2016 · Japanese Movies
392 Japanese films opened in 2016, including Shin Godzilla, Death Note: Light Up the NEW World, Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate". Drama, Comedy, Mystery were the most common genres. Shin Godzilla led in box office (¥8,250M). 16 titles hold award records.
Award-winning highlights
All 16 award-winning titles from 2016.
392 titles
Shin Godzilla
シン・ゴジラ
Release date Jul 29 · 120 min
Action · Science Fiction · Horror
Directed by Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno
Cast Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
デスノート, Light up the NEW world
Release date Oct 29 · 134 min
Crime · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
Directed by Shinsuke Sato
Cast Masahiro Higashide, Sosuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
海賊とよばれた男
Release date Dec 11 · 145 min
Drama · History
Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
Cast Junichi Okada, Haruka Ayase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
64: Part 2
64-ロクヨン-後編
Release date Jun 1 · 119 min
Mystery
Directed by Takahisa Zeze
Cast Koichi Sato, Go Ayano, Nana Eikura
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
ぼくは明日、昨日のきみとデートする
Release date Dec 17 · 111 min
Romance · Drama
Directed by Takahiro Miki
Cast Sota Fukushi, Nana Komatsu, Masahiro Higashide
My Tomorrow Your Yesterday
ぼくは明日、昨日のきみとデートする
Release date Dec 17
Romance
Directed by Xiang Guo Qiang
Cast Bi Wenjun, He Landou, Wang Yanhui
Saraba Abunai Deka
さらば あぶない刑事
Release date Jan 30 · 118 min
Action · Comedy
Directed by Tōru Murakawa
Cast Hiroshi Tachi, Kyôhei Shibata, Toru Nakamura
Black Widow Business
後妻業の女
Release date Aug 27 · 127 min
Comedy
Directed by Yasuo Tsuruhashi
Cast Shinobu Otake, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tsurube Shofukutei
Too Young To Die!
TOO YOUNG TO DIE! 若くして死ぬ
Release date Jun 25 · 125 min
Romance · Fantasy · Music · Comedy
Directed by Kankuro Kudo
Cast Tomoya Nagase, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kenta Kiritani
Erased
僕だけがいない街
Release date Aug 17 · 120 min
Thriller · Fantasy
Directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa
Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kasumi Arimura, Yuriko Ishida
What a Wonderful Family!
家族はつらいよ
Release date Mar 16 · 108 min
Comedy · Family
Directed by Yoji Yamada
Cast Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura
Yell for the Blue Sky
青空エール
Release date Aug 20 · 126 min
Drama
Directed by Takahiro Miki
Cast Tao Tsuchiya, Ryoma Takeuchi, Shono Hayama
The Black Devil and the White Prince
黒崎くんの言いなりになんてならない
Release date Feb 27 · 93 min
Comedy · Romance
Directed by Sho Tsukikawa
Cast Kento Nakajima, Nana Komatsu, Yudai Chiba
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
オオカミ少女と黒王子
Release date May 28 · 116 min
Romance
Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki
Cast Fumi Nikaido, Kento Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Suzuki
Sadako vs. Kayako
貞子vs伽椰子
Release date Jun 18 · 98 min
Horror
Directed by Koji Shiraishi
Cast Mizuki Yamamoto, Aimi Satsukawa, Tina Tamashiro
Scoop!
SCOOP!
Release date Oct 1 · 119 min
Mystery · Drama
Directed by Hitoshi One
Cast Masaharu Fukuyama, Fumi Nikaido, Yoh Yoshida
A Loving Husband
恋妻家宮本
Release date Aug 25 · 117 min
Drama
Directed by Kazuhiko Yukawa
Cast Hiroshi Abe, Yuki Amami, Miho Kanno
Good Morning Show
グッドモーニングショー
Release date Oct 8 · 105 min
Comedy
Directed by Ryôichi Kimizuka
Cast Kiichi Nakai, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Shida
The Kodai Family
高台家の人々
Release date Jun 4 · 116 min
Romance · Comedy
Directed by Masato Hijikata
Cast Haruka Ayase, Takumi Saitoh, Kiko Mizuhara
A Living Promise
人生の約束
Release date Jan 9 · 120 min
Drama
Directed by Kan Ishibashi
Cast Yutaka Takenouchi, Yosuke Eguchi, Tori Matsuzaka