List of Japanese films of 2020


This is a list of Japanese films that were released, or are scheduled to release in 2020.

Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films released at the Japanese box office during 2020.
RankTitleGross
1Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train
2From Today, It's My Turn the Movie!
3The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess
4Doraemon: Nobita's New Dinosaur
5Stigmatized Properties
6Threads: Our Tapestry of Love
7Violet Evergarden: The Movie
8Kaiji: Final Game
9Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song
10My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Film releases

Delayed or postponed

Below is a list of films delayed or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
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D		Free! Road to the World: DreamEisaku KawanamiNobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa HosoyaSummer 20202021
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D		Violet Evergarden: The MovieTaichi IshidateYui Ishikawa, Takehito Koyasu, Daisuke Namikawa, Aya Endō, Koki Uchiyama, Minori ChiharaJanuary 10, 2020
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D		Pretty Cure Miracle Leap: A Wonderful Day with EveryoneYukio KaizawaEimi Naruse, Konomi Kohara, Kiyono Yasuno, Mikako KomatsuMarch 20, 2020
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D		Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring songTomonori SudōNoriaki Sugiyama, Noriko Shitaya, Yū Asakawa, Mai KadowakiMarch 28, 2020
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D		StepKen IizukaTakayuki Yamada, Rine Tanaka, Tamaki Shiratori, Midorisaki Nakano, Sairi ItoApril 3, 2020July 17, 2020
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D		Princess Principal: Crown HandlerMasaki TachibanaAoi Koga, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, Nozomi FurukiApril 10, 2020February 12, 2021
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D		Detective Conan: The Scarlet BulletChika NagaokaMinami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Shūichi IkedaApril 17, 2020April 16, 2021
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D		TheaterIsao YukisadaKento Yamazaki, Mayu Matsuoka, Kanichiro, Sairi Ito, Kodai AsakaApril 17, 2020July 17, 2020
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D		I Never Shot AnyoneJunji SakamotoRenji Ishibashi, Michiyo Ōkusu, Ittoku Kishibe, Kaori MomoiApril 24, 2020July 3, 2020
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D		Threads: Our Tapestry of LoveTakahisa ZezeMasaki Suda, Nana Komatsu, Nana Eikura, Takumi Saitoh, Mizuki Yamamoto, Ryo Narita, Fumi Nikaido, Mahiro Takasugi, Fumika Baba, Mitsuko BaishoApril 24, 2020August 21, 2020
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D		Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four HeroesTakahiko KyōgokuYumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki MorikawaApril 24, 2020September 11, 2020
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D		Gekijouban Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!: ~Eiga ni Natte Choudai Shimasu~Takashi MiikeMinami Hishida, Kira Yamaguchi, Toa Harada, Ran Ishii, Mandy Sekiguchi, Tsubasa Honda, Takumi Saitoh, Rina Yamaguchi, Ryouka Minamide, Takafumi Imai, Akiyoshi Nakao, Sasuke Otsuru, Nicole Ishida, Dandy Sakano, Takahiro Kuroishi, PeeMay 1, 2020July 23, 2020
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D		The Confidence Man JP: The Movie 2Ryo TanakaMasami Nagasawa, Masahiro Higashide, Fumiyo KohinataMay 1, 2020July 24, 2020
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D		Happy-Go-Lucky DaysTakuya SatōKana Hanazawa, Mikako Komatsu, Takahiro SakuraiMay 8, 2020October 21, 2020
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D		The Ashes of My Flesh and Blood is the Vast Flowing GalaxySabuTaishi Nakagawa, Anna Ishii, Kai Inowaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Airi Matsui, Takumi KitamuraMay 8, 2020April 9, 2021
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D		Brothers in BrothelTakumi Saitoh, Jiro SatoTakayuki Yamada, Riisa Naka, Yoko Kondo, Ririne SasanoMay 13, 2020June 2021
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D		GivenHikaru YamaguchiShōgo Yano, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Takuya EguchiMay 15, 2020August 21, 2020
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D		Words Bubble Up Like Soda PopKyōhei IshiguroSomegoro Ichikawa XIII, Hana Sugisaki, Kōichi Yamadera, Megumi HanMay 15, 2020June 25, 2021
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D		Looking for Magical DoremiJunichi Sato, Haruka KamataniRena Matsui, Aoi Morikawa, Kanako Momota, Shohei Miura, Kenta Hamano, Akira IshidaMay 15, 2020November 13, 2020
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D		Keep Your Hands Off The Movie!Tsutomu HanabusaAsuka Saitō, Mizuki Yamashita, Minami UmezawaMay 15, 2020September 25, 2020
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D		Gone WednesdayKohei YoshinoTomoya Nakamura, Natsumi Ishibashi, Ayumu NakajimaMay 15, 2020June 19, 2020
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D		#HandballStriveDaigo MatsuiSeishiro Kato, Kotaro Daigo, Himi Sato, Ryota Bando, Fuku SuzukiMay 22, 2020July 24, 2020
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D		Our StoryShigeaki KuboTaiki Sato, Kanna Hashimoto, Ryuji Sato, Kyoka ShibataMay 22, 2020October 2, 2020
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D		Love Me, Love Me Not: The AnimationToshimasa KuroyanagiMarika Suzuki, Megumi Han, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Sōma SaitōMay 29, 2020September 18, 2020
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D		Grimm Reaper's Case BookTakayuki ShibasakiHiroki Suzuki, Kentaro Yasui, Tsubasa SakiyamaMay 29, 2020June 10, 2020
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D		Grand BlueTsutomu HanabusaRyo Ryusei, Atsuhiro Inukai, Yūki Yoda, Aya Asahina, Yuka Ogura, Ren Ishikawa, Suzunosuke Tanaka, Hiroaki Iwanaga, Yuya HirataMay 29, 2020August 7, 2020
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D		Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiMasato HaradaJunichi Okada, Kō Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryosuke Yamada, Hideaki ItōMay 29, 2020October 2021
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D		Caution, Hazardous WivesTōya SatōHaruka Ayase, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kosuke Suzuki, Kenshi Okada, Atsuko Maeda, Shingo TsurumiJune 5, 2020March 19, 2021
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D		Noboru Kotera-sanTomoyuki FurumayaHaruka Kudō, Kentaro Ito, Jin Suzuki, Ai Yoshikawa, Karin OnoJune 5, 2020July 3, 2020
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D		Hachioji ZombiesOsamu SuzukiKenjiro Yamashita, Yuki Kubota, Ray FujitaJune 5, 2020July 17, 2020
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D		The Cornered Mouse Dreams of CheeseIsao YukisadaTadayoshi Okura, Ryo Narita, Shiori Yoshida, Honami SatoJune 5, 2020September 11, 2020
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D		True Mothers, Comes MorningNaomi KawaseHiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, Miyoko Asada, Hiroko NakajimaJune 5, 2020October 21, 2020
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D		Flight on the WaterAtsushi KaneshigeAyami Nakajo, Yosuke Sugino, Ami Tomite, Sara Takatsuki, Saito Takamura, Kokoro HirasawaJune 12, 2020November 13, 2020
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D		Kiba: The Fangs of FictionDaihachi YoshidaYo Oizumi, Mayu Matsuoka, Kōichi Sato, Elaiza Ikeda, Takumi SaitohJune 19, 2020March 26, 2021
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D		TonCuts DJ AgetaroKen NinomiyaTakumi Kitamura, Maika Yamamoto, Kentaro Ito, Ryō Katō, Kodai AsakaJune 19, 2020October 30, 2020
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D		One Summer StoryShuichi OkitaMoka Kamishiraishi, Kanata Hosoda, Yudai Chiba, Kanji Furutachi, Yuki Saito, Etsushi ToyokawaJune 26, 20202021
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D		Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a TimeHideaki AnnoMegumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Maaya Sakamoto, Kotono MitsuishiJune 26, 2020
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D		Rurouni Kenshin: The FinalKeishi ŌtomoTakeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Mackenyu, Munetaka Aoki, Yū Aoi, Kasumi Arimura, Tao Tsuchiya, Yōsuke EguchiJuly 3, 2020April 23, 2021
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D		Pokémon the Movie 2020: CocoTetsuo YajimaRika Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yuji UedaJuly 8, 2020December 25, 2020
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D		Seitokai Yakuindomo 2Hiromitsu KanazawaShintarō Asanuma, Yōko Hikasa, Satomi Satō, Sayuri YahagiJuly 10, 2020January 1, 2021
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D		Mashin Sentai Kiramager THE MOVIE: Bee-Bop DreamKyohei YamaguchiRio Komiya, Rui Kihara, Yume Shinjo, Atomu Mizuishi, Mio Kudo, Kohei Shoji, Daimaou Kosaka, Inori Minase, Mitsu DanJuly 23, 2020February 20, 2021
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D		Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's FlashShūkō MuraseKenshō Ono, Reina Ueda, Junichi SuwabeJuly 24, 2020May 7, 2021
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D		Tom and Sawyer in the CityHayato KawaiKairi Jo, Sakai Daichi, Watanabe Shinyu, Daichi Yoshiwara, Shinra YamashitaJuly 31, 20202021
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D		Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningKeishi ŌtomoTakeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Issey Takahashi, Kazuki Kitamura, Yōsuke EguchiAugust 7, 2020June 4, 2021
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D		Stand by Me Doraemon 2Ryūichi Yagi, Takashi YamazakiWasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru KimuraAugust 7, 2020November 20, 2020
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D		Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table: CamelotKei Suezawa, Kazuto AraiMamoru Miyano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rie Takahashi, Maaya Sakamoto, Ayako Kawasumi, Takahiro MizushimaAugust 14, 2020December 9, 2020
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D		Sailor Moon Eternal SeriesChiaki KonKotono Mitsuishi, Hisako Kanemoto, Rina Satō, Ami Koshimizu, Shizuka Itō, Kenji NojimaSeptember 11, 2020January 8, 2021
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D		What Happened to Our Nest Eggs?!Tetsu MaedaYūki Amami, Yutaka Matsushige, Yua Shinkawa, Toshiki SetoSeptember 18, 20202021
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D		The Deer KingsMasashi Ando, Masayuki MiyajiShinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui KimuraSeptember 18, 20202021
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D		Touge: The Last SamuraiTakashi KoizumiKōji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Kyōko Kagawa, Min Tanaka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kento NagayamaSeptember 25, 2020June 18, 2021
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D		Tokyo RevengersTsutomu HanabusaTakumi Kitamura, Yūki Yamada, Yosuke Sugino, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hayato Isomura, Shotaro Mamiya, Ryo Yoshizawa, Gordon Maeda, Hiroya Shimizu, Mio ImadaOctober 9, 2020July 2021
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D		The Night Beyond the Tricornered WindowYukihiro MorigakiMasaki Okada, Jun Shison, Yurina HirateOctober 30, 2020January 22, 2021
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