# List of Japanese films of 2013

A list of Japanese films that were released in Japan in 2013. 591 Japanese films were released, earning ¥117 billion (US$1.14 billion) and accounting for 60.6% of the total box office in Japan. 34 earned over ¥1 billion (US$9.68 million), with the highest-grossing being The Wind Rises with ¥12 billion (US$116 million).

## Highest-grossing films

| Rank | Title | Director | Cast | Gross |
| 1 | The Wind Rises | Hayao Miyazaki | Hideaki Anno | ¥12 billion |
| 2 | One Piece Film: Z | Tatsuya Nagamine | Mayumi Tanaka | ¥6.87 billion |
| 3 | Doraemon: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum | Yukiyo Teramoto | Wasabi Mizuta | ¥3.98 billion |
| 4 | Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea | Kobun Shizuno | Minami Takayama | ¥3.63 billion |
| 5 | Midsummer's Equation | Hiroshi Nishitani | Masaharu Fukuyama | ¥3.31 billion |

## List of films

| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 12 January | Aokigahara | Taku Shinjo | Aki Maeda, Masahiko Tsugawa | Romance | Based on a novel |
| 12 January | Aragure | Hajime Gonno | Nobuyuki Suzuki | Thriller | |
| 12 January | Momoiro Sora o | Keiichi Kobayashi | Ai Ikeda, Ena Koshino, Reiko Fujiwara | Coming-of-age | Debuted at the 2012 Tokyo International Film Festival |
| 12 January | Shing Shing Shing | Kouhei Sanada | Hoshi Ishida, Miwako Wagatsuma | Romance | Inspired by a song |
| 12 January | Suzuki Sensei | Yuto Kawai | Hiroki Hasegawa | Drama | Based on a manga |
| 19 January | Flashback Memories 3D | Tetsuaki Matsue | Goma, Kosuke Tsuji, Kenta Tajika | Music documentary | |
| 19 January | Dead Sushi | Noboru Iguchi | Rina Takeda | Comedy | |
| 19 January | Tokyo Family | Yoji Yamada | Bunta Sugawara, Tomiko Ishii, Masahiko Nishimura | Drama | Based on the film Tokyo Story |
| 26 January | Himawari | Yoshihiro Oikawa | Kyōzō Nagatsuka | Drama | |
| 26 January | Minasan, Sayonara | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Gaku Hamada | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 26 January | Sayonara Debussy | Go Riju | Ai Hashimoto, Shinya Kiyozuka | | Based on a novel |
| 26 January | Shiawase Come on | Daisuke Nakamura | Sawa Suzuki, Yuma Ishigaki | Drama | |
| 26 January | Strawberry Night | Yuichi Sato | Takao Osawa | Mystery | Continuation of a television series of the same name |
| 26 January | Tsuya no Yoru | Isao Yukisada | Hiroshi Abe | Romance | Based on a novel |
| 26 January | Night People | Hajime Kadoi | Eriko Sato | Drama | Based on a collection of short stories |
| 1 February | Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain | Eiki Takahashi | Members of AKB48 | Documentary | |
| 2 February | Kiiroi Jou | Ryuichi Hiroki | Aoi Miyazaki, Osamu Mukai | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 9 February | Nao Otoko | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Toma Ikuta | Mystery | Based on a novel |
| 15 February | Hello! Junichi | Katsuhito Ishii, Kanoko Kawaguchi | Amon Kabe, Hikari Mitsushima | Drama | |
| 22 February | It's a Beautiful Day | Kayoko Asakura | Kim Kkot-bi | Horror | Japanese-American co-production |
| 23 February | Yokomichi Yonosuke | Shūichi Okita | Kengo Kora, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Ikematsu | | |
| 23 February | Sōgen no Isu | Izuru Narushima | Kōichi Satō | Drama | Based on a novel; First ever film to be filmed in Hunza |
| 2 March | Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship | Osamu Minorikawa | Kou Shibasaki, Yoko Maki, Shinobu Terajima | Drama | |
| 9 March | Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dōgu Museum | Yuichi Shinbo | Wasabi Mizuda, Megumi Ohara | Anime | |
| 16 March | Bozo | Tatsushi Ōmori | Shingo Mizusawa | Drama | Based on actual events |
| 16 March | Himawari to Koinu no Nanokakan | Emiko Hiramatsu | Masato Sakai | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 23 March | Daijōbu 3 Kumi | Ryuichi Hiroki | Taichi Kokubun | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 30 March | Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods | | | Anime | Based on a manga; first theatrical Dragon Ball film since Dragon Ball: The Path to Power in 1996 |
| 30 March | Hanasaku Iroha: The Movie – Home Sweet Home | Masahiro Andō | Kanae Itō, Chiaki Omigawa, Aki Toyosaki, Haruka Tomatsu, Mamiko Noto, Yuki Kaji, Takako Honda, Tamie Kubota, Kenji Hamada, Junji Majima, Taro Yamaguchi, Ayumi Tsunematsu, Junichi Suwabe, Chō | Anime | Side story of Hanasaku Iroha (2011) |
| 6 April | Orpheus' Lyre / Sakura, Futatabi no Kanako [ja] | Minoru Kurimura [ja] | Ryōko Hirosue, Goro Inagaki | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 13 April | The Great Passage | Yuya Ishii | Ryuhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 20 April | Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea | Kobun Shizuno | | Animation | Based on a manga |
| 20 April | Chūgakusei Maruyama | Kankuro Kudo | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Hiraoka Takuma | Drama | |
| 20 April | Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu | | | Animation | Based on a video game |
| 26 April | Wara no Tate | Takashi Miike | Tatsuya Fujiwara | Thriller | Based on a novel |
| 27 April | Library Wars | Shinsuke Sato | Junichi Okada, Nana Eikura | Sci-fi | Based on a light novel |
| 11 May | Kenchou Omotenashi Ka | Yoshishige Miyake | Ryo Nishikido, Maki Horikita | Romance | Based on a novel |
| 11 May | Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 2 | Hajime Hashimoto [ja] | Yo Oizumi, Ryuhei Matsuda | Mystery | Based on a novel |
| 18 May | Tabidachi no Shimauta: Jūgo No Haru | Yasuhiro Yoshida | Ayaka Miyoshi | Coming-of-age | |
| 18 May | The Complex | Hideo Nakata | Atsuko Maeda, Hiroki Narimiya | Horror | |
| 25 May | Kuchizuke | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Shihori Kanjiya, Takayuki Takuma | Romance | Based on a stage play |
| 25 May | Ore Ore | Satoshi Miki | Kazuya Kamenashi | Mystery | Based on a novel |
| 25 May | Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō | Toshio Lee | Yūka, Masao Kusakari, Kenta Hamano | Drama | Based on a true story |
| 1 June | Riaru Kanzen: Naru Kubinagaryu no Hi | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Takeru Sato, Haruka Ayase | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 14 June | Zekkyō Gakkyū | | Haruna Kawaguchi, Alice Hirose | Horror | Based on a manga |
| 29 June | Midsummer's Equation | Hiroshi Nishitani | Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kazuki Kitamura | police procedural | Based on novels |
| 6 July | Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya | | | Anime | Based on a manga series |
| 13 July | ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens | Kunihiko Yuyama | | Anime | Based on an anime series |
| 20 July | Short Peace | Shuhei Morita, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Ando, Hajime Katoki | | Anime | |
| 20 July | Kaze Tachinu | Hayao Miyazaki | | Anime | Based on a manga |
| 20 July | Shanidaru no Hana | Gakuryu Ishii | Gou Ayano, Haru Kuroki | Drama | |
| 10 August | Enoshima Prism | Yasuhiro Yoshida | Sota Fukushi, Shūhei Nomura, Tsubasa Honda | Sci-fi fantasy | |
| 17 August | School Girl Complex Hōsōbu Hen | Yūichi Onuma | Aoi Morikawa, Mugi Kadowaki, Maaya Kondō | | |
| 24 August | Gatchaman | Toya Sato | Tori Matsuzaka | | Based on an anime series |
| 24 August | Jōkyō Monogatari | | Kii Kitano, Fumino Kimura, Asuka Kurosawa | | Based on a manga |
| 31 August | Natsu no Owari | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Hikari Mitsushima, Kaoru Kobayashi, Gou Ayano | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 7 September | Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Shinji Aramaki | | Anime | |
| 7 September | Usotsuki Paradox | Kōta Yoshida | | | Based on a manga |
| 28 September | Why Don't You Play in Hell? | Sion Sono | Jun Kunimura, Shinichi Tsutsumi | Drama | |
| 5 October | Soshite Chichi ni Naru | Hirokazu Koreeda | Masaharu Fukuyama | Drama | |
| 8 November | Judge | | | | |
| 9 November | The Kiyosu Conference | Kōki Mitani | Kōji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi, Kenichi Matsuyama | period comedy | |
| 9 November | Patema Inverted | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | | Anime fantasy | |
| 9 November | Shijukunichi no Recipe | Yuki Tanada | Renji Ishibashi | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 23 November | Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | Fuminori Kizaki | | Anime | |
| 23 November | Persona 3 The Movie: Chapter 1, Spring of Birth | | | Anime | |
| 23 November | Kaguya-Hime no Monogatari | Isao Takahata | | Anime | Based on the Japanese folktale of the same name. |
| 7 December | Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie | Hajime Kamegaki | | Anime | |
| 7 December | Ask This of Rikyu | Mitsutoshi Tanaka | Ebizo Ichikawa | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 14 December | Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru | Norihiro Koizumi | | Romance | Based on a manga |
| 21 December | Mugiko-san to | Keisuke Yoshida | Maki Horikita, Ryuhei Matsuda | | |
| 21 December | The Eternal Zero | Takashi Yamazaki | Haruma Miura | Drama | Based on a novel |
| 27 December | Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | | Anime | |
| 28 December | Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene | Takayuki Hirao | Sumire Morohoshi, Ai Kakuma | Anime fantasy | |