A list of Japanese films that were first released in 2017.
Highest-grossing films The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films at the Japanese box office during 2017. Rank Title Gross 1 Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter () 2 Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi () 3 Gintama () 4 Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! () 5 Let Me Eat Your Pancreas () 6 Mary and the Witch's Flower () 7 Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! () 8 Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale () 9 Mumon: The Land of Stealth ()10 Memoirs of a Murderer ()
Film releases January – March Opening Title Director Cast JANUARY 6 Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu Tatsuya Oishi Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara 7 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Pt.2 Tetsurō Araki Tasuku Hatanaka, Sayaka Senbongi, Maaya Uchida, Toshiki Masuda, Yūki Kaji, Kanae Oki 14 Honnōji Hotel Masayuki Suzuki Haruka Ayase, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Gaku Hamada, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Hiromasa Taguchi, Masahiro Takashima Chain Chronicle ~Light of Haecceitas~ Masashi Kudō Akira Ishida, Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Asami Imai, Aya Uchida 21 Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Noriyuki Abe Daisuke Ono, Maaya Sakamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Yukari Tamura, Jun Fukuyama, Kenn 27 KISEKI Sobito of That Day Atsushi Kaneshige Tori Matsuzaka, Masaki Suda, Ryusei Yokohama, Ryo Narita, Shiori Kutsuna, Yosuke Sugino, Yuna Taira A Loving Husband Kazuhiko Yukawa Hiroshi Abe, Yūki Amami, Miho Kanno, Saki Aibu, Asuka Kudoh, Akari Hayami Itazura na Kiss the Movie 2 ~Campus-Hen~ Minoru Mizoguchi Kanta Satō, Reina Bisa, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Simon Ohkura, Atsuki Tomori, Hidehiko Ishizuka FEBRUARY 3 Saki Yuichi Onuma Minami Hamabe, Nana Asakawa, Aika Hirota, Mai Kikuchi, Rena Takeda Genocidal Organ Shūkō Murase Yuichi Nakamura, Satoshi Mikami, Kaito Ishikawa, Yūki Kaji 3 Demons Covered by Scars Santa Yamagishi Rika Adachi, Manami Enosawa, Kayano Masuyama, Kayano Masuyama The 100th Love with You Sho Tsukikawa Miwa, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ryo Ryusei, Erina Mano 11 Survival Family Shinobu Yaguchi Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi Ao Oni The Animation Toshirō Hamamura Eri Kitamura, Ryōta Ōsaka, Takahiro Mizushima, Ayane Sakura 17 Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale Tomohiko Itō Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayana Taketatsu, Kanae Itō One Week Friends Shōsuke Murakami Kento Yamazaki, Haruna Kawaguchi, Takashi Matsuo, Shuhei Uesugi Gukoroku -Traces of Sin- Kei Ishikawa Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hikari Mitsushima, Keisuke Koide, Asami Usuda 25 Kyō no Kira-kun Taisuke Kawamura Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo, Shono Hayama, Yuna Taira Close-Knit Naoko Ogigami Kenta Kiritani, Toma Ikuta, Rinka Kakihara, Rie Mimura MARCH 3 Haruta & Chika Masahide Ichii Shori Sato, Kanna Hashimoto, Keisuke Koide, Yuri Tsunematsu PriPara the Movie: Everyone Shine! Kirarin Star Live Nobutaka Yoda Coco Hayashi, Miyu Kubota, Nanami Atsugi, Himika Akaneya Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi Atsushi Takahashi Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki 11 Let's Go, Jets! Hayato Kawai Suzu Hirose, Ayami Nakajo, Hirona Yamazaki, Miu Tomita, Sakurako Ohara, Mackenyu 17 Ancien and the Magic Tablet (a.k.a. Napping Princess) Kenji Kamiyama Mitsuki Takahata, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Arata Furuta, Yōsuke Eguchi Pretty Cure Dream Stars! Hiroshi Miyamoto Haruka Fukuhara, Karen Miyama, Tomo Muranaka, Saki Fujita Yuki Yuna wa Yūsha-bu Shozoku and Yuki Yuna: Washio Sumi Chapter Series Seiji Kishi Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Hideaki Itō, Ryo Kase March Comes in Like a Lion: Part 1 Keishi Ōtomo Rie Hosaka, Rina Honnizumi, Yui Ogura, Konomi Tada 18 Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game Shunsuke Tada Kensho Ono, Yūki Ono, Hiroshi Kamiya, Junichi Suwabe, Daisuke Ono, Ryōhei Kimura, Kenichi Suzumura, Hikaru Midorikawa, Tetsu Inada 24 Daytime Shooting Star Takehiko Shinjō Mei Nagano, Shohei Miura, Alan Shirahama, Maika Yamamoto P and JK Ryūichi Hiroki Kazuya Kamenashi, Tao Tsuchiya, Mahiro Takasugi, Tina Tamashiro Sakurada Reset: Part 1 Yoshihiro Fukagawa Shūhei Nomura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yuna Taira, Kentarō
April - June Opening Title Director Cast APRIL 1 Ankoku Joshi Saiji Yakumo Fumika Shimizu, Marie Iitoyo, Nana Seino, Tina Tamashiro 7 The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl Masaaki Yuasa Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryuji Akiyama Neko Atsume no Ie Masatoshi Kurakata Atsushi Itō, Shiori Kutsuna, Masahiro Toda, Kayoko Ohkubo 14 Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter Kobun Shizuno Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tōru Furuya Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri Masakazu Hashimoto Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Mari Mashiba, Tamao Hayashi ReLIFE Takeshi Furusawa Taishi Nakagawa, Yuna Taira, Mahiro Takasugi, Elaiza Ikeda 21 March Comes in Like a Lion: Part 2 Keishi Ōtomo Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Hideaki Itō, Ryo Kase 28 Blade of the Immortal Takashi Miike Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sota Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High Akira Nagai Masaki Suda, Shūhei Nomura, Ryoma Takeuchi, Shotaro Mamiya, Jun Shison, Yudai Chiba, Mei Nagano MAY 3 LAST COP The Movie Ryuichi Inomata Toshiaki Karasawa, Masataka Kubota, Ryo Yoshizawa, Nozomi Sasaki, Naohito Fujiki 5 Fairy Tail Movie 2: Dragon Cry Tatsuma Minamikawa Tetsuya Kakihara, Aya Hirano, Rie Kugimiya, Yuichi Nakamura Reminiscence Yasuo Furuhata Junichi Okada, Shun Oguri, Tasuku Emoto, Masami Nagasawa 12 Hurricane Polymar Koichi Sakamoto Junpei Mizobata, Yuki Yamada, Mikie Hara, Yurina Yanagi Sakurada Reset: Part 2 Yoshihiro Fukagawa Shūhei Nomura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yuna Taira, Kentarō 12 Lu Over the Wall Masaaki Yuasa Kanon Tani, Shōta Shimoda, Akira Emoto, Sōma Saitō Peach Girl Koji Shintoku Mizuki Yamamoto, Kei Inoo, Mackenyu, Mei Nagano Blame! Hiroyuki Seshita Kana Hanazawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Sora Amamiya, Mamoru Miyano 26 Resident Evil: Vendetta Takanori Tsujimoto Kevin Dorman, Matthew Mercer, Erin Cahill, Kari Wahlgren What a Wonderful Family 2! Yoji Yamada Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa A Beautiful Star Daihachi Yoshida Lily Franky, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ai Hashimoto, Tomoko Nakajima 27 Radiance Naomi Kawase Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Misuzu Kanno, Mantaro Koichi JUNE 1 Flower and Sword Tetsuo Shinohara Mansai Nomura, Ichikawa En'nosuke IV, Kōichi Satō, Kiichi Nakai 8 Confession of Murder (a.k.a. Memoirs of a Murderer) Yu Irie Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hideaki Itō, Kaho, Shuhei Nomura 15 Kodomo Tsukai Takashi Shimizu Hideaki Takizawa, Daiki Arioka, Mugi Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Onoue 17 The Irregular at Magic High School: The Movie – The Girl Who Summons the Stars Risako Yoshida Yuichi Nakamura, Saori Hayami, Yumi Uchiyama, Takuma Terashima 30 My Brother Loves Me Too Much Hayato Kawai Tao Tsuchiya, Ryota Katayose, Yudai Chiba, Takuya Kusakawa 「兄に愛されすぎて困ってます」主演・土屋太鳳、片寄涼太＆千葉雄大で実写映画化. シネマズニュース、(2016年9月19日)2017年3月18日閲覧 Mumon: The Land of Stealth Yoshihiro Nakamura Satoshi Ohno, Satomi Ishihara, Ryohei Suzuki, Yūsuke Iseya
July - September Opening Title Director Cast JULY 7 Mary and the Witch's Flower Hiromasa Yonebayashi Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yūki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata 14 No Game, No Life Zero Hiroshi Nishikiori, Atsuko Ishizuka Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Yōko Hikasa, Yukari Tamura Gintama Yūichi Fukuda Shun Oguri, Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yūya Yagira, Ryo Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa, Masaki Okada Pokémon the Movie 20: I Choose You! Tetsuo Yajima Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinichiro Miki 21 Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection Takayuki Hamana Yukari Tamura, Nana Mizuki, Kana Ueda, Haruka Tomatsu The Anthem of the Heart Tatsuyuki Nagai, Naoto Kumzawa Kyoko Yoshine, Kento Nakajima, Anna Ishii, Ichiro Kan 28 Let Me Eat Your Pancreas Sho Tsukikawa Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri, Keiko Kitagawa Tokyo Ghoul Kentarō Hagiwara Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiyori Sakurada AUGUST 4 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I Takashi Miike Kento Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mackenyu, Nana Komatsu, Masaki Okada 18 The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Those Awaiting a Star Norihiro Naganuma Atsumi Tanezaki, Ryota Takeuchi, Kōki Uchiyama, Yūko Kaida Fireworks Akiyuki Shinbo, Nobuyuki Takeuchi Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano, Takako Matsu 25 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Oath Under Snow Shin Ōnuma Kaori Nazuka, Noriaki Sugiyama, Mai Kadowaki, Noriko Shitaya Kimi no Koe o Todoketai Naoyuki Itō Mina Katahira, Yuki Tanaka, Iwabuchi Momoka, Kobe Mitsuaki 26 Sekigahara Masato Harada Junichi Okada, Kōji Yakusho, Kasumi Arimura, Takehiro Hira Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story Shutaro Oku Kaede Aono, Ryūnosuke Matsumura, Arata Furuta, Kanon Miyahara, Eiji Takigawa SEPTEMBER 8 The Third Murder Hirokazu Kore-eda Masaharu Fukuyama, Kōji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Yuki Saito Before We Vanish Kiyoshi Kurosawa Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Mahiro Takasugi 15 Haikyū Third Season Movie Susumu Mitsunaka Ayumu Murase, Kaito Ishikawa, Satoshi Hino, Miyu Irino Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution Hisatoshi Shimizu, Tomoki Kyoda Yuko Sanpei, Keiji Fujiwara, Kaori Nazuka, Kōji Tsujitani Tornado Girl Hitoshi Ōne Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kiko Mizuhara, Hirofumi Arai, Sakura Ando 22 Asahinagu Tsutomu Hanabusa Nanase Nishino, Mai Shiraishi, Reika Sakurai, Sayuri Matsumura Miracles of the Namiya General Store Ryūichi Hiroki Ryosuke Yamada, Nijiro Murakami, Kanichiro, Riko Narumi Yurigokoro Naoto Kumazawa Yuriko Yoshitaka, Tori Matsuzaka, Kenichi Matsuyama, Nana Seino 29 Ajin Katsuyuki Motohiro Takeru Satoh, Gō Ayano, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yu Shirota, Rina Kawaei 30 Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – May the Melody Reach You! Taichi Ogawa Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai
October - December