2026 · Japanese Movies
62 Japanese films opened in Q3 (Jul–Sep) 2026, including Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls, The Swan and the Bat, Blue Lock. Drama, Action, Horror were the most common genres. Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls led in box office (¥6,100M). 7 are now showing.
Japanese films, Q3 2026: the quarter in reviewAt Japanese theaters in the third quarter of 2026, the animated Chiikawa movie led the summer box office, while among live-action films the fifth installment of the manga-based Kingdom series became the year's top-grossing Japanese live-action film. Two Japanese films were selected for the Competition section of the Venice International Film Festival in September, and both won collateral awards. Box office figures are as of the dates reported.Read →🔴 Trending on OTT
All of 2026Official Netflix Weekly Top 10 records · full year 2026 (not quarterly)
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Blue Lockpeaked #2 · 16 wks - 2
Kyojo Reunionpeaked #1 · 11 wks - 3
Sakamoto Dayspeaked #1 · 11 wks - 4
This Is Ipeaked #1 · 5 wks - 5
Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-peaked #1 · 3 wks - 6
Sai: Disasterpeaked #1 · 3 wks - 7
The Convenience Storepeaked #1 · 3 wks - 8
Fujikopeaked #3 · 2 wks - 9
In the Clear Moonlit Duskpeaked #6 · 1 wks
62 titles
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
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
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
Diary of a Mad Old Man
Release date Sep 11 · 119 min
Drama
Directed by Wayne Wang
Cast Fan Bingbing, Lily Franky, Youki Kudoh
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
ネルソンさん、あなたは人を殺しましたか?
Release date Sep 11 · 116 min
Drama · War
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Cast Rodney Hicks, Geoffrey Rush, Tatyana Ali
Matched: True Love
マッチング TRUE LOVE
Release date Sep 25
Thriller
Directed by Eiji Uchida
Cast Daisuke Sakuma, Tao Tsuchiya, Kwak Dong-yeon
FLAPJAX
Release date Sep 17 · 98 min
Science Fiction · Comedy · Horror
Directed by Rocko Zevenbergen
Cast Gabriel Cagan, Georgia Kate Haege, Madeline Barbush
Geisha War
Release date Sep 12
Directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura
Cast Costas Mandylor, Yoshika Nishi, Robert Rhine
Chō Uchū Keiji Gyaban Infiniti Taiyō ga Naita Hi
超宇宙刑事ギャバン インフィニティ 太陽が泣いた日
Release date Jul 24
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Directed by Hirofumi Fukuzawa
Cast Kohei Nagata, Ryuga Akahane, Kokona Sumi
Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo
Release date Sep 14 · 108 min
Thriller · Crime · Action
Directed by Takashi Miike
Cast Shun Oguri, Lily James, Gionna Daddio
The Brightest Sun
時には懺悔を
Release date Aug 28 · 129 min
Drama
Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima
Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Kankuro Fuji
Look Back
ルックバック
Release date Sep 11
Drama
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Fuuri Nanase
Till We Meet Again on the Starry Hill
あの星が降る丘で、君とまた出会いたい。
Release date Aug 7 · 128 min
Drama · Romance
Directed by Takehiko Shinjo
Cast Haruka Fukuhara, Natsuki Deguchi, Kentaro Ito
手塚治虫の戦争
Release date Aug 12
War · Drama
Directed by Wataru Suzuki
Cast Kengo Kora, Konosuke Harada, Tetsushi Tanaka
The Secret Battlefield
開戦前夜
Release date Jul 31 · 138 min
War · Drama
Directed by Yuya Ishii
Cast Sosuke Ikematsu, Taiga Nakano, Takanori Iwata
Arrested Memory
狂忘警探
Release date Sep 7 · 100 min
Action · Comedy · Drama
Directed by SABU
Cast Ethan Juan, Moon Lee, Reika Kirishima
Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room - Capital Crisis
劇場版TOKYO MER〜走る緊急救命室〜CAPITAL CRISIS
Release date Aug 21
Drama
Directed by Aya Matsuki
Cast Ryohei Suzuki, Kento Kaku, Eiji Akaso
The Invisibles
見えない娘 THE INVISIBLES
Release date Aug 28 · 110 min
Drama
Directed by Ryo Takebayashi
Cast Katsuya Maiguma, Hana Kondo, Hana Yayama
The Mouths
口に関するアンケート
Release date Jul 3 · 89 min
Horror
Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Cast Rihito Itagaki, Keito Tsuna, Ai Yoshikawa
After Changing Seats, It Seems the Guy Sitting Behind Me Likes Me
席替えしたら、どうやら後ろの男が俺のこと好きらしい
Release date Aug 6
Romance
Directed by Yoshika Nakayama
Cast Eito Konishi, Gennosuke, Ken Hiramoto