Highest-grossing films Rank Title Gross 1 Godzilla vs. Destoroyah 2 Shall We Dance? 2 Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express 2 Gakkō no Kaidan 2 5 Supermarket Woman
List of films A list of films released in Japan in 1996 (see 1996 in film).
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Adultery Diary: One More Time While I'm Still Wet Toshiki Satō Hotaru Hazuki Pink Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay: Pink Grand Prix Atashi wa juice Toshiki Satō Naomi Akimoto, Natsuki Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi Boys Be AmbitiousKazuyuki Izutsu Takashi Okamura, Hiroyuki Yabe Ohranger vs. Kakuranger Shōhei Tōjō Masaru Shishido, Kunio Masaoka, Masashi GōdaTokusatsu Direct-to-video crossover Crayon Shin-chan: Adventure in Henderland Animated feature Don't Look Up Hideo Nakata Yūrei Yanagi, Yasuyo Shirashima, Kei Ishibashi Horror Doraemon: Nobita and the Galaxy Super-express Animated feature Dorami & the Doraemons - Seven Strange Tales of the Robot School Animated short Dragon Ball: The Path to Power Shigeyasu Yamauchi Masako Nozawa, Hiromi Tsuru, Naoki Tatsuta Anime Part of the Dragon Ball series; last theatrical film in the series until Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in 2013 Emperor Tomato KetchupShūji Terayama Goro Abashiri, Tarō Apollo, Shiro Demaemochi Gakko IIYoji Yamada Toshiyuki Nishida, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masatoshi Nagase Gakkō no Kaidan 2Hideyuki Hirayama Hironobu Nomura, Naomi Nishida, Kyōko Kishida Horror Part of the Gakkō no Kaidan series Gamera 2: Attack of Legion Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Toshiyuki Nagashima Heisei Harenchi GakuenHiroyuki Muramatsu Senna Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Rika Harada Based on a manga Haru Masaaki Uchino, Eri Fukatsu, Kazufumi Miyazawa Comedy-drama, romance Kids ReturnTakeshi Kitano Masanobu Andō, Ken Kaneko, Leo Morimoto Lupin III: Dead or Alive Animated feature Mari's PreyKeiichirō Yoshida Makiko Kuno, Takeshi Yamato, Kenichi Endō Erotic thriller Naked BloodHisayasu Satō Misa Aika, Yumika Hayashi, Mika Kirihara Horror Neighborhood Story Atsuji Shimizu Anime Based on a manga Organ Kei Fujiwara Kei Fujiwara, Kimihiko Hasegawa, Yosiaki Maekawa Horror Picnic Shunji Iwai Chara, Tadanobu Asano, Koichi Hashizume Rebirth of Mothra Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano Revive! UltramanMasahiro Tsuburaya Susumu Kurobe, Masanari Nihei, Akiji Kobayashi Tokusatsu Part of the Ultra Series Shall We Dance? Kōji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto TakenakaComedy-drama SM Teacher: Tied Up by StudentsYutaka Ikejima Runa Hayama, Kazuhiro Sano Pink Supermarket Woman Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Ryunosuke KanedaComedy Swallowtail ButterflyShunji Iwai Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito Entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival Village of Dreams Yōichi Higashi Mieko Harada, Keigo Matsuyama, Shogo Matsuyama Entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival The WartShinji Imaoka Yōta Kawase, Maako Mizuno, Yumika Hayashi Pink The Way to FightTakashi Miike Takeshi Caesar, Ryoko Imamura, Kazuki Kitamura Direct-to-video Women at a Secret Meeting: From Wives to CoedsSachio Kitazawa Yūki Morishita, Shun'ichi Yajima, Kyōsuke Sasaki Pink XX: Beautiful Prey Toshiharu Ikeda Kei Marimura, Makiko Watanabe, Ren Ōsugi Erotic thriller
See also 1996 in Japan 1996 in Japanese television
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External links Japanese films of 1996 at the Internet Movie Database