2026 · Japanese Movies

244 Japanese films open in 2026, including Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls, Until We Meet Again, The Swan and the Bat. 10 have not opened yet. Drama, Action, Comedy were the most common genres. Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls led in box office (¥6,100M). 1 titles hold award records. 21 are now showing.

Box Office Ranking

All of 2026

5 of 244 titles confirmed

  1. 1Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls¥6,100M
  2. 2Until We Meet Again¥4,000M
  3. 3The Swan and the Bat¥1,870M
  4. 4Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-¥1,500M
  5. 5Godzilla Minus Zeroongoing¥910M

Compiled from Wikipedia and RACOI (KCC·KOBACO) public data · updated weekly

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All of 2026

Official Netflix Weekly Top 10 records · full year 2026 (not quarterly)

  1. 1Blue Lockpeaked #2 · 16 wks
  2. 2Kyojo Reunionpeaked #1 · 11 wks
  3. 3Sakamoto Dayspeaked #1 · 11 wks
  4. 4This Is Ipeaked #1 · 5 wks
  5. 5Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-peaked #1 · 3 wks
  6. 6Sai: Disasterpeaked #1 · 3 wks
  7. 7The Convenience Storepeaked #1 · 3 wks
  8. 8Fujikopeaked #3 · 2 wks
  9. 9In the Clear Moonlit Duskpeaked #6 · 1 wks

244 titles

Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls

Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls

キングダム 魂の決戦

Release date Jul 17 · 133 min

Action · Adventure · War

Directed by Shinsuke Sato

Cast Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto

Until We Meet Again

Until We Meet Again

ほどなく、お別れです

Release date Feb 6 · 124 min

Drama

Directed by Takahiro Miki

Cast Minami Hamabe, Ren Meguro, Misato Morita

The Swan and the Bat

The Swan and the Bat

白鳥とコウモリ

Release date Sep 4

Crime · Drama · Family · Mystery

Directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi

Cast Hokuto Matsumura, Mio Imada, Tomokazu Miura

Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-

Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-

ゴールデンカムイ 網走監獄襲撃編

Release date Mar 13 · 124 min

Action · Drama · History · Adventure

Directed by Kenji Katagiri

Cast Kento Yamazaki, Anna Yamada, Gordon Maeda

In theatersGodzilla Minus Zero

Godzilla Minus Zero

ゴジラ-0.0

Release date Nov 3 · 119 min

Science Fiction · Horror · Action

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki

Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada

The Shrine

The Shrine

신사: 악귀의 속삭임

Release date Feb 6 · 95 min

Horror · Mystery

Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Cast Kim Jae-joong, Kong Seong-ha, Ko Hoon-jeong

Blue Lock

Blue Lock

ブルーロック

Release date Aug 7 · 128 min

Action · Drama

Directed by Yusuke Taki

Cast Fumiya Takahashi, Kaito Sakurai, Kyohei Takahashi

Kyojo Reunion

Kyojo Reunion

教場 Reunion

Release date Feb 20 · 150 min

Drama

Directed by Isamu Nakae

Cast Takuya Kimura, Keito Tsuna, Kyoko Saito

Sakamoto Days

Sakamoto Days

SAKAMOTO DAYS

Release date Apr 29 · 128 min

Action · Comedy · Crime

Directed by Yuichi Fukuda

Cast Ren Meguro, Fumiya Takahashi, Aya Ueto

This Is I

This Is I

This is I

Release date Feb 9 · 130 min

Drama · Music

Directed by Yusaku Matsumoto

Cast Haruki Mochizuki, Takumi Saitoh, Tae Kimura

The Convenience Store

The Convenience Store

夜勤事件

Release date Feb 20 · 83 min

Horror

Directed by Jirô Nagae

Cast Kotona Minami, Tetta Seki, Terunosuke Takezai

Sai: Disaster

Sai: Disaster

災 劇場版

Release date Feb 20 · 128 min

Drama · Crime

Directed by Yutaro Seki, Kentaro Hirase

Cast Teruyuki Kagawa, Sena Nakajima, Ryuhei Matsuda

Fujiko

Fujiko

FUJIKO

Release date Jun 5 · 95 min

Drama

Directed by Taichi Kimura

Cast Yuki Katayama, Lily Franky, YOU

In theatersIn the Clear Moonlit Dusk

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk

うるわしの宵の月

Release date Oct 23

Romance · Drama

Directed by Kentarō Takemura

Cast Seira Anzai, Shunsuke Michieda, Rintaro Mizusawa

In theatersStreet Fighter

Street Fighter

Release date Oct 14 · 119 min

Action · Fantasy · Comedy

Directed by Kitao Sakurai

Cast Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Callina Liang

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Release date Sep 11 · 119 min

Drama

Directed by Wayne Wang

Cast Fan Bingbing, Lily Franky, Youki Kudoh

Sheep in the Box

Sheep in the Box

箱の中の羊

Release date May 29 · 126 min

Drama · Science Fiction

Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast Haruka Ayase, Daigo Yamamoto, Kuwaki Rimu

In theatersIbuku

Ibuku

Release date Oct 8 · 95 min

Drama

Directed by Eddie Cahyono

Cast Christine Hakim, Ayushita Nugraha, Landung Simatupang

The Ogre's Bride

The Ogre's Bride

鬼の花嫁

Release date Mar 27

Romance · Fantasy

Directed by Chihiro Ikeda

Cast Ren Nagase, Ai Yoshikawa, Kentaro Ito

The Samurai and the Prisoner

The Samurai and the Prisoner

黒牢城

Release date Jun 19 · 147 min

Drama · History · Mystery

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka