A list of Japanese films that were first released in 2016.
Highest-grossing films The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films at the Japanese box office during 2016.
Rank Title Gross 1 Your Name () 2 Shin Godzilla () 3 Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare () 4 Yo-kai Watch: Enma Daiō to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan! () 5 One Piece Film: Gold () 6 Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie () 7 Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 () 8 Assassination Classroom: Graduation () 9 Orange () 10 Girls und Panzer der Film ()
Film releases January – March Opening Title Director Cast JANUARY 8 Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu Tatsuya Oishi Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara Garakowa: Restore the World Masashi Ishihama Yumiri Hanamori, Ayane Sakura, Risa Taneda Jinsei no Yakusoku Kan Ishibashi Yutaka Takenouchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Tori Matsuzaka, Yūka 9 King of Prism Series Masakazu Hishida Tetsuya Kakihara, Tomoaki Maeno, Toshiki Masuda, Shinichiro Miki Pink and Gray Isao Yukisada Yuto Nakajima, Masaki Suda, Kaho, Yukino Kishii 22 Persona 3 The Movie: No. 4, Winter of Rebirth Tomohisa Taguchi Akira Ishida, Megumi Toyoguchi, Kōsuke Toriumi, Rie Tanaka Nobunaga Concerto Hiroaki Matsuyama Shun Oguri, Kō Shibasaki, Osamu Mukai, Takayuki Yamada, Kiko Mizuhara, Arata Furuta 29 Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days Toru Murakawa Hiroshi Tachi, Kyōhei Shibata, Atsuko Asano, Tōru Nakamura The Inerasable Yoshihiro Nakamura Yūko Takeuchi, Ai Hashimoto, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kenichi Takitō FEBRUARY 6 New Initial D the Movie Legend 3: Dream Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka Mamoru Miyano, Hiroaki Hirata, Maaya Uchida, Hiroshi Tsuchida 12 selector destructed WIXOSS Takuya Satō Ai Kakuma, Ayane Sakura, Ai Kayano, Chinatsu Akasaki Lychee Light Club Eisuke Naito Shuhei Nomura, Yuki Furukawa, Shotaro Mamiya, Ayami Nakajo Children of Iron Koki Fukuyama Tomoko Tobata, Jyonmyon Pe, Taishi Sato, Mau Konishi 26 Defying Kurosaki-kun Sho Tsukikawa Kento Nakajima, Nana Komatsu, Yudai Chiba, Sara Takatsuki 27 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes the Movie: Milky Holmes' Counterattack Hiroaki Sakurai Suzuko Mimori, Sora Tokui, Mikoi Sasaki, Izumi Kitta MARCH 4 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation Kōji Maeda Kanna Hashimoto, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masanobu Andō, Takurō Ōno Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 Shinnosuke Yakuwa Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki 11 PriPara Minna no Akogare Let's Go PriPari Makoto Moriwaki Yuri Chinen, Taishi Nakagawa, Nana Komatsu, Erina Mano What a Wonderful Family! Yoji Yamada Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa Everest: The Summit of the Gods Hideyuki Hirayama Junichi Okada, Hiroshi Abe, Machiko Ono, Pierre Taki 18 Chihayafuru Part 1 Norihiro Koizumi Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi Erased Yūichirō Hirakawa Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kasumi Arimura, Rio Suzuki, Tsubasa Nakagawa, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Tetta Sugimoto, Yuriko Ishida Pretty Cure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic! Yutaka Tsuchida Rie Hosaka, Rina Honnizumi, Yui Ogura, Konomi Tada 25 Assassination Classroom: Graduation Eiichirō Hasumi Sota Fukushi, Yuma Nakayama, Yuki Furukawa, Renn Kiriyama
April - June Opening Title Director Cast APRIL 6 Tamayura ~Sotsugyō Shashin~ Part 4: Ashita Junichi Sato Ayana Taketatsu, Kana Asumi, Yuko Gibu, Yuka Iguchi 8 Joshikō Kōki Yamamoto Minami Minegishi, Riho Takada, Haru Izumi, Erina Nakayama 15 Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer Kōbun Shizuno Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tōru Furuya 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 22 I've Always Liked You Tetsuya Yanagisawa Hiroshi Kamiya, Haruka Tomatsu, Yūki Kaji, Kana Asumi Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions Satoshi Kuwabara Shunsuke Kazama, Kenjiro Tsuda, Hiroki Takahashi, Maki Saitō I Am a Hero Shinsuke Sato Yo Oizumi, Kasumi Arimura, Masami Nagasawa, Hisashi Yoshizawa 23 Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band Tatsuya Ishihara Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai 29 Terra Formars Takashi Miike Hideaki Itō, Emi Takei, Tomohisa Yamashita, Takayuki Yamada Chihayafuru Part 2 Norihiro Koizumi Suzu Hirose, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi MAY 6 64: Part I Takahisa Zeze Kōichi Satō, Nana Eikura, Gō Ayano, Yui Natsukawa 13 The Whispering Star Sion Sono Megumi Kagurazaka, Kenji Endō, Yūto Ikeda Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis Yūichi Fukuda Ryohei Suzuki, Fumika Shimizu, Yūya Yagira, Tsuyoshi Muro If Cats Disappeared from the World Akira Nagai Takeru Satoh, Aoi Miyazaki, Gaku Hamada, Eita Okuno 20 After the Storm Hirokazu Kore-eda Hiroshi Abe, Kirin Kiki, Yōko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi 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 27 Wolf Girl and Black Prince Ryūichi Hiroki Fumi Nikaidō, Kento Yamazaki, Mugi Kadowaki, Ryusei Yokohama Himeanole Keisuke Yoshida Gō Morita, Gaku Hamada, Aimi Satsukawa, Tsuyoshi Muro JUNE 4 The Kodais Masato Hijikata Haruka Ayase, Takumi Saito, Kiko Mizuhara, Shotaro Mamiya Evergreen Love Kōichirō Miki Takanori Iwata, Mitsuki Takahata, Hana Imai, Joji Abe 10 64: Part II Takahisa Zeze Kōichi Satō, Nana Eikura, Gō Ayano, Yui Natsukawa 17 Sadako vs. Kayako Kōji Shiraishi Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Masahiro Komoto, Masanobu Andō CREEPY Kiyoshi Kurosawa Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yūko Takeuchi, Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide 18 Mars Saiji Yakumo Taisuke Fujigaya, Masataka Kubota, Marie Iitoyo, Hirona Yamazaki 24 Twisted Justice Kazuya Shiraishi Gō Ayano, YOUNG DAIS, Yukio Ueno, Haruna Yabuki Too Young to Die! Kankurō Kudō Tomoya Nagase, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Machiko Ono, Aoi Morikawa
July - September Opening Title Director Cast JULY 1 Setoutsumi Tatsushi Ōmori Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda, Ayami Nakajo, Takuji Suzuki 8 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Takeshi Nozue Gō Ayano, Shiori Kutsuna, Tsutomu Isobe, Shōzō Iizuka 15 High & Low: The Movie Series Shigeaki Kubo Akira, Sho Aoyagi, Hiroyuki Takaya, Yushin Okami Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel Kunihiko Yuyama Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinichiro Miki 22 Accel World: Infinite Burst Masakazu Obara Sachika Misawa, Yūki Kaji, Aki Toyosaki, Shintarō Asanuma One Piece Film: Gold Hiroaki Miyamoto Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi 29 Shin Godzilla Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi, Kengo Kora 30 Corpse Party Book of Shadows Masafumi Yamada Rina Ikoma, Ryōsuke Ikeoka, Nozomi Maeda, Ren Ishikawa AUGUST 5 Rudolf the Black Cat Kunihiko Yuyama Ryohei Suzuki, Mao Inoue, Akio Ōtsuka, Arata Furuta 13 Aikatsu!: The Targeted Magical Aikatsu Card and Aikatsu Stars! Shin'ya Watada, Ryuichi Kimura Sumire Morohoshi, Azusa Tadokoro, Ayaka Ōhashi, Miyu Tomita 19 Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu Akiyuki Shinbo, Tatsuya Oishi Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara Aozora Yell Takahiro Miki Tao Tsuchiya, Ryoma Takeuchi, Shōno Hayama, Arata Horii 26 Your Name Makoto Shinkai Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Masami Nagasawa, Etsuko Ichihara SEPTEMBER 2 Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars Naokatsu Tsuda Daisuke Ono, Keiko Suzuki, Tamio Ōki, Sanae Fukui 9 Your Lie in April Takehiko Shinjō Kento Yamazaki, Suzu Hirose, Anna Ishii, Taishi Nakagawa 16 A Silent Voice Naoko Yamada Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yūki, Kenshō Ono Rage Lee Sang-il Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Kenichi Matsuyama, Gō Ayano Over the Fence Nobuhiro Yamashita Joe Odagiri, Yū Aoi, Shota Matsuda, Yukiya Kitamura 30 SCOOP! Hitoshi Ōne Masaharu Fukuyama, Fumi Nikaidō, Yō Yoshida, Kenichi Takito Cutie Honey: Tears Asai Takeshi Mariya Nishiuchi, Takahiro Miura, Nicole Ishida, Sousuke Takaoka
October - December Opening Title Director Cast OCTOBER 7 Night's Tightrope Yukiko Mishima Tsubasa Honda, Mizuki Yamamoto, Mackenyu, Ryo Sato The Good Morning Show! Ryoichi Kimizuka Kiichi Nakai, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Shida, Saburō Tokitō 8 My Dad and Mr. Ito Yuki Tanada Juri Ueno, Tatsuya Fuji, Lily Franky, Tomoharu Hasegawa 14 The Long Excuse Miwa Nishikawa Masahiro Motoki, Eri Fukatsu, Pistol Takehara, Kenshin Fujita Gantz: O Keiichi Sato Daisuke Ono, M.A.O, Tomohiro Kaku, Saori Hayami Someone Daisuke Miura Takeru Satoh, Masaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Fumi Nikaidō 15 Zegapain ADP Masami Shimoda Shintarō Asanuma, Kana Hanazawa, Ayako Kawasumi, Romi Park 28 Her Love Boils Bathwater Ryōta Nakano Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Joe Odagiri, Tori Matsuzaka 29 Death Note: Light Up the New World Shinsuke Sato Masahiro Higashide, Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda, Erika Toda, Rina Kawaei NOVEMBER 4 Galactic Armored Fleet Majestic Prince: Genetic Awakening Keitaro Motonaga Hiroki Aiba, Yōko Hikasa, Yuka Iguchi, Junya Ikeda Drowning Love Yūki Yamato Nana Komatsu, Masaki Suda, Daiki Shigeoka, Mone Kamishiraishi 11 In This Corner of the World Sunao Katabuchi Rena Nōnen, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Mayumi Shintani, Shigeru Ushiyama Museum Keishi Ōtomo Shun Oguri, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Machiko Ono, Shūhei Nomura 18 Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Yoshitaka Mori Kenichi Matsuyama, Masahiro Higashide, Lily Franky, Keiko Takeshita 25 KanColle: The Movie Keizō Kusakawa Sumire Uesaka, Rina Hidaka, Yumi Tanibe, Saki Fujita Itazura na Kiss the Movie ~High School-Hen~ Minoru Mizoguchi Kanta Satō, Reina Bisa, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Simon Ohkura 26 Shippu Rondo Teruyuki Yoshida Hiroshi Abe, Tadayoshi Okura, Yuko Oshima, Tsuyoshi Muro The Japan Times "Shippu Rondo" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/films/shippu-rondo/#.Wau_hjBLe70DECEMBER 9 Monster Strike The Movie Shinpei Ezaki Maaya Sakamoto, Tomo Muranaka, Yūsuke Kobayashi, Lynn Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate Takashi Yamazaki Junichi Okada, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shōta Sometani, Tōru Nomaguchi 14 The Moment You Fall in Love Tetsuya Yanagisawa Momo Asakura, Natsuki Hanae, Tsubasa Yonaga, Yoshimasa Hosoya My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday Takahiro Miki Sota Fukushi, Nana Komatsu, Masahiro Higashide, Yuki Yamada 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 23 Pop in Q Naoki Miyahara Asami Seto, Shiori Izawa, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Atsumi Tanezaki The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio Takashi Miike Toma Ikuta, Eita, Tsubasa Honda, Shinichi Tsutsumi 31 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Pt.1 Nobuhiro Yamashita, Tetsurō Araki Tasuku Hatanaka, Sayaka Senbongi, Maaya Uchida, Toshiki Masuda
See also 2016 in Japan 2016 in Japanese television List of 2016 box office number-one films in Japan
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