| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | Ref |
|---|
| 12 January | Aokigahara | Taku Shinjo | Aki Maeda,Masahiko Tsugawa | Romance | Based on a novel | [2] |
| 12 January | Aragure | Hajime Gonno | Nobuyuki Suzuki | Thriller | | [3] |
| 12 January | Momoiro Sora o | Keiichi Kobayashi | Ai Ikeda,Ena Koshino,Reiko Fujiwara | Coming-of-age | Debuted at the 2012Tokyo International Film Festival | [4] |
| 12 January | Shing Shing Shing | Kouhei Sanada | Hoshi Ishida,Miwako Wagatsuma | Romance | Inspired by a song | [5] |
| 12 January | Suzuki Sensei | Yuto Kawai | Hiroki Hasegawa | Drama | Based on a manga | [6] |
| 19 January | Flashback Memories 3D | Tetsuaki Matsue | Goma, Kosuke Tsuji, Kenta Tajika | Musicdocumentary | | [7] |
| 19 January | Dead Sushi | Noboru Iguchi | Rina Takeda | Comedy | | [8] |
| 19 January | Tokyo Family | Yoji Yamada | Bunta Sugawara,Tomiko Ishii,Masahiko Nishimura | Drama | Based on the filmTokyo Story | [9] |
| 26 January | Himawari | Yoshihiro Oikawa | Kyōzō Nagatsuka | Drama | | [10] |
| 26 January | Minasan, Sayonara | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Gaku Hamada | Drama | Based on a novel | [11] |
| 26 January | Sayonara Debussy | Go Riju | Ai Hashimoto,Shinya Kiyozuka | | Based on a novel | [12] |
| 26 January | Shiawase Come on | Daisuke Nakamura | Sawa Suzuki,Yuma Ishigaki | Drama | | [13] |
| 26 January | Strawberry Night | Yuichi Sato | Takao Osawa | Mystery | Continuation of a television series of the same name | [14] |
| 26 January | Tsuya no Yoru | Isao Yukisada | Hiroshi Abe | Romance | Based on a novel | [15] |
| 26 January | Night People | Hajime Kadoi | Eriko Sato | Drama | Based on a collection of short stories | [16] |
| 1 February | Documentary of AKB48: No Flower Without Rain | Eiki Takahashi | Members ofAKB48 | Documentary | | [17] |
| 2 February | Kiiroi Jou | Ryuichi Hiroki | Aoi Miyazaki,Osamu Mukai | Drama | Based on a novel | [18] |
| 9 February | Nao Otoko | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Toma Ikuta | Mystery | Based on a novel | [19] |
| 15 February | Hello! Junichi | Katsuhito Ishii,Kanoko Kawaguchi | Amon Kabe,Hikari Mitsushima | Drama | | [20] |
| 22 February | It's a Beautiful Day | Kayoko Asakura | Kim Kkot-bi | Horror | Japanese-American co-production | [21] |
| 23 February | Yokomichi Yonosuke | Shūichi Okita | Kengo Kora,Yuriko Yoshitaka,Sosuke Ikematsu | | | [22] |
| 23 February | Sōgen no Isu | Izuru Narushima | Kōichi Satō | Drama | Based on a novel; First ever film to be filmed inHunza | [23] |
| 2 March | Sue, Mai & Sawa: Righting the Girl Ship | Osamu Minorikawa | Kou Shibasaki,Yoko Maki,Shinobu Terajima | Drama | | [24] |
| 9 March | Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dōgu Museum | Yuichi Shinbo | Wasabi Mizuda,Megumi Ohara | Anime | | [25] |
| 16 March | Bozo | Tatsushi Ōmori | Shingo Mizusawa | Drama | Based on actual events | [26] |
| 16 March | Himawari to Koinu no Nanokakan | Emiko Hiramatsu | Masato Sakai | Drama | Based on a novel | [27] |
| 23 March | Daijōbu 3 Kumi | Ryuichi Hiroki | Taichi Kokubun | Drama | Based on a novel | [28] |
| 30 March | Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods | | | Anime | Based on a manga; first theatricalDragon Ball film sinceDragon Ball: The Path to Power in 1996 | [29] |
| 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 ofHanasaku Iroha (2011) | [30] |
| 6 April | Orpheus' Lyre /Sakura, Futatabi no Kanako [ja] | Minoru Kurimura [ja] | Ryōko Hirosue,Goro Inagaki | Drama | Based on a novel | [31] |
| 13 April | The Great Passage | Yuya Ishii | Ryuhei Matsuda,Aoi Miyazaki | Drama | Based on a novel | [32] |
| 20 April | Detective Conan: Private Eye in the Distant Sea | Kobun Shizuno | | Animation | Based on a manga | [33] |
| 20 April | Chūgakusei Maruyama | Kankuro Kudo | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi,Hiraoka Takuma | Drama | | [34] |
| 20 April | Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu | | | Animation | Based on a video game | [35] |
| 26 April | Wara no Tate | Takashi Miike | Tatsuya Fujiwara | Thriller | Based on a novel | [36] |
| 27 April | Library Wars | Shinsuke Sato | Junichi Okada,Nana Eikura | Sci-fi | Based on alight novel | [37] |
| 11 May | Kenchou Omotenashi Ka | Yoshishige Miyake | Ryo Nishikido,Maki Horikita | Romance | Based on a novel | [38] |
| 11 May | Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 2 | Hajime Hashimoto [ja] | Yo Oizumi,Ryuhei Matsuda | Mystery | Based on a novel | [39] |
| 18 May | Tabidachi no Shimauta: Jūgo No Haru | Yasuhiro Yoshida | Ayaka Miyoshi | Coming-of-age | | [40][41] |
| 18 May | The Complex | Hideo Nakata | Atsuko Maeda,Hiroki Narimiya | Horror | | [42] |
| 25 May | Kuchizuke | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Shihori Kanjiya,Takayuki Takuma | Romance | Based on a stage play | [43] |
| 25 May | Ore Ore | Satoshi Miki | Kazuya Kamenashi | Mystery | Based on a novel | [44] |
| 25 May | Taishibōkei Tanita no Shain Shokudō | Toshio Lee | Yūka,Masao Kusakari,Kenta Hamano | Drama | Based on a true story | [45] |
| 1 June | Riaru Kanzen: Naru Kubinagaryu no Hi | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Takeru Sato,Haruka Ayase | Drama | Based on a novel | [46] |
| 14 June | Zekkyō Gakkyū | | Haruna Kawaguchi,Alice Hirose | Horror | Based on a manga | [47] |
| 29 June | Midsummer's Equation | Hiroshi Nishitani | Masaharu Fukuyama,Yuriko Yoshitaka,Kazuki Kitamura | police procedural | Based on novels | [48][49] |
| 6 July | Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya | | | Anime | Based on a manga series | [50] |
| 13 July | ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens | Kunihiko Yuyama | | Anime | Based on an anime series | [51] |
| 20 July | Short Peace | Shuhei Morita,Katsuhiro Otomo,Hiroaki Ando,Hajime Katoki | | Anime | | |
| 20 July | Kaze Tachinu | Hayao Miyazaki | | Anime | Based on a manga | [52] |
| 20 July | Shanidaru no Hana | Gakuryu Ishii | Gou Ayano,Haru Kuroki | Drama | | [53] |
| 10 August | Enoshima Prism | Yasuhiro Yoshida | Sota Fukushi,Shūhei Nomura,Tsubasa Honda | Sci-fifantasy | | [54] |
| 17 August | School Girl Complex Hōsōbu Hen | Yūichi Onuma | Aoi Morikawa,Mugi Kadowaki,Maaya Kondō | | | [55] |
| 24 August | Gatchaman | Toya Sato | Tori Matsuzaka | | Based on an anime series | [56] |
| 24 August | Jōkyō Monogatari | | Kii Kitano,Fumino Kimura,Asuka Kurosawa | | Based on a manga | [57] |
| 31 August | Natsu no Owari | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri | Hikari Mitsushima,Kaoru Kobayashi,Gou Ayano | Drama | Based on a novel | [58] |
| 7 September | Space Pirate Captain Harlock | Shinji Aramaki | | Anime | | [59] |
| 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 | | [60][61] |
| 5 October | Soshite Chichi ni Naru | Hirokazu Koreeda | Masaharu Fukuyama | Drama | | [62] |
| 8 November | Judge | | | | | [63] |
| 9 November | The Kiyosu Conference | Kōki Mitani | Kōji Yakusho,Yo Oizumi,Kenichi Matsuyama | periodcomedy | | [64] |
| 9 November | Patema Inverted | Yasuhiro Yoshiura | | Animefantasy | | [65][66] |
| 9 November | Shijukunichi no Recipe | Yuki Tanada | Renji Ishibashi | Drama | Based on a novel | [67] |
| 23 November | Bayonetta: Bloody Fate | Fuminori Kizaki | | Anime | | [68][69] |
| 23 November | Persona 3 The Movie: Chapter 1, Spring of Birth | | | Anime | | [70] |
| 23 November | Kaguya-Hime no Monogatari | Isao Takahata | | Anime | Based on the Japanese folktale ofthe same name. | [52] |
| 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 | [71] |
| 14 December | Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru | Norihiro Koizumi | | Romance | Based on a manga | [72] |
| 21 December | Mugiko-san to | Keisuke Yoshida | Maki Horikita,Ryuhei Matsuda | | | [73] |
| 21 December | The Eternal Zero | Takashi Yamazaki | Haruma Miura | Drama | Based on a novel | [74] |
| 27 December | Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission | Keiichiro Kawaguchi | | Anime | | [75] |
| 28 December | Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene | Takayuki Hirao | Sumire Morohoshi,Ai Kakuma | Animefantasy | | [76] |