This is a list of Japanese films released in 2022.
Highest-grossing films Worldwide The following is a list of the top ten highest-grossing Japanese films from 2022 at the worldwide box office.
Rank Title Gross 1 Suzume $304,466,908 2 One Piece Film: Red $246,570,000 3 The First Slam Dunk $232,893,000 4 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 $196,290,952 5 Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween $92,005,000 6 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero $86,562,140 7 Kingdom 2: Far and Away 8 Shin Ultraman 9 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie 10 The Last 10 Years Silent Parade
Japan The following is a list of the top ten highest-grossing Japanese films released at the Japanese box office during 2022.
Rank Title Gross 1 One Piece Film: Red () 2 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 () 3 Suzume () 4 Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween () 5 Kingdom 2: Far and Away () 6 Shin Ultraman () 7 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie () 8 The Last 10 Years () Silent Parade () 10 The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero ()
Box office records The anime films Suzume and The First Slam Dunk set several box office records. In South Korea, The First Slam Dunk became the highest-grossing anime film, before its record was surpassed by Suzume. In China, Suzume became the highest-grossing anime film. It also set the record for the biggest opening for an anime film in China, before its record was surpassed by The First Slam Dunk. The First Slam Dunk also set Chinese box office records for the highest pre-sales for an animated import, and the largest IMAX opening weekend for a foreign animated film.
Film releases January–March Opening Title Director CastJANUARY 1 BanG Dream! Poppin' Dream! Kōdai Kakimoto Aimi, Sae Ōtsuka, Rimi Nishimoto, Ayaka Ōhashi, Ayasa Itō 7 My Brother, The Android and Me Junji Sakamoto Etsushi Toyokawa, Masanobu Ando, Yuki Kazamatsuri, Hirotarō Honda, Yuki Katayama, Taijirō Tamura Truth Yukihiko Tsutsumi Kotoha Hiroyama, Ayano Fukumiya, Tomomi Kono Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: Beast Koichi Sakamoto Shohei Hashimoto, Yūki Torigoe, Masashi Taniguchi, Teruma, Ryōki Nagae, Kōsuke Kuwano The Sunday Runoff Yūichirō Sakashita Masataka Kubota, Rie Miyazawa, Eiji Akaso, Chika Uchida, Mantaro Koichi 14 The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero Akira Tanaka Masami Nagasawa, Masahiro Higashide, Fumiyo Kohinata, Shinya Kote, Yōsuke Eguchi, Nagisa Sekimizu, Risa Oda, Ryōko Hirosue The World for Two of Us Kashou Iizuka Yuki Katayama, Ryota Bando, Goichi Mine, Kanako Mochida, Miyu Teshima, Miharu Tanaka What's With That Shinpei Yamazaki Shirō Shimomoto, Setsuko Karasuma, Kazuma Sano, Misa Wada, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bunmei Tobayama Poprun Shinichiro Ueda Nobuji Minagawa, Hidenobu Abera, Eri Tokunaga, Harumi Shuhama, Yuka Iseki, Hideki Nagai 21 Missing Shinzō Katayama Jiro Sato, Aoi Ito, Hiroya Shimizu, Misato Morita, Shotaro Ishitadashi, Izumi Matsuoka The Midnight Maiden War Ken Ninomiya Ren Nagase, Elaiza Ikeda, Tasuku Emoto, Makiko Watanabe, Yushin Shinohara, Akinori Ando 28 Noise Ryūichi Hiroki Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Haru Kuroki, Ayumi Ito, Daichi Watanabe Pure Japanese Daishi Matsunaga Dean Fujioka, Aju Makita, Tetsu Watanabe, Daichi Kaneko, Yukio Sakaguchi, Ryutaro Ninomiya The Orbital Children Mitsuo Iso Natsumi Fujiwara, Azumi Waki, Kensho Ono, Chinatsu Akasaki, Yumiko Kobayashi, Mariya Ise The Unnameable Dance Isshin Inudo Min Tanaka, Rin Ishihara, Tatsuya Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide, Lajko Felix, Seigō Matsuoka Prior Convictions Yoshiyuki Kishi Kasumi Arimura, Go Morita, Ryuya Wakaba, Makita Sports, Shizuka Ishibashi, Yukiya Kitamura Kamen Rider Saber: Trio of Deep SinKazuya KamihoriuchiSyuichiro Naito, Takaya Yamaguchi, Asuka Kawazu, Ryo Aoki, Yuki Ikushima, Eiji Togashi, Hiroaki OkaFEBRUARY 4 The Deer King Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui Kimura, Yoshito Yasuhara, Toaru Sakurai Mr. Suzuki Sou Sasaki Asako Ito, Norihiko Tsukuda, Hisako Okata, Nao Yasunaga, Kai Shishido, Iwawo You've Got a Friend Ryūichi Hiroki Jun Murakami, Nahana, Masao Yoshi, Momoka Ayukawa, Shima Ohnishi, Tomu Miyazaki Miracle City Koza Kazuhiro Taira Kenta Kiritani, Yuuki Oshiro, Tsunami Ryuto, Mitsuhiro Koike, Shinichi Tsuha, Hidetoshi Kanzaki What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? Satoshi Miki Ryosuke Yamada, Tao Tsuchiya, Gaku Hamada, Hidekazu Mashima, Eri Fuse, Seiji Rokkaku, Toshihiro Yashiba, Yoshiki Arizono 11 Just Remembering Daigo Matsui Sosuke Ikematsu, Sairi Ito, Reika Ozeki, Hiromasa Yashiki, Toshiki Hirose, Ryo Narita Usogui: Lie Eater Hideo Nakata Ryusei Yokohama, Hayato Sano, Mai Shiraishi, Shohei Miura, Kaito Sakurai, Kanata Hongō Homestay Natsuki Seta Kento Nagao, Anna Yamada, Rikako Yagi, Ayumu Mochizuki, Hidekazu Mashima, Kiyohiko Shibukawa Kitakaze Outsider Tetsuhiro Sai Tetsuhiro Sai, Maho Kasaku, Wataru Ito, Wako Ueda, Izumi Sano, Natsuko Urakawa Takatsu River Yoshinari Nishikori Masahiro Komoto, Naho Toda, Ito Ohno, Hiromasa Taguchi, Chloe Takahashi, Tomoko Naraoka 18 Fruits Basket: Prelude Yoshihide Ibata Miyuki Sawashiro, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Manaka Iwami, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yuma Uchida The Blue Skies at Your Feet Yuki Saito Riko Fukumoto, Genta Matsuda, Mizuki Itagaki, Mayuu Yokota, Riko, Toshihiro Yashiba Ox-Head Village Takashi Shimizu Kōki, Riku Hagiwara, Fumiya Takahashi, Haruka Imo, Rinka Otani, Riko Goodbye, Don Glees! Atsuko Ishizuka Natsuki Hanae, Yuki Kaji, Ayumu Murase, Kana Hanazawa, Rino Sashihara, Atsushi Tamura Residents of Evil Katusmi Sasaki Kokoro Ebino, Kento Ono 25 Love Nonetheless Hideo Jojo Kōji Seto, Honami Satō, Yuumi Kawai, Ayumu Nakajima, Yuka Kouri Deemo: Memorial Keys Shūhei Matsushita, Junichi Fujisaku Ayana Taketatsu, Naomi Watanabe, Gaku Hamada, Issey Ogata, Kouhei Matsushita, Kōichi Yamadera Ribbon Non Non, Rio Yamashita, Daichi Watanabe, Karin Ono, Misayo Haruki, Daikichi Sugawara Ring Wandering Masakazu Kaneko Show Kasamatsu, Junko Abe, Reiko Kataoka, Toru Shinagawa, Ken Yasuda, Yōji Tanaka Haiiro no Kabe Kozo Ando So Okuno, Ayaka Konno, Takanori Jinnai MARCH 4 Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 Susumu Yamaguchi Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Romi Park Ensemble Stars!! Road to Show!! Asami Nakatani, Masakazu Hishida Showtaro Morikubo, Yuki Kaji, Kōhei Amasaki, Chiharu Shigematsu, Junichi Suwabe, Soma Saito The Last 10 Years Michihito Fujii Nana Komatsu, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Yuki Yamada, Nao, Satoru Iguchi, Haru Kuroki, Hideko Hara, Yutaka Matsushige Ashiya's School Lunch Mitsuhito Shiraha Ruka Matsuda, Takuya Ishida, Takashi Nishina, Mao Miyaji, Izumi Fujimoto, Rintaro Kurita Blue Thermal Masaki Tachibana Mayu Hotta, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Junya Enoki, Mikako Komatsu, Daisuke Ono, Haruka Shiraishi The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Gekitotsu Shunsuke Tada Mamoru Miyano, Kenichi Suzumura, Yuki Kaji, Daisuke Ono, Yuichi Nakamura, Tokuyoshi Kawashima 11 Wedding High Akiko Ōku Ryōko Shinohara, Tomoya Nakamura, Nagisa Sekimizu, Takanori Iwata, Osamu Mukai, Katsumi Takahashi Intimate Stranger Mayu Nakamura Asuka Kurosawa, Fuju Kamio, Yu Uemura, Shogen, Shirō Sano, Mitsuko Oka Moonlight Diner Kōji Kamui Rei Sugai, Miko Nakagawa, Mitsunari Sakamoto, Chiaki Hiratsuka, Hiroyuki Hagita, Takafumi Kagaya 12Kamen Rider OOO 10th: Core Medal of ResurrectionRyuta TasakiShu Watanabe, Shingo Izumi, Riho Takada, Hiroaki Iwanaga, Asaya Kimijima, Mayuko Arisue, Marie Kai 18 Straying Rikiya Imaizumi Nairu Yamamoto, Katsuya Maiguma, Miyū Teshima, Kai Inowaki Kappei Takashi Hirano Hideaki Itō, Moka Kamishiraishi, Daigo Nishihata, Yusuke Onuki, Arata Furuta, Koji Yamamoto Ultraman Trigger: Episode ZMasayoshi TakesueRaiga Terasaka, Runa Toyoda, Shunya Kaneko, Tadashi Mizuno, Meiku Harukawa, Katsuya Takagi, Kei Hosogai, Shin Takuma, Kohshu Hirano, Yuichi Nakamura, Akinori Ando 25 Two Outs Bases Loaded Hirokazu Fujisawa Aran Abe, Mizuki Itagaki, Haruka Kudō, Shoki Moroboshi, Ryūhei Watabe, Tamiyasu Cho Love Like the Falling Petals Yoshihiro Fukagawa Kento Nakajima, Honoka Matsumoto, Kento Nagayama, Yuki Sakurai, Shuntaro Yanagi, Yumi Wakatsuki Mr. Osomatsu Tsutomu Hanabusa Koji Mukai, Hikaru Iwamoto, Ren Meguro, Tatsuya Fukazawa, Raul, Daisuke Sakuma
April–June