichi Onuma	Hiyori Sakurada, Momoka Ito, Yuri Tsunematsu, Kōme Watanabe, Riko Nakayama, Nao Minamisawa	[13][14]
		The Lies She Loved	Kazuhito Nakae	Masami Nagasawa, Issey Takahashi, Daigo, Rina Kawaei, Maho Nonami, Eriko Hatsune	[15][16]
	26	Colours of Wind	Kwak Jae-yong	Yuki Furukawa, Takemi Fujii, Tomoya Ishii, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Mantaro Koichi, Yoshiko Nakada	[17]
		The Crimes That Bind	Katsuo Fukuzawa	Hiroshi Abe, Nanako Matsushima, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka, Erina Mano	[18][19]
F E B R U A R Y	2	Impossibility Defense	Kōji Shiraishi	Tori Matsuzaka, Erika Sawajiri, Mackenyu, Shotaro Mamiya, Tet Wada, Tetsuya Sugaya	[20][21]
	3	The Scythian Lamb	Daihachi Yoshida	Ryo Nishikido, Fumino Kimura, Yuka, Kazuki Kitamura, Mikako Ichikawa, Shingo Mizusawa	[22]
	9	Macross Delta the Movie: Passionate Walkūre	Kenji Yasuda	Yuuma Uchida, Minori Suzuki, Asami Seto, Ami Koshimizu, Kiyono Yasuno, Nao Tōyama	[23][24][25]
	10	Color Me True	Hideki Takeuchi	Haruka Ayase, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Tsubasa Honda, Kazuki Kitamura, Akiyoshi Nakao, Anna Ishibashi	[26][27][28]
		Code Geass Lelouch of the Resurrection the Movie: Rebellion Path	Gorō Taniguchi	Jun Fukuyama, Takahiro Sakurai, Yukana, Ami Koshimizu, Kaori Nazuka, Fumiko Orikasa	[29]
	16	River's Edge	Isao Yukisada	Fumi Nikaidō, Ryo Yoshizawa, Shuhei Uesugi, Sumire, Shiori Doi, Aoi Morikawa	[30][31]
	17	Sunny 32	Kazuya Shiraishi	Pierre Taki, Rie Kitahara, Mugi Kadowaki, Lily Franky, Taro Suruga, Takuma Otoo	[32][33][34]
		Dharuriser the Movie	Katsunori Sato	Takeaki Wachi, Kunihiko Ida, Taro Yamaguchi	[35][36][37]
	24	Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms	Mari Okada	Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Yūki Kaji	[38][39]
		Infini-T Force	Jun Matsumoto	Ai Kayano, Kenichi Suzumura, Atsushi Ono, Tomokazu Seki, Takahiro Sakurai, Soma Saito	[40][41]
M A R C H	3	Principal!	Tetsuo Shinohara	Yuina Kuroshima, Nozomu Kotaki, Mahiro Takasugi, Rina Kawaei, Mitsuki Tanimura	[42][43]
		Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple	Takuya Igarashi	Yūto Uemura, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Toshiyuki Toyonaga	[44][45]
		Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Treasure Island	Kazuaki Imai	Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki	[46][47][48][49]
	10	Kids on the Slope	Takahiro Miki	Yuri Chinen, Taishi Nakagawa, Nana Komatsu, Erina Mano	[50]
		Last Winter, We Parted	Tomoyuki Takimoto	Takanori Iwata, Mizuki Yamamoto, Takumi Saito, Reina Asami, Kaho Tsuchimura, Kazuki Kitamura	[51][52][53][54]
		Sakura Guardian in the North	Yōjirō Takita	Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masato Sakai, Ryoko Shinohara, Ittoku Kishibe, Reiko Takashima, Toshiyuki Nagashima	[55][56]
		Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect the Wishes!	Koichi Sakamoto	Tatsuomi Hamada, Chihiro Yamamoto, Mayu Hasegawa, Hideyoshi Iwata, Yûta Ozawa, Yuika Motokariya	[57][58]
	17	Chihayafuru Part 3	Norihiro Koizumi	Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi	[59][60][61]
		Pretty Cure Superstars!	Yoko Ikeda	Rie Hikisaka, Rina Honnizumi, Yui Ogura, Konomi Tada	[62][63][64]
	21	Laughing Under the Clouds	Katsuyuki Motohiro	Sota Fukushi, Yuma Nakayama, Yuki Furukawa, Renn Kiriyama	[65][66][67][68]
	30	Honey So Sweet	Kōji Shintoku	Sho Hirano, Yuna Taira, Ryusei Yokohama, Kaho Mizutani	[69][70][71]

April - June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref(s)
A P R I L	6	The Bastard and the Beautiful World	Various	Sion Sono, Kenji Yamauchi, Hikari Ōta, Yuichi Kodama	[72][73]
	7	Servamp: Alice in the Garden	Hideaki Nakano	Takuma Terashima, Yūki Kaji, Hiro Shimono, Kazuma Horie	[74][75]
	13	Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer	Tachikawa Yuzuru	Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tōru Furuya	[76][77][78]
		Crayon Shin-chan: Burst Serving! Kung Fu Boys ~Ramen Rebellion~	Wataru Takahashi	Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Mari Mashiba, Tamao Hayashi	[79][80]
	20	Inuysashiki	Shinsuke Sato	Noritake Kinashi, Takeru Satoh, Fumi Nikaidō, Kanata Hongō	[81][82][83]
	27	Batman Ninja	Junpei Mizusaki	Kōichi Yamadera, Wataru Takagi, Ai Kakuma, Roger Craig Smith, Tony Hale, Grey DeLisle	[84][85][86][87]
		My Little Monster	Sho Tsukikawa	Masaki Suda, Tao Tsuchiya, Yuki Furukawa, Yuki Yamada, Elaiza Ikeda	[88][89]
		Marmalade Boy	Ryūichi Hiroki	Hinako Sakurai, Ryo Yoshizawa, Miho Nakayama, Rei Dan	[90][91]
M A Y	4	Laplace's Witch	Takashi Miike	Sho Sakurai, Suzu Hirose, Sota Fukushi, Tao Okamoto, Masanobu Takashima, Mirai Shida	[92][93]
	5	PriPara and Kiratto Pri Chan the Movie!	Nobutaka Yoda	Coco Hayashi, Miyu Kubota, Nanami Atsugi, Himika Akaneya	[94]
	11	Love × Doc	Osamu Suzuki	Yō Yoshida, Shuhei Nomura, Kayoko Okubo, Atsushi Shinohara	[95][96]
	12	Last Hold!	Yukinori Makabe	Ryoichi Tsukada, Iwamoto Hikaru, Tatsuya Fukasawa, Shōta Watanabe	[97][98]
		The Blood of Wolves	Kazuya Shiraishi	Kōji Yakusho, Tori Matsuzaka, Yōko Maki, Kenichi Takito	[99][100]
	18	Nomitori Zamurai	Yasuo Tsuruhashi	Hiroshi Abe, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takumi Saito	[101][102]
		Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle	Hiroyuki Seshita, Kōbun Shizuno	Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomokazu Sugita, Junichi Suwabe	[103]
	19	Kamen Rider Amazons the Movie: The Last Judgement	Hidenori Ishida	Tom Fujita, Masashi Taniguchi, Rena Takeda, Ayu Higashi, Mitsutoshi Shundo	[104]
	25	What a Wonderful Family 3!	Yoji Yamada	Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa	[105]
		My Friend: A	Takahisa Zeze	Toma Ikuta, Eita, Kōichi Satō, Kaho	[106]
		After the Rain	Akira Nagai	Nana Komatsu, Yo Oizumi, Nana Seino, Hayato Isomura, Shono Hayama	[107]
	26	Code Geass Lelouch of the Resurrection the Movie: Imperial Path	Gorō Taniguchi	Jun Fukuyama, Takahiro Sakurai, Yukana, Ami Koshimizu	[108]
		My Brother's Friend	Ryo Nakajima	Ryusei Yokohama, Risa Matsukaze, Kōdai Matsuoka, Tsuyoshi Furukawa	[109]
J U N E	1	Over Drive	Eiichirō Hasumi	Masahiro Higashide, Mackenyu, Aoi Morikawa, Takumi Kitamura, Keita Machida	[110]
		50 First Kiss	Yuichi Fukuda	Takayuki Yamada, Masami Nagasawa, Tsuyoshi Muro, Katsuya	[111]
	2	Peacemaker Kurogane	Hiroshi Takeuchi	Yūki Kaji, Yumiko Kobayashi, Jouji Nakata, Mitsuki Saiga	[112]
	8	A Forest of Wool and Steel	Kōjirō Hashimoto	Kento Yamazaki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Tomokazu Miura, Moka Kamishiraishi	[113]
		Shoplifters	Hirokazu Kore-eda	Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kairi Jo, Sosuke Ikematsu, Kirin Kiki	[114]
	9	Life in Overtime	Hideo Nakata	Hiroshi Tachi, Hitomi Kuroki, Ryōko Hirosue, Asami Usuda	[115]
	15	Recall	Katsuhide Motoki	Tomoya Nagase, Dean Fujioka, Issey Takahashi, Kyoko Fukada	[116]
	22	Yakiniku Dragon	Wui Shin Chong	Yōko Maki, Mao Inoue, Yo Oizumi, Nanami Sakuraba	[117]
	23	One Cut of the Dead	Shinichiro Ueda	Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Syuhama, Yuzuki Akiyama	[118]
		The Cat in His Arms	Isshin Inudo	Erika Sawajiri, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kazunobu Mineta, KOM_I	[119][120]
		Missions of Love	Toru Yamamoto	Tina Tamashiro, Yuta Koseki, Kanta Sato, Anna Yamada	[121][122]
	30	Punk Samurai Slash Down!	Gakuryū Ishii	Gō Ayano, Keiko Kitagawa, Masahiro Higashide, Shōta Sometani	[123][124][125]

July - September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref(s)
J U L Y	6	Rainbow Days	Ken Iizuka	Reo Sano, Taishi Nakagawa, Mahiro Takasugi, Ryusei Yokohama	[126]
	7	You, Your, Yours	Daigo Matsui	Sosuke Ikematsu, Kim Kkot-bi, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Koji Okura	[127][128]
	13	Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us	Tetsuo Yajima	Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinichiro Miki	[129]
	20	Bleach	Shinsuke Sato	Sota Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Taichi Saotome	[130]
		Mirai	Mamoru Hosoda	Moka Kamishiraishi, Haru Kuroki, Gen Hoshino, Kumiko Asō	[131]
	27	Code BLUE The Movie	Masaki Nishimura	Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Manami Higa, Ryo Narita, Yuko Araki, Fumika Baba, Mackenyu	[132]
A U G U S T	1	Sensei Kunshu	Sho Tsukikawa	Ryoma Takeuchi, Minami Hamabe, Taiki Sato, Rina Kawaei	[133]
		Ao-Natsu: Blue Summer	Takeshi Furusawa	Wakana Aoi, Hayato Sano, Seika Furuhata, Takumi Kizu	[134][135]
	3	My Hero Academia: Two Heroes	Kenji Nagasaki	Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura	[136][137]
	4	Kamen Rider Build the Movie: Be The One	Kazuya Kamihoriuchi	Atsuhiro Inukai, Eiji Akaso, Kouhei Takeda, Kaho Takada, Yuki Ochi, Yukari Taki, Yukiaki Kiyama	[138]
	10	Flavors of Youth	Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing, Yoshitaka Takeuchi	Taito Ban, Mariya Ise, Sayuri Sadaoka, Minako Kotobuki	[139]
	17	Penguin Highway	Hiroyasu Ishida	Kana Kita, Yū Aoi, Rie Kugimiya, Megumi Han	[140]
		Gintama 2	Yuichi Fukuda	Shun Oguri, Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yūya Yagira, Haruma Miura, Masataka Kubota, Ryo Yoshizawa, Masaki Okada, Tsuyoshi Muro	[141][142]
	18	The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky	Noriyuki Abe	Yūki Kaji, Sora Amamiya, Misaki Kuno, Aoi Yūki	[143][144]
	24	Killing for the Prosecutions	Masato Harada	Kazunari Ninomiya, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Yutaka Matsushige, Takehiro Hira	[145]
		Modest Heroes	Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose, Akihiko Yamashita	Fumino Kimura, Rio Suzuki, Machiko Ono, Kentaro Sakaguchi	[146][147]
	31	Sunny+	Hitoshi Ōne	Ryoko Shinohara, Suzu Hirose, Eiko Koike, Rie Tomosaka	[148][149]
S E P T E M B E R	1	I Want to Eat Your Pancreas	Shinichiro Ushijima	Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuuma Uchida	[150]
		Amiko	Yoko Yamanaka	Aira Sunohara, Hiroro Oshita, Maiko Mineo	[151]
	7	FLCL Alternative n' Progressive the Movie!	Katsuyuki Motohiro	Mayumi Shintani, Karen Miyama, Yuri Yoshida, Megumi Hayashibara	[152][153]
		Kasane	Yūichi Satō	Kyoko Yoshine, Tao Tsuchiya, You Yokoyama, Mariko Tsutsui	[154]
		Shottan, The Miracle	Toshiaki Toyoda	Ryuhei Matsuda, Yojiro Noda, Kento Nagayama, Shōta Sometani	[155]
	14	Hibiki	Sho Tsukikawa	Yurina Hirate, Keiko Kitagawa, Ayaka Wilson, Shun Oguri	[156][157]
		3D Kanojo: Real Girl	Tsutomu Hanabusa	Ayami Nakajo, Hayato Sano, Hiroya Shimizu, Yuri Tsunematsu	[158][159]
	21	Eating Women	Jiro Shono	Kyōko Koizumi, Erika Sawajiri, Atsuko Maeda, Alice Hirose	[160]
		Cafe Funiculì, Funiculà	Tsukahara Ayuko	Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Ito, Haru, Kento Hayashi	[161][162]
		My Dad is a Heel Wrestler!	Kyōhei Fujimura	Hiroshi Tanahashi, Yoshino Kimura, Kokoro Terada, Riisa Naka	[163]
	28	Samurai's Promise	Daisaku Kimura	Junichi Okada, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Haru Kuroki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Hirofumi Arai, Kyoko Yoshine, Yūya Yagira	[164]
	29	Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Tied to the Temporal World	Takahiro Omori, Hideaki Itō	Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Sanae Kobayashi, Miki Itō	[165]

October - December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref(s)
O C T O B E R	5	You Are the Apple of My Eye	Yasuo Hasegawa	Yuki Yamada, Asuka Saitō, Muko Matsumoto, Takara Sakumoto	[166]
		Monster Strike the Movie: Sora no Kanata	Hiroshi Nishikiori	Masataka Kubota, Alice Hirose, Kōichi Yamadera, Yūsuke Kobayashi	[167][168]
		That's Trico	Ryo Miyawaki	Ryo Yoshizawa, Yuko Araki, Yosuke Sugino, Rio Uchida	[169]
		Perfect World	Kenji Shibayama	Takanori Iwata, Hana Sugisaki, Kenta Suga, Sei Ashina	[170][171]
	12	Lock-On Love!	Noboru Iguchi	Taishi Nakagawa, Erika Karata, Kentaro Ito, Shouma Kai	[172][173]
		LOUDER!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!	Satoshi Miki	Sadao Abe, Riho Yoshioka, Yudai Chiba, Kumiko Asō	[174]
	13	Every Day A Good Day	Tatsushi Ōmori	Haru Kuroki, Kirin Kiki, Mikako Tabe, Mayu Harada	[175][176]
	19	It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up	Ryūichi Hiroki	Ai Hashimoto, Mugi Kadowaki, Ryo Narita, Daichi Watanabe	[177][178]
		Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Kōhen - Tokyo Dai Roman	Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Toshiaki Kidokoro	Saori Hayami, Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kazuya Nakai	[179][180]
		Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Detonation	Takayuki Hamana	Cast: Yukari Tamura, Nana Mizuki, Kana Ueda, Haruka Tomatsu	[181]
		Million Dollar Man	Keishi Otomo	Takeru Satoh, Issey Takahashi, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kazuki Kitamura	[182][183][184]
	26	The Travelling Cat Chronicles	Koichiro Miki	Sota Fukushi, Mitsuki Takahata, Alice Hirose, Takurō Ōno	[185][186]
		Oz Land	Takafumi Hatano, Toshiaki Kidokoro	Haru, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Amane Okayama, Motoki Fukami	[187]
N O V E M B E R	1	Memories of the Antique Books	Yukiko Mishima	Haru Kuroki, Shūhei Nomura, Ryo Narita, Kaho	[188][189]
	2	Stolen Identity	Hideo Nakata	Keiko Kitagawa, Yudai Chiba, Bakarhythm, Jun Kaname	[190][191]
	3	Run! T High School Basketball Club!	Takeshi Furusawa	Jun Shison, Hayato Sano, Akari Hayami, Junki Tozuka	[192][193]
	9	Godzilla: The Planet Eater	Hiroyuki Seshita, Kōbun Shizuno	Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Tomokazu Sugita, Junichi Suwabe	[194]
	16	The House Where The Mermaid Sleeps	Yukihiko Tsutsumi	Ryoko Shinohara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Rina Kawaei	[195]
		No Matter How My Mom Hates Me	Osamu Minorikawa	Taiga, Yō Yoshida, Win Morisaki, Shunya Shiraishi	[196]
	23	Gangoose	Yu Irie	Mahiro Takasugi, Ryo Kato, Daichi Watanabe, Kento Hayashi	[197][198]
		Hard Core	Nobuhiro Yamashita	Takayuki Yamada, Takeru Satoh, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kei Ishibashi	[199]
	30	Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative	Shunichi Yoshizawa	Junya Enoki, Tomo Muranaka, Ayu Matsuura	[200]
		Our Departures: Railways 3	Yasuhiro Yoshida	Kasumi Arimura, Jun Kunimura, Nanami Sakuraba, Tatsunari Kiyama	[201][202]
D E C E M B E R	7	It Comes	Tetsuya Nakashima	Junichi Okada, Haru Kuroki, Nana Komatsu, Takako Matsu	[203][204]
	14	Waiting for Spring	Yuichiro Hirakawa	Tao Tsuchiya, Takumi Kitamura, Yuta Koseki, Hayato Isomura	[205][206]
		Dragon Ball Super: Broly	Tatsuya Nagamine	Masako Nozawa, Ryō Horikawa, Ryūsei Nakao, Bin Shimada	[207]
		Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends	Shigeharu Takahashi	Shun Oguri, Chiemi Blouson, Nao Tōyama, Etsuko Kozakura	[208][209]
	21	Nisekoi: False Love	Hayato Kawai	Kento Nakajima, Ayami Nakajo, Natsumi Ikema, Haruka Shimazaki	[210]
	22	Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever	Kyohei Yamaguchi	So Okuno, Gaku Oshida, Ōhata Shieri, Keisuke Watanabe, Atsuhiro Inukai, Eiji Akaso, Kaho Takada, Kouhei Takeda, Kensei Mikami, Nayuta Fukuzaki	[211][212]
	28	A Banana? At This Time of Night?!	Tetsu Maeda	Cast: Yo Oizumi, Mitsuki Takahata, Haruma Miura, Masato Hagiwara	[213][214]

See also

• 2018 in Japan
• 2018 in Japanese television
• List of 2018 box office number-one films in Japan

Notes