Movies Using the Japanese Language and Released in 2022

← Back to Japanese Movie Archive
← Back to Language Breakdown for 2022

The list below includes all films using the Japanese language, including movies using other languages as well.

Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

← Movies Released in 2021Movies Released in 2023 →
MovieLanguage(s)GenreProduction
Budget		Worldwide
Box Office
to Date		Trailer
Suzume (すずめの戸締まり) Japanese Adventure   $316,848,245  
Eiga Slam Dunk Japanese Comedy   $278,599,737  
One Piece Film: Red Japanese Action   $162,449,451  
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (ラゴンボール超 スーパーヒーロー) English,
Japanese		 Action   $97,242,192  
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween Japanese Action   $33,852,685  
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021 Japanese Adventure   $15,012,353  
Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight Japanese Drama   $8,987,522  
The Last 10 Years Japanese Drama   $6,529,857  
Gekijouban Sword Art Online the Movie Progressive Kuraki Yuuyami no Scherzo Japanese Action   $6,504,916  
Daikessen! Cho Urutora Hachi Kyodai Japanese   $5,954,671  
Crayon Shin-chan: Mononoke Ninja Chinpuden Japanese Comedy   $5,544,644  
Sagasu (さがす) Japanese Thriller/Suspense   $3,080,141  
That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime: Scarlet Bond (劇場版 転生したらスライムだった件) Japanese Adventure   $2,246,864  
Karada Sagashi (カラダ探し) Japanese Horror   $1,407,113  
The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie (映画 五等分の花嫁) English,
Japanese		 Romantic Comedy   $1,277,637  
Furūtsu Basuketto－Pureryūdo (フルーツバスケット－prelude－) Japanese Drama   $1,120,000  
Eiga Oshiri Tantei Shiriarty (映画おしりたんてい シリアーティ) Japanese Action   $979,879  
Yanagawa (漫长的告白) English,
Japanese,
Mandarin		 Drama   $910,000  
Inu-Oh Japanese Musical   $896,713  
Natsu e no tunnel, Sayonara no deguchi (夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口) Japanese Drama   $873,819  
Sadako DX (貞子 DX) Japanese Horror   $761,971  
Shin Ultraman (シン・ウルトラマン) Japanese Action   $630,341  
Lonely Castle in the Mirror (かがみの孤城) Japanese Drama   $483,955  
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai (かぐや様は告らせたいファーストキスは終わらない) Japanese Drama   $441,860  
Chotto omoidashita dake Japanese Drama   $260,000  
The Blue Skies at Your Feet Japanese Drama   $234,655  
Summer film ni notte (サマーフィルムにのって) Japanese Comedy   $220,598  
Kimetsu no Yaiba: Asakusa Hen Japanese Action   $161,970  
Free! The Final Stroke Part 2 Japanese   $143,582  
Eiga Daisuki Pompo-san English,
Japanese		 Comedy   $142,293  
A Hundred Flowers (百花) Japanese Drama   $125,719  
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!: The Movie Japanese Comedy   $116,645  
The Movie of Survival: Human body and Deep sea Japanese Adventure   $107,948  
Gubbai, Don Gurîzu! Japanese Adventure   $102,756  
Eiga Yurukyan Japanese Adventure   $102,251  
Aru otoko (ある男) Japanese Drama   $101,966  
Ai no utagoe wo kikasete Japanese Drama   $89,718  
Love Life Japanese Drama   $78,191  
Arashi Anniversary Tour 5 x 20 Film: Record of Memories Japanese Reality   $78,073  
Kimetsu no Yaiba Tsuzumi Yashiki Hen Japanese Action   $67,548  
Sabakan (サバカン) Japanese Drama   $55,563  
Kingdom 2 (キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ ) Japanese Action   $27,563  
Gekijouban Isekai Quartet: Another World Japanese Comedy   $26,101  
Kiniro Mosaic: Thank You!! (劇場版きんいろモザイク Thank you!!) Japanese Comedy   $25,964  
Kidô senshi Gundam Cucuruz Doan no shima Japanese Adventure   $23,229  
The Divine Protector - Master Salt Begins Japanese Adventure   $22,321  
Mimi wo Sumaseba (耳をすませば) Japanese Drama   $19,975  
Aikoku Joshi: Kurenai Michi Japanese Adventure   $19,100  
Bem Movie: Become Human (劇場版) Japanese   $17,408  
Kochira Amiko (こちらあみ子) Japanese Drama   $17,292  
HEART BEATS Japanese Drama   $15,391  
Sobakasu (そばかす) Japanese Drama   $14,945  
Eki Made no Michi wo Oshiete (駅までの道をおしえて) Japanese Drama   $14,375  
Shikei ni Itaru Yamai (死刑にいたる病) Japanese Drama   $12,024  
Come Back Anytime Japanese Documentary   $11,719  
Ginga -Nagareboshi Gin- Kizuna Hen Japanese Musical   $9,194  
Fujiko Hemming no jikan (フジコ・ヘミングの時間) Japanese Documentary   $8,917  
BL Metamorphosis Japanese Drama   $8,914  
Yagate Umi E To Todoku (やがて海へと届く) Japanese Drama   $8,606  
Gekijouban Re: cycle of the Penguindrum — Kouhen Boku wa Kimi o Aishiteru (劇場版 Re: cycle of the PENGUINDRUM ［後編］僕は君を愛してる) Japanese Adventure   $5,712  
Totsukuni no shojo (とつくにの少女) Japanese Adventure   $2,186  
Mulher Oceano English,
Japanese,
Portuguese		 Drama   $1,221  
The Way of the Househusband (極主夫道 ザ・シネマ) Japanese Action   $1,011  
Garasu no Jonî: Yajû no yô ni miete Japanese Action   $492  
Sakura no Yona Boku no Koibito (桜のような僕の恋人) Japanese Drama   $0  
Bubble (バブル) Japanese Action   $0  
More Than Robots English,
Japanese,
Spanish		 Documentary   $0  
The Great Buddha Arrival Japanese   $0  
Panda kopanda English,
Japanese		 Adventure   $0  
Nezura 1964 Japanese Drama   $0  
Ame wo Tsugeru Hyôryû Danchi (雨を告げる漂流団地) Japanese Adventure   $0  
Sayo Japanese Drama   $0  
Yakuza English,
French,
Japanese		 Action   $0  
Fuyu Soubi Japanese Drama   $0  
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Japanese Documentary   $0  
Alivehoon (アライブフーン) Japanese Action   $0  
Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie Japanese   $0  
Yes, I Can't Swim Japanese Drama   $0  
Requiem for Poets and Dogs Japanese Comedy   $0  
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsu-hen - Saigo no Rensei Japanese Adventure   $0  
Tang Japanese Drama   $0  
Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta (生田斗真 挑む) Japanese Documentary   $0  
Hoshi o ou kodomo Japanese Adventure   $0  
Osomatsusan: Hipipozoku to kagayaku kajitsu (おそ松さん ヒピポ族と輝く果実) Japanese Adventure   $0  
Old days Japanese   $0  
Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia Japanese Action   $0  
The Postman from Nagasaki English,
Japanese		 Documentary   $0  
The Violence Action Japanese Action   $0  
Haw Japanese Drama   $0  
Offbeat Cops (異動辞令は音楽隊！) Japanese Drama   $0  
Gekido (激怒) Japanese Thriller/Suspense   $0  
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie (オカルトの森へようこそ THE MOVIE) Japanese Horror   $0  
Sakana no Ko (さかなのこ) Japanese Drama   $0  
High & Low: The Worst X Japanese Action   $0  
Hell Dogs (ヘルドッグス) Japanese Drama   $0  
Bruting Japanese Documentary   $0  
I Am Makimoto Japanese Drama   $0  
Maternal Instinct (母性) Japanese Drama   $0  
Three Sisters of Tenmasou (天間荘の三姉妹) Japanese Drama   $0  
Boku ga Aishita Subete no Kimi e Japanese Drama   $0  
Kimi o Aishita Hitori no Boku e (君を愛したひとりの僕へ) Japanese Drama   $0  
Hadashi de narashite misero (裸足で鳴らしてみせろ) Japanese Drama   $0  
The Man with the Winged Tiger (翼の生えた虎) Japanese Drama   $0  
Distant Thunder (とおいらいめい) Japanese Drama   $0  
The Good Father (この子は邪悪) Japanese Thriller/Suspense   $0  
Yoda ka no kataomoi (よだかの片想い) Japanese Drama   $0  
Uonome (魚の目) Japanese Drama   $0  
Parallel Japanese Thriller/Suspense   $0  
B/B Japanese,
Mandarin		 Thriller/Suspense   $0  
Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! Precious Friends (私に天使が舞い降りた！プレシャス・フレンズ) Japanese Drama   $0  
Gon-mama (大事なことほど小声でささやく) Japanese Drama   $0  
My Name is Lucien (僕の名前はルシアン) Japanese Drama   $0  
Mai burôkun Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ) Japanese Drama   $0  
Yamabuki (やまぶき) Japanese,
Korean,
Vietnamese		 Drama   $0  
Cherry and Virgin Japanese Romantic Comedy   $0  
Tokusatsu Kigeki Ooki Yuuzou: Jinsei saidai no kessen (特撮 喜劇 大木勇造 人生最大の決戦) Japanese Comedy   $0  
Miss Osaka Danish,
English,
Japanese,
Norwegian		 Drama   $0  
My Boyfriend in Orange (モエカレはオレンジ色) Japanese Drama   $0  
Aobake no Table (青葉家のテーブル) Japanese Drama   $0  
Disutorakushon beibîzu (ディストラクション・ベイビーズ) Japanese Thriller/Suspense   $0  
Miyamoto kara Kimi e Japanese Drama   $0  
Beibî warukyûre Japanese Action   $0  
Reiteki borisheviki Japanese Horror   $0  
Misaki no Mayoiga Japanese Drama   $0  
Bokura no Yoake (ぼくらのよあけ) Japanese Adventure   $0  
Tsuki no Michikake (月の満ち欠け) Japanese Drama   $0  
Watashi no okāsan (わたしのお母さん) Japanese Drama   $0  
Sakurairo no kaze ga saku (桜色の風が咲く) Japanese Drama   $0  
Tobenai Fusen (とべない風船) Japanese Drama   $0  
When I Opened the Door to That Garden (あの庭の扉をあけたとき) Japanese   $0  
Die Neue These Japanese Action   $0  
Furin Uirusu (不倫ウイルス) Japanese Romantic Comedy   $0  
The Vampire Doll Japanese Horror   $0  
Mayonaka Japanese Drama   $0  
Popuran Japanese Comedy   $0  
Fragments of the Last Will (ラーゲリより愛を込めて) Japanese Drama   $0  
From Siberia with Love (ラーゲリより愛を込めて) Japanese Drama   $0  
Achira ni iru oni (あちらにいる鬼) Japanese Drama   $0  
Madobe Nite (窓辺にて) Japanese Drama   $0  
Black Night Parade (ブラックナイトパレード) Japanese Comedy   $0  
DEEMO サクラノオト -あなたの奏でた音が、今も響く Japanese Adventure   $0  
Eien no 831 Japanese   $0  
Kamen Rider Geats × Kamen Rider Revice: Winter Movie 2022 Japanese Action   $0  
JO1 the Movie: Mikansei - Go to the Top Japanese Documentary   $0  
The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1 (七つの大罪: 怨嗟のエジンバラ) Japanese Adventure   $0  
Kisaragi Station Japanese Horror   $0  
Sora no daikaijû Radon (空の大怪獣ラドン) Japanese,
Mandarin,
Tagalog		 Horror   $0  
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (ルパン三世 くたばれ!ノストラダムス) Japanese Action   $0  
Ushikubi Village (牛首村) Japanese Horror   $0  
New Religion (ニューレリジョン) Japanese Horror   $0  
Nazukeyou no nai odori (名付けようのない踊り) Japanese Documentary   $0  
Green Grass Japanese,
Spanish		 Drama   $0  
My Southern Family Christmas English,
French,
Japanese,
Mongolian,
Xhosa		 Comedy   $0