# List of Japanese films of 2012
## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Gross |
| 1 | Brave Hearts: Umizaru | ¥7.33 billion |
| 2 | Thermae Romae | ¥5.98 billion |
| 3 | Bayside Shakedown: The Final | ¥5.97 billion |
| 4 | Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo | ¥5.30 billion |
| 5 | Wolf Children | ¥4.22 billion |

## List of films

A list of Japanese films that are released in the Japanese box office in 2012.
The film A Letter to Momo became the first anime film to be screened at the Warsaw International Film Festival. The 2012 films Ai to Makoto and 11.25 Jiketsu no Hi: Mishima Yukio to Wakamono-Tachi will be screened in the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 7 January | Magic Tree House | Hiroshi Nishikiori | Mana Ashida, Keiko Kitagawa | Anime | Based on a children fantasy series |
| 7 January | Quartet! | Junichi Mimura | Mahiro Takasugi, Ayame Goriki | Drama | |
| 7 January | Ryūjin Mabuyer The Movie Nanatsu no Mabui | Tomoki Sano | Shintaro Yamada | Tokusatsu | Based on a television series |
| 7 January | Tibetan Dog | Masayuki Kojima | Houko Kuwashima, Jiro Hiramiki | Anime | |
| 14 January | Gekkō no Kamen | Itsuji Itao | Itsuji Itao, Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Ishihara | Drama | Inspired by the story Sokotsu Nagaya |
| 14 January | Hasami | Fujiro Mitsuishi | Chitsuru Ikewaki | Drama | |
| 14 January | Himizu | Sion Sono | Shōta Sometani Fumi Nikaidō | Drama | Entered into the 68th Venice International Film Festival |
| 14 January | Robo-G | Yaguchi Shinobu | Mickey Curtis, Yoshitaka Yuriko | Drama | |
| 21 January | .hack//The Movie | Hiroshi Matsuyama | Nanami Sakuraba | Anime | Based on a video game |
| 21 January | Always Sanchōme no Yūhi '64 | Takashi Yamazaki | Hidetaka Yoshioka, Koyuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 21 January | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie | Shojiro Nakazawa | Ryota Ozawa, Yuki Yamada, Mao Ichimichi | Tokusatsu | |
| 27 January | Documentary of AKB48: Show must go on | Eiki Takahashi | Members of the group AKB48 | Documentary | Sequel to a 2011 documentary |
| 28 January | Inu no Kubiwa to Koroke to | Seiki Nagahara | Kenta Kamakari, Masaya Nakamura | Drama | |
| 28 January | Shiawase no Pan | Yukiko Mishima | Yo Oizumi, Tomoyo Harada | Drama | |
| 28 January | Tempest 3D | Yoshiyuki Yoshimura | Yukie Nakama, Shosuke Tanihara | Drama | Continuation of a television series |
| 28 January | The Wings of the Kirin | Nobuhiro Doi | Hiroshi Abe, Yui Aragaki, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka | | Based on a novel |
| 4 February | Arakawa Under the Bridge | Ken Iizuka | Kento Hayashi, Mirei Kiritani | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 4 February | Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Hiroaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Sakurai, Toa Yukinari | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 4 February | Mameshiba Ichirō 3D | Toru Kamei | Jiro Sato | Drama | |
| 4 February | Nihon Retto | Keizo Ideta | NA | Documentary | |
| 4 February | Shinobido | Toshiyuki Morioka | Aimi Satsukawa, Hatsunori Hasegawa | Drama | Based on a theme park attraction |
| 4 February | Tokyo Playboy Club | Yosuke Okuda | Nao Ōmori, Ken Mitsuishi, Asami Usuda | | |
| 11 February | 51 (Wuyi): Sekai de Ichiban Chīsaku Umareta Panda | Shiohama Masayuki | NA | Documentary | |
| 11 February | Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker | Fumihiko Sori | | Anime Fantasy | Based on a video game |
| 11 February | Gyakuten Saiban | Miike Takashi | Hiroki Narimiya, Mirei Kiritani, Takumi Saito | Legal drama | Based on a video game |
| 11 February | Kitsutsuki to Ame | Shuichi Okita | Shun Oguri, Kōji Yakusho | Drama | Screened at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 11 February | Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Ken Watanabe | Drama | Based on the true story of the Hayabusa spacecraft |
| 11 February | Life Is Dead | Kōsuke Hishinuma | Atsushi Arai, Higarino, Shintarō Akutsu | Supernatural | Based on a manga |
| 11 February | Utahime | Yoshiko Hoshida | Hitomi Kuroki, Tae Kimura, Shizuyo Yamazaki, Miki Maya | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 18 February | Afro Tanaka | Daigo Matsui | Shota Matsuda, Nozomi Sasaki | | Based on a manga |
| 18 February | Ikiterumono wa Inainoka | Gakuryu Ishii | Shota Sometani | Doomsday | |
| 18 February | POV: Norowareta Film | Norio Tsuruta | Mirai Shida, Haruna Kawaguchi | Horror | |
| 18 February | Seiji: Riku no Sakana | Yūsuke Iseya | Hidetoshi Nishijima, Mirai Moriyama, Nae Yūki, Masahiko Tsugawa | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 25 February | Love Police | Yoshihiro Sakata | Takashi Yoshimura, Yosuke Oochi | Comedy | |
| 25 February | Zombie Ass | Noboru Iguchi | Arisa Nakamura, Mayu Sugano | Horror | |
| 28 February | Koun no Tsubo | Michihito Ogawa | Keiko Toda, Hosshan | Drama | |
| 3 March | Doraemon: Nobita to Kiseki no Shima ~Animal Adventure~ | Kōzō Kusuba | | Anime | 17th film in the Doraemon film series |
| 3 March | Liar Game: Saisei | Hiroki Matsuyama | Shota Matsuda, Mikako Tabe | Drama | Sequel to the film Liar Game: The Final Stage |
| 10 March | Fly: Heibon na Kiseki | Masahiro Kondo | Kazutoyo Koyabu, Saki Aibu, Yoichi Nukumizu | Drama | |
| 10 March | Henge | Ohata Hajime | Kazunari Aizawa, Aki Morita | Horror | |
| 10 March | Okaeri Hayabusa | Katsuhide Motoki | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Anne Watanabe, Tomokazu Miura | Drama | Based on the true story of the Hayabusa spacecraft |
| 10 March | River | Ryūichi Hiroki | Misako Renbutsu | Drama | Based on real events |
| 17 March | Bokura ga Ita (Part 1) | Solanin | Toma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 17 March | Ghostwriter Hotel | Hiroaki Ito | Tsuyoshi Abe | Horror | |
| 17 March | Ouran High School Host Club | | Haruna Kawaguchi, Yusuke Yamamoto, Mariko Shinoda | Drama | Based on a manga; similar to the 2011 television drama based on the same manga |
| 17 March | Pretty Cure All Stars: NewStage Mirai no Tomodachi | Jyunji Shimizu | Misato Fukuen, Asami Tano | Anime | Part of the Pretty Cure All Stars film series |
| 17 March | Strike Witches | Kazuhiro Takamura | Misato Fukuen, Saori Eto | Anime | Based on a mixed-media project |
| 17 March | Tanemaku Tabibito | Toshi Shioya | Takanori Jinnai, Rena Tanaka | Drama | |
| 24 March | Bokutachi Kyukou: A Ressha de Ikou | Yoshimitsu Morita | Kenichi Matsuyama, Eita | Drama | |
| 24 March | Salvage Mice | Ryuta Tasaki | Mitsuki Tanimura, Julia Nagano, Seiya Osada | Action | |
| 24 March | Ultraman Saga | Hideki Oka | DAIGO, Takeshi Tsuruno, Taiyo Sugiura | Tokusatsu | |
| 31 March | Ano Sora no Ao | Tao Nashimoto | Masei Nakayama, Mikie Hara, Maki Aizawa | Drama | |
| 31 March | Aoi Sora Shiroi Kumo | Shusuke Kaneko | Hikari Mori | Drama | |
| 31 March | Ashita ni Kakeru Ai | Hideyuki Katsuki | Alex Ru, Sayaka Ichii | Drama | Collaboration with China to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Japan-China friendship |
| 7 April | Atsuhime Number 1 | | Rika Ishikawa, Yuko Nakazawa | Drama | |
| 7 April | Kotoko | Shinya Tsukamoto | Cocco, Shinya Tsukamoto | Horror | |
| 7 April | Ramen Samurai | Naoki Segi | Dai Watanabe, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Yasuaki Kurata | Drama | Debuted at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 7 April | Red Tears | Takanori Tsujimoto | Natsuki Kato, Yuma Ishigaki, Yasuaki Kurata | Horror | Debuted at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 7 April | SPEC: Ten | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Erika Toda, Ryo Kase | Drama | Continuation of a television drama series |
| 7 April | Totecheeta Chiquitita | | Kosuke Toyohara, Chieko Matsubara, Shono Hayama, Jurina | Drama | Developed under the Fukushima Film Project |
| 7 April | Watashi no Ojisan | Tatsuoki Hosono | Katsunori Takahashi, Saki Terashima | Romance | Based on a novel |
| 14 April | Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi o Yobu! Ora to Uchū no Princess | Tsutomu Mizushima | Keiji Fujiwara, Satomi Koorogi | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 14 April | Detective Conan: 11 Hitome no Sutoraikā | Kobun Shizuno | Minami Takayama | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 14 April | Donzumari Benki | Haruhi Oguri | Nahana, Kuniaki Nakamura, Keiko Sugawara | Drama | |
| 21 April | A Letter to Momo | Hiroyuki Okiura | Karen Miyama, Yuka, Toshiyuki Nishida, | Anime | Entered into the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival |
| 21 April | Bokura ga Ita (Part 2) | Solanin | Toma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 21 April | Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen | Osamu Kaneda | Masahiro Inoue, Ryota Ozawa | Tokusatsu | |
| 21 April | Monsters Club | Toshiaki Toyoda | Eita, Yōsuke Kubozuka | Horror | Screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival |
| 21 April | Sentimental Yasuko | Kei Horie | Azusa Okamoto | Drama | Adapted from a stage play of the same name |
| 21 April | X Game 2 | Masashi Yamada | Aika Ota, Natsumi Hirajima | Horror | sequel to the 2010 film X Game |
| 28 April | Home: Itoshi no Zashiki Warashi | Seiji Izumi | Yutaka Mizutani | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 28 April | Thermae Romae | | Hiroshi Abe, Aya Ueto, Masachika Ichimura | Comedy | Based on a manga |
| 28 April | Chronicle of My Mother | Masato Harada | Kōji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Kirin Kiki | Drama | |
| 5 May | Uchū Kyōdai | | Shun Oguri, Masaki Okada | | Based on a manga |
| 12 May | Kono Sora no Hana | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Yasuko Matsuyuki | Drama | Based on the Nagaoka Fireworks festival |
| 12 May | Potechi | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Gaku Hamada, Fumino Kimura, Nao Omori | Drama | Based on a short story |
| 12 May | Rent a Neko | Naoko Ogigami | Mikako Ichikawa | Drama | |
| 12 May | Sadako 3D | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Satomi Ishihara, Koji Seto | Horror | Uses characters from the Ring Trilogy |
| 19 May | Niji-Iro Hotaru: Eien no Natsu Yasumi | Kōnosuke Uda | Akashi Takei, Ayumi Kimura | Anime | Based on a novel |
| 26 May | Girl | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Karina, Kumiko Asō | | Based on a novel |
| 26 May | Kotsutsubo | Jiro Nagae | Natsumi Matsubara, Rurika Yokoyama, Ai Shinozaki, Yusuke Yamada | Horror | Based on a novel |
| 26 May | Mada, Ningen | Jumpei Matsumoto | Masato Tsujioka, Manabu Ueyama | Drama | |
| 26 May | My House | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Itou Takao, Eri Ishiida | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 2 June | 11:25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate | Kōji Wakamatsu | Arata Iura | Drama | |
| 2 June | Blood-C: The Last Dark | Naoyoshi Shiotani | Nana Mizuki, Kenji Nojima | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 2 June | Gaiji Keisatsu | Kentarō Horikirizono | Atsuro Watabe, Kim Kang-woo, Yōko Maki | Mystery | Based on a novel |
| 2 June | The Final Judgement | Masaki Hamamoto | Kota Miura, Umali Thilakarathne | Action | Based on a novel |
| 9 June | Hotaru no Hikari | Hiroshi Yoshino | Haruka Ayase, Naohito Fujiki | Drama | Continuation of a television series of the same name |
| 9 June | Michi: Hakuji no Hito | Banmei Takahashi | Yu Yoshizawa, Bae Soo-Bin | Drama | Based on a true story |
| 9 June | Signal: Getsuyobi no Ruka | Masaaki Taniguchi | Azusa Mine | Romance | |
| 16 June | Ai to Makoto | Miike Takashi | Tsumabuki Satoshi, Takei Emi | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 16 June | Library War: The Wings of Revolution | Takayuki Hamana | Marina Inoue, Tomoaki Maeno | Anime | Based on a light novel |
| 16 June | Karappo | Shogo Kusano | Naoya Shimizu, Airi Taira | Drama | Debuted at the 4th Okinawa International Movie Festival |
| 23 June | Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey | Toshiyuki Kubooka | Hiroaki Iwanaga, Takahiro Sakurai | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 23 June | Love: Masao Kun Ga Iku! | Kentaro Otani | Shingo Katori, Ryōko Hirosue, Riko Narumi | Drama | |
| 30 June | Rinjo: Gekijoban | Hajime Hashimoto [ja] | Masaaki Uchino | Mystery | Continuation of the television series Rinjo |
| 7 July | Gusukobudori no Denki | Gisaburo Sugii | | Anime | Based on a novel |
| 7 July | Kono Sora no Hana | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Yasuko Matsuyuki | Drama | Based on the Nagaoka Fireworks festival |
| 7 July | Soreike! Anpanman Yomigaere Bananajima | Hiroyuki Yano | Yoshino Kimura | Anime | Characters from the Anpanman series |
| 7 July | Soup: Umarekawari no Monogatari | Yukichi Ootsuka | Katsuhisa Namase | Supernatural | |
| 13 July | Umizaru 4: Brave Hearts | Eiichiro Hasumi | Riisa Naka, Hideaki Itō | Action | Part of the Umizaru film series |
| 14 July | Chihiro Iwasaki: 27-sai no Tabidachi | Tomoko Kana | Tetsuko Kuroyanagi | Documentary | A documentary about the illustrator Chihiro Iwasaki |
| 14 July | Helter Skelter | Mika Ninagawa | Erika Sawajiri | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 14 July | Kueki Ressha | Nobuhiro Yamashita | Mirai Moriyama, Kengo Kora, Atsuko Maeda | Romance | Based on a novel |
| 14 July | Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo | Kunihiko Yuyama | Rica Matsumoto, Aoi Yūki, Mamoru Miyano | Anime | |
| 14 July | Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's | Keizou Kusakawa | Yukari Tamura, Nana Mizuki | Anime Fantasy | |
| 14 July | Paikaji Nankai Sakusen | Toru Hosokawa | Sadao Abe | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 21 July | The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki | Mamoru Hosoda | Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa | Anime | |
| 28 July | Eight Ranger | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | members of the group Kanjani Eight | Drama | Based on popular skit by Kanjani Eight |
| 28 July | Girigiri no Onnatachi | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Miho Fujima, Yuko Nakamura, Makiko Watanabe | Drama | Screened at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 28 July | Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie | Hayato Date | Junko Takeuchi | Anime | Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Naruto animation |
| 4 August | Kazoku no Kuni | Yang Yong-Hi | Arata, Sakura Ando, Yang Ik-june | Drama | Based on the director's own experience |
| 4 August | Another | Takeshi Furusawa | | Horror | Based on a novel |
| 11 August | Kikoeteru, Furi wo Sita Dake | Kaori Imaizumi | Hana Nonaka | Drama | Screened at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| 11 August | The Kirishima Thing | Daihachi Yoshida | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Masahiro Higashide | Drama | |
| 11 August | Jewelpet the Movie: Sweets Dance Princess | Hiroaki Sakurai | Ayaka Saito, Aya Hirano, Nozomi Sasaki | Anime | |
| 18 August | Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess | Masaya Fujimori | Aya Hirano, Tetsuya Kakihara | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 25 August | Afterschool Midnighters | Kyohitoshi Take | Koichi Yamadera | Anime | |
| 25 August | Anata e | Yasuo Furuhata | Ken Takakura | Drama | Based on a draft left behind by the late producer Seichi Ichiko |
| 25 August | Ai Ore! | Sakurako Fukuyama | Karam, Ito Ono, Yūta Furukawa | Romance | Based on a manga |
| 25 August | Rurouni Kenshin | Keishi Otomo | Takeru Sato, Emi Takei | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 25 August | Ushijima the Loan Shark | Masatoshi Yamaguchi | Takayuki Yamada | | Based on a manga |
| 1 September | I'm Flash! | Toshiaki Toyoda | Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ryuhei Matsuda | Drama | |
| 1 September | Haizai: Kamisama No Iu Toori | Shuhei Fukunaga, Masahiro Izuo | Motoki Ochiai, Rie Tomosaka | Drama | |
| 1 September | Himitsu no Akko-chan | Yasuhiro Kawamura | Haruka Ayase, Masaki Okada | Romance | Based on a manga |
| 1 September | Hitori Kakurenbo | Yasutaka Miyuki | Misato Nonaka, Taiyo Ayukawa | Horror | Based on an urban legend |
| 7 September | Bayside Shakedown: The Final | Katsuyuki Motohiro | Yūji Oda, Eri Fukatsu, Toshirō Yanagiba, Yūsuke Santamaria | Drama | Continuation of the Bayside Shakedown series |
| 8 September | Bakugyaku Famiglia | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Yoshimi Tokui, Kento Hayashi | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 8 September | Yume Uru Futari | Miwa Nishikawa | Takako Matsu, Sadao Abe | Drama | |
| 15 September | Jinsei, Irodori | Osamu Minorikawa | Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Drama | |
| 15 September | Kagi Dorobou no Method | Kenji Uchida | Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryōko Hirosue | Yakuza | |
| 15 September | Tenchi Meisatsu | Yōjirō Takita | Junichi Okada | Drama | Based on the story of Shunkai Shibukawa |
| 22 September | Bingo | Yopei Fukuda | Kazuki Shimizu, Sakiko Matsui | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 22 September | The Boy Inside | Tetsu Maeda | Masaki Suda, Tori Matsuzaka | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 22 September | Gekijō-ban Tiger & Bunny -The Beginning | Yonetani Yoshitomo | Hirata Hiroaki, Morita Masakazu | Anime | Based on an anime series |
| 29 September | Muse no Kagami | Yuichi Fukuda | Rino Sashihara | Drama | Based on a NTV television series of the same name |
| 29 September | Asura | Keiichi Sato | Masako Nozawa, Megumi Hayashibara | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 6 October | Atarashii Kutsu wo Kawanakucha | Eriko Kitagawa | Miho Nakayama Osamu Mukai | Romance | Filmed in Paris |
| 6 October | Kuro Neko Rushi | Toru Kamei | Muga Tsukaji, Megumi Yasu | Drama | |
| 6 October | Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Part 1) | Akiyuki Shinbo | Aoi Yuki, Chiwa Saito | Anime | |
| 6 October | Beyond Outrage | Takeshi Kitano | Toshiyuki Nishida | Yakuza | Sequel to the 2010 film Outrage |
| 6 October | Tsunagu | Yuichiro Hirakawa | Tori Matsuzaka, Kirin Kiki | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 13 October | Hitotsu no Uta | | | Romance | Screened at the 2012 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 13 October | Koi ni Itaru Yamai | | | Drama | Screened at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| 6 October | Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Part 2) | Akiyuki Shinbo | Aoi Yuki, Chiwa Saito | Anime | |
| 13 October | Shiritsu Bakaleya Koko | Kubota Takashi | Members of AKB48 and Johnny's Jr. | Drama | Continuation of NTV television series of the same name |
| 13 October | Tabi no Okurimono | Tetsu Maeda | Yu Yamada, Kiyoshi Maekawa, Wakako Sakai | Drama | |
| 20 October | Land of Hope | Sion Sono | Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Otani, Jun Murakami | Drama | International film collaboration |
| 20 October | Fuse Teppō Musume no Torimonochō | Masayuki Miyaji | | Anime | |
| 20 October | Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie | | Yuma Ishigaki, Kenji Ohba | Tokusatsu | |
| 27 October | 009 Re:Cyborg | Kenji Kamiyama | Mamoru Miyano | Anime | Based on the manga Cyborg 009 |
| 27 October | Tabi no Okurimono: Ashita e | Tetsu Maeda | Kiyoshi Maekawa, Wakako Sakai, Yu Yamada | Drama | |
| 27 October | A Terminal Trust | Masayuki Suo | Tamiyo Kusakari, Kōji Yakusho | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 2 November | Nobo no Shiro | Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudo | Kōichi Satō, Hiroki Narimiya, Mana Ashida | Period | Based on a novel |
| 3 November | Kita no Kanariatachi | Junji Sakamoto | Sayuri Yoshinaga | Drama | Based on the novel Oufuku Shokan |
| 3 November | Ogon O Daite Tobe | Kazuyuki Izutsu | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tadanobu Asano | Thriller | Based on a novel |
| 10 November | Lesson of the Evil | Miike Takashi | Hideaki Itō | Mystery | Based on a novel |
| 10 November | Neraware Gakuen | Ryosuke Nakamura (director) | | Anime | Based on a science fiction novel |
| 10 November | Yukuefumei | Koji Kawano | Riho Takagi | Horror | |
| 17 November | Evangelion 3.0 | Hideaki Anno | | Anime | Third film in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series |
| 17 November | Sono Yoru no Samurai | Masaaki Akahori | Masato Sakai, Takayuki Yamada | Drama | Based on a 2007 stage play |
| 23 November | Karasu no Oyayubi | Tadafumi Itō | Hiroshi Abe, Shoji Murakami, Satomi Ishihara | | Based on a novel |
| 23 November | Tsunahiichatta! | Nobuo Mizuta | Mao Inoue, Keiko Matsuzaka | Drama | Inspired by actual events |
| 8 December | Kyo, Koi wo Hajimemasu | Takeshi Furusawa | Emi Takei, Tori Matsuzaka | Romance | Based on a manga |
| 15 December | Good Morning Everyone! | Toru Yamamoto | Yo Oizumi, Kumiko Asō, Ayaka Miyoshi | Drama | |
| 15 December | One Piece: Film Z | Tatsuya Nagamine | Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura | Anime | Part of the One Piece film series |
| 15 December | Yōkai Ningen Bem | | Kazuya Kamenashi, Anne Watanabe | Drama | Based on a manga; continuation of a 2011 television drama |
| 22 December | Odayaka na Nichijo | Nobuteru Uchida | Kiki Sugino, Yukiko Shinohara | Drama | |
| 22 December | Ōoku: Emonnosuke Tsunayoshi Hen | Fuminori Kaneko | Hideaki Itō | Drama | Based on a manga |
| | Gothicmade | Mamoru Nagano | Maria Kawamura, Nozomu Sasaki | Anime | |
| | Graffreeter Toki | Kenichi Fujiwara | Rie Kitahara | Comedy | Inspired by a manga |
| | Kamihate Shōten | Tatsuya Yamamoto | Reiko Takahashi | Drama | Screened at the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival |
| | Little Maestro | Toshiro Saiga | Kasumi Arimura, Yumiko Shaku | Drama | |
| | Tenjo no kaze | Yann Kung | Sachiko Fukumoto, Honoka, J.C. Chan, Tsuyoshi Hayashi | Drama | Okinawa and China collaboration |