# List of Japanese films of 2017

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 | ¥6.89 billion ($61.43 million) |
| 2 | Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi | ¥4.43 billion ($39.49 million) |
| 3 | Gintama | ¥3.84 billion ($34.23 million) |
| 4 | Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! | ¥3.55 billion ($31.65 million) |
| 5 | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | ¥3.52 billion ($31.38 million) |
| 6 | Mary and the Witch's Flower | ¥3.29 billion ($29.33 million) |
| 7 | Yo-kai Watch: Soratobu Kujira to Double no Sekai no Daibōken da Nyan! | ¥3.26 billion ($29.06 million) |
| 8 | Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale | ¥2.52 billion ($22.47 million) |
| 9 | Mumon: The Land of Stealth | ¥2.51 billion ($22.38 million) |
| 10 | Memoirs of a Murderer | ¥2.41 billion ($21.49 million) |

## Film releases
### January – March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| J A N U A R Y | 6 | Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu | Tatsuya Oishi | Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara |
| J A N U A R Y | 7 | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Pt.2 | Tetsurō Araki | Tasuku Hatanaka, Sayaka Senbongi, Maaya Uchida, Toshiki Masuda, Yūki Kaji, Kanae Oki |
| J A N U A R Y | 14 | Honnōji Hotel | Masayuki Suzuki | Haruka Ayase, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Gaku Hamada, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Hiromasa Taguchi, Masahiro Takashima |
| J A N U A R Y | 14 | Chain Chronicle ~Light of Haecceitas~ | Masashi Kudō | Akira Ishida, Ayane Sakura, Maaya Uchida, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Asami Imai, Aya Uchida |
| J A N U A R Y | 21 | Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic | Noriyuki Abe | Daisuke Ono, Maaya Sakamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Yukari Tamura, Jun Fukuyama, Kenn |
| J A N U A R Y | 27 | KISEKI Sobito of That Day | Atsushi Kaneshige | Tori Matsuzaka, Masaki Suda, Ryusei Yokohama, Ryo Narita, Shiori Kutsuna, Yosuke Sugino, Yuna Taira |
| J A N U A R Y | 27 | A Loving Husband | Kazuhiko Yukawa | Hiroshi Abe, Yūki Amami, Miho Kanno, Saki Aibu, Asuka Kudoh, Akari Hayami |
| J A N U A R Y | 27 | Itazura na Kiss the Movie 2 ~Campus-Hen~ | Minoru Mizoguchi | Kanta Satō, Reina Bisa, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Simon Ohkura, Atsuki Tomori, Hidehiko Ishizuka |
| F E B R U A R Y | 3 | Saki | Yuichi Onuma | Minami Hamabe, Nana Asakawa, Aika Hirota, Mai Kikuchi, Rena Takeda |
| F E B R U A R Y | 3 | Genocidal Organ | Shūkō Murase | Yuichi Nakamura, Satoshi Mikami, Kaito Ishikawa, Yūki Kaji |
| F E B R U A R Y | 3 | Demons Covered by Scars | Santa Yamagishi | Rika Adachi, Manami Enosawa, Kayano Masuyama, Kayano Masuyama |
| F E B R U A R Y | 3 | The 100th Love with You | Sho Tsukikawa | Miwa, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ryo Ryusei, Erina Mano |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Survival Family | Shinobu Yaguchi | Fumiyo Kohinata, Eri Fukatsu, Yuki Izumisawa, Wakana Aoi |
| F E B R U A R Y | 11 | Ao Oni The Animation | Toshirō Hamamura | Eri Kitamura, Ryōta Ōsaka, Takahiro Mizushima, Ayane Sakura |
| F E B R U A R Y | 17 | Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale | Tomohiko Itō | Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayana Taketatsu, Kanae Itō |
| F E B R U A R Y | 17 | One Week Friends | Shōsuke Murakami | Kento Yamazaki, Haruna Kawaguchi, Takashi Matsuo, Shuhei Uesugi |
| F E B R U A R Y | 17 | Gukoroku -Traces of Sin- | Kei Ishikawa | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hikari Mitsushima, Keisuke Koide, Asami Usuda |
| F E B R U A R Y | 25 | Kyō no Kira-kun | Taisuke Kawamura | Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo, Shono Hayama, Yuna Taira |
| F E B R U A R Y | 25 | Close-Knit | Naoko Ogigami | Kenta Kiritani, Toma Ikuta, Rinka Kakihara, Rie Mimura |
| M A R C H | 3 | Haruta & Chika | Masahide Ichii | Shori Sato, Kanna Hashimoto, Keisuke Koide, Yuri Tsunematsu |
| M A R C H | 3 | PriPara the Movie: Everyone Shine! Kirarin Star Live | Nobutaka Yoda | Coco Hayashi, Miyu Kubota, Nanami Atsugi, Himika Akaneya |
| M A R C H | 3 | Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi | Atsushi Takahashi | Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki |
| M A R C H | 11 | Let's Go, Jets! | Hayato Kawai | Suzu Hirose, Ayami Nakajo, Hirona Yamazaki, Miu Tomita, Sakurako Ohara, Mackenyu |
| M A R C H | 17 | Ancien and the Magic Tablet (a.k.a. Napping Princess) | Kenji Kamiyama | Mitsuki Takahata, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Arata Furuta, Yōsuke Eguchi |
| M A R C H | 17 | Pretty Cure Dream Stars! | Hiroshi Miyamoto | Haruka Fukuhara, Karen Miyama, Tomo Muranaka, Saki Fujita |
| M A R C H | 17 | Yuki Yuna wa Yūsha-bu Shozoku and Yuki Yuna: Washio Sumi Chapter Series | Seiji Kishi | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Hideaki Itō, Ryo Kase |
| M A R C H | 17 | March Comes in Like a Lion: Part 1 | Keishi Ōtomo | Rie Hosaka, Rina Honnizumi, Yui Ogura, Konomi Tada |
| M A R C H | 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 |
| M A R C H | 24 | Daytime Shooting Star | Takehiko Shinjō | Mei Nagano, Shohei Miura, Alan Shirahama, Maika Yamamoto |
| M A R C H | 24 | P and JK | Ryūichi Hiroki | Kazuya Kamenashi, Tao Tsuchiya, Mahiro Takasugi, Tina Tamashiro |
| M A R C H | 24 | Sakurada Reset: Part 1 | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Shūhei Nomura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yuna Taira, Kentarō |

### April - June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Ref(s) |
| A P R I L | 1 | Ankoku Joshi | Saiji Yakumo | Fumika Shimizu, Marie Iitoyo, Nana Seino, Tina Tamashiro | |
| A P R I L | 7 | Night Is Short, Walk On Girl | Masaaki Yuasa | Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryuji Akiyama | |
| A P R I L | 7 | Neko Atsume no Ie | Masatoshi Kurakata | Atsushi Itō, Shiori Kutsuna, Masahiro Toda, Kayoko Ohkubo | |
| A P R I L | 14 | Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter | Kobun Shizuno | Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Tōru Furuya | |
| A P R I L | 14 | Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri | Masakazu Hashimoto | Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Mari Mashiba, Tamao Hayashi | |
| A P R I L | 14 | ReLIFE | Takeshi Furusawa | Taishi Nakagawa, Yuna Taira, Mahiro Takasugi, Elaiza Ikeda | |
| A P R I L | 21 | March Comes in Like a Lion: Part 2 | Keishi Ōtomo | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Hideaki Itō, Ryo Kase | |
| A P R I L | 28 | Blade of the Immortal | Takashi Miike | Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sota Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara | |
| A P R I L | 28 | Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High | Akira Nagai | Masaki Suda, Shūhei Nomura, Ryoma Takeuchi, Shotaro Mamiya, Jun Shison, Yudai Chiba, Mei Nagano | |
| M A Y | 3 | LAST COP The Movie | Ryuichi Inomata | Toshiaki Karasawa, Masataka Kubota, Ryo Yoshizawa, Nozomi Sasaki, Naohito Fujiki | [81] [82] |
| M A Y | 5 | Fairy Tail Movie 2: Dragon Cry | Tatsuma Minamikawa | Tetsuya Kakihara, Aya Hirano, Rie Kugimiya, Yuichi Nakamura | |
| M A Y | 5 | Reminiscence | Yasuo Furuhata | Junichi Okada, Shun Oguri, Tasuku Emoto, Masami Nagasawa | |
| M A Y | 12 | Hurricane Polymar | Koichi Sakamoto | Junpei Mizobata, Yuki Yamada, Mikie Hara, Yurina Yanagi | |
| M A Y | 12 | Sakurada Reset: Part 2 | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Shūhei Nomura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yuna Taira, Kentarō | |
| M A Y | 12 | Lu Over the Wall | Masaaki Yuasa | Kanon Tani, Shōta Shimoda, Akira Emoto, Sōma Saitō | |
| M A Y | 12 | Peach Girl | Koji Shintoku | Mizuki Yamamoto, Kei Inoo, Mackenyu, Mei Nagano | |
| M A Y | 12 | Blame! | Hiroyuki Seshita | Kana Hanazawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Sora Amamiya, Mamoru Miyano | |
| M A Y | 26 | Resident Evil: Vendetta | Takanori Tsujimoto | Kevin Dorman, Matthew Mercer, Erin Cahill, Kari Wahlgren | |
| M A Y | 26 | What a Wonderful Family 2! | Yoji Yamada | Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Yui Natsukawa | |
| M A Y | 26 | A Beautiful Star | Daihachi Yoshida | Lily Franky, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ai Hashimoto, Tomoko Nakajima | |
| M A Y | 27 | Radiance | Naomi Kawase | Masatoshi Nagase, Ayame Misaki, Misuzu Kanno, Mantaro Koichi | |
| J U N E | 1 | Flower and Sword | Tetsuo Shinohara | Mansai Nomura, Ichikawa En'nosuke IV, Kōichi Satō, Kiichi Nakai | |
| J U N E | 8 | Confession of Murder (a.k.a. Memoirs of a Murderer) | Yu Irie | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Hideaki Itō, Kaho, Shuhei Nomura | |
| J U N E | 15 | Kodomo Tsukai | Takashi Shimizu | Hideaki Takizawa, Daiki Arioka, Mugi Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Onoue | |
| J U N E | 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 | |
| J U N E | 30 | My Brother Loves Me Too Much | Hayato Kawai | Tao Tsuchiya, Ryota Katayose, Yudai Chiba, Takuya Kusakawa | |
| J U N E | 30 | Mumon: The Land of Stealth | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Satoshi Ohno, Satomi Ishihara, Ryohei Suzuki, Yūsuke Iseya | |

### July - September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Ref(s) |
| J U L Y | 7 | Mary and the Witch's Flower | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | Hana Sugisaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Yūki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata | |
| J U L Y | 14 | No Game, No Life Zero | Hiroshi Nishikiori, Atsuko Ishizuka | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ai Kayano, Yōko Hikasa, Yukari Tamura | |
| J U L Y | 14 | Gintama | Yūichi Fukuda | Shun Oguri, Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yūya Yagira, Ryo Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa, Masaki Okada | |
| J U L Y | 14 | Pokémon the Movie 20: I Choose You! | Tetsuo Yajima | Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Megumi Hayashibara, Shinichiro Miki | [132] [133] |
| J U L Y | 21 | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection | Takayuki Hamana | Yukari Tamura, Nana Mizuki, Kana Ueda, Haruka Tomatsu | |
| J U L Y | 21 | The Anthem of the Heart | Tatsuyuki Nagai, Naoto Kumzawa | Kyoko Yoshine, Kento Nakajima, Anna Ishii, Ichiro Kan | |
| J U L Y | 28 | Let Me Eat Your Pancreas | Sho Tsukikawa | Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura, Shun Oguri, Keiko Kitagawa | |
| J U L Y | 28 | Tokyo Ghoul | Kentarō Hagiwara | Masataka Kubota, Fumika Shimizu, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiyori Sakurada | |
| A U G U S T | 4 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I | Takashi Miike | Kento Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mackenyu, Nana Komatsu, Masaki Okada | |
| A U G U S T | 18 | The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Those Awaiting a Star | Norihiro Naganuma | Atsumi Tanezaki, Ryota Takeuchi, Kōki Uchiyama, Yūko Kaida | |
| A U G U S T | 18 | Fireworks | Akiyuki Shinbo, Nobuyuki Takeuchi | Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano, Takako Matsu | |
| A U G U S T | 25 | Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: Oath Under Snow | Shin Ōnuma | Kaori Nazuka, Noriaki Sugiyama, Mai Kadowaki, Noriko Shitaya | |
| A U G U S T | 25 | Kimi no Koe o Todoketai | Naoyuki Itō | Mina Katahira, Yuki Tanaka, Iwabuchi Momoka, Kobe Mitsuaki | |
| A U G U S T | 26 | Sekigahara | Masato Harada | Junichi Okada, Kōji Yakusho, Kasumi Arimura, Takehiro Hira | |
| A U G U S T | 26 | Asura Girl: Blood-C Another Story | Shutaro Oku | Kaede Aono, Ryūnosuke Matsumura, Arata Furuta, Kanon Miyahara, Eiji Takigawa | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 1 | Tori Girl! | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Tao Tsuchiya, Shotaro Mamiya, Mahiro Takasugi, Elaiza Ikeda | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 8 | The Third Murder | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Masaharu Fukuyama, Kōji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Yuki Saito | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 8 | Before We Vanish | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Hiroki Hasegawa, Mahiro Takasugi | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 15 | Haikyū Third Season Movie | Susumu Mitsunaka | Ayumu Murase, Kaito Ishikawa, Satoshi Hino, Miyu Irino | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 15 | Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution | Hisatoshi Shimizu, Tomoki Kyoda | Yuko Sanpei, Keiji Fujiwara, Kaori Nazuka, Kōji Tsujitani | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 15 | A Boy Who Wished to be Okuda Tamio And A Girl Who Drove All Men Crazy! | Hitoshi Ōne | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kiko Mizuhara, Hirofumi Arai, Sakura Ando | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 22 | Asahinagu | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Nanase Nishino, Mai Shiraishi, Reika Sakurai, Sayuri Matsumura | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 22 | Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Ryūichi Hiroki | Ryosuke Yamada, Nijiro Murakami, Kanichiro, Riko Narumi | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 22 | Yurigokoro | Naoto Kumazawa | Yuriko Yoshitaka, Tori Matsuzaka, Kenichi Matsuyama, Nana Seino | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 29 | Ajin | Katsuyuki Motohiro | Takeru Satoh, Gō Ayano, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yu Shirota, Rina Kawaei | |
| S E P T E M B E R | 30 | Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – May the Melody Reach You! | Taichi Ogawa | Tomoyo Kurosawa, Ayaka Asai, Moe Toyota, Chika Anzai | |

### October - December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Ref(s) |
| O C T O B E R | 6 | Narratage | Isao Yukisada | Jun Matsumoto, Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ayaka Ohnishi | |
| O C T O B E R | 6 | Outrage Coda | Takeshi Kitano | Takeshi Kitano, Toshiyuki Nishida, Nao Ōmori, Pierre Taki | |
| O C T O B E R | 13 | Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower | Tomonori Sudō | Noriaki Sugiyama, Noriko Shitaya, Kana Ueda, Yuu Asakawa, Mai Kadowaki | |
| O C T O B E R | 13 | Yowamushi Pedal: Re:GENERATION! | Osamu Nabeshima | Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Kishio | |
| O C T O B E R | 13 | Love and Lies | Takeshi Furusawa | Aoi Morikawa, Kanta Sato, Takumi Kitamura, Nana Asakawa | |
| O C T O B E R | 20 | The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. | Yūichi Fukuda | Kento Yamazaki, Kanna Hashimoto, Ryo Yoshizawa, Hirofumi Arai, Hideyuki Kasahara, Kento Kaku | |
| O C T O B E R | 20 | Mixed Doubles! | Junichi Ishikawa | Yui Aragaki, Eita Nagayama, Ryōko Hirosue, Hayato Sano | |
| O C T O B E R | 21 | Code Geass Lelouch of the Resurrection the Movie: Awakening Path | Gorō Taniguchi | Jun Fukuyama, Takahiro Sakurai, Yukana, Ami Koshimizu | |
| O C T O B E R | 27 | Birds Without Names | Kazuya Shiraishi | Yū Aoi, Sadao Abe, Yutaka Takenouchi, Tori Matsuzaka | |
| O C T O B E R | 27 | My Teacher | Takahiro Miki | Toma Ikuta, Suzu Hirose, Ryo Ryusei, Aoi Morikawa | |
| N O V E M B E R | 3 | Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets | Mari Asato | Kento Yamazaki, Alice Hirose, Kanata Hongō, Amane Okayama, Fujiko Kojima | [199] [200][201] |
| N O V E M B E R | 3 | The Last Recipe | Yōjirō Takita | Kazunari Ninomiya, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Gō Ayano, Aoi Miyazaki | |
| N O V E M B E R | 10 | Gekijōban Haikara-san ga Tōru Zenpen ~Benio, Hana no 17-sai~ | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | Saori Hayami, Kazuya Nakai, Mamoru Miyano, Kazuya Nakai | |
| N O V E M B E R | 10 | Bow Then Kiss | Takeshi Furusawa | Elaiza Ikeda, Masaki Nakao, Takashi Matsuo, Katsuhiro Suzuki | |
| N O V E M B E R | 10 | Foreboding | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Kaho, Shōta Sometani, Masahiro Higashide, Eriko Nakamura | |
| N O V E M B E R | 16 | Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters | Hiroyuki Seshita, Kōbun Shizuno | Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Yūki Kaji | |
| N O V E M B E R | 24 | Hibana | Itsuji Itao | Masaki Suda, Kenta Kiritani, Fumino Kimura, Shūshi Kawatani | |
| N O V E M B E R | 24 | Anonymous Noise | Koichiro Miki | Ayami Nakajo, Jun Shison, Yuta Koseki, Yosuke Sugino, Hayato Isomura, Miyuki Sawashiro | |
| N O V E M B E R | 25 | Itazura na Kiss the Movie 3 ~Proposal-Hen~ | Minoru Mizoguchi | Kanta Satō, Reina Bisa, Nonoka Yamaguchi, Simon Ohkura | |
| D E C E M B E R | 1 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Fumihiko Sori | Ryosuke Yamada, Atomu Mizuishi, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka | |
| D E C E M B E R | 1 | Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden | Tetsuya Wakano | Yuichi Nakamura, Yūki Kaji, Kōsuke Toriumi, Tsubasa Yonaga | |
| D E C E M B E R | 1 | Phone Call to the Bar 3.0 | Teruyuki Yoshida | Yo Oizumi, Ryuhei Matsuda, Keiko Kitagawa, Atsuko Maeda | |
| D E C E M B E R | 8 | Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura | Takashi Yamazaki | Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Sakura Ando | |
| D E C E M B E R | 9 | Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 | Tsutomu Mizushima | Mai Fuchigami, Ai Kayano, Mami Ozaki, Ikumi Nakagami | |
| D E C E M B E R | 15 | The 8-Year Engagement | Takahisa Zeze | Takeru Satoh, Tao Tsuchiya, Kazuki Kitamura, Kenta Hamano | |
| D E C E M B E R | 15 | Yo-kai Watch Shadowside: Oni-ō no Fukkatsu | Shinji Ushiro | Mone Kamishiraishi, Yudai Chiba, Mutsumi Tamura, Ako Mayama | |
| D E C E M B E R | 22 | Teen Bride | Tsutomu Hanabusa, Hayato Kawai | Kento Nakajima, Yuna Taira, Yuri Chinen, Maika Yamamoto | |
| D E C E M B E R | 22 | Revenge Girl | Koichiro Miki | Mirei Kiritani, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Sho Kiyohara, Fumika Baba | |