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List of Japanese films of 2006

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A list of films released in Japan in 2006 (see 2006 in film).

Highest-grossing films

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Rank Title Director Cast Gross
1 Tales from Earthsea Gorō Miyazaki Junichi Okada ¥7.65 billion
2 Limit of Love: Umizaru Eiichirō Hasumi Hideaki Itō ¥7.1 billion
3 The Uchōten Hotel Kōki Mitani Kōji Yakusho ¥6.08 billion
4 Nihon Chinbotsu Shinji Higuchi Tsuyoshi Kusanagi ¥5.34 billion
5 Death Note 2: The Last Name Shusuke Kaneko Tatsuya Fujiwara ¥5.2 billion

List of films

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Atagoal: Cat's Magical Forest Mizuho Nishikubo Kōichi Yamadera
Asahi Uchida
Anime
Big Tit Sisters: Blow Through the Valley aka Three Rules to be the Witch Yumi Yoshiyuki Sakurako Kaoru Pink love comedy 7th Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix
BLEACH the Movie: Memories of Nobody Noriyuki Abe Supernatural/action/anime Based on a manga/anime series created by Tite Kubo
Boys Love Kotaro Terauchi Yoshikazu Kotani
Takumi Saito
Boukenger the Movie: The Greatest Precious
Crayon Shin-chan: Dance! Amigo!
Death Note Shūsuke Kaneko Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kenichi Matsuyama
Nakamura Shidō
Erika Toda
Detective fiction, Drama
Death Note 2: The Last Name Shūsuke Kaneko Tatsuya Fujiwara
Kenichi Matsuyama
Nakamura Shidō
Erika Toda
Detective fiction, Drama
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem
Fascinating Young Hostess: Sexy Thighs Tetsuya Takehora Akiho Yoshizawa Pink Best Film, Screenplay, Cinematography and third Best Actress at the Pink Grand Prix
Gamera the Brave Kaiju First (and currently only) Millennium era Gamera film.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Mamoru Hosoda Anime
Hula Girls Sang-il Lee Yasuko Matsuyuki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yū Aoi
Shizuyo Yamazaki
Comedy, Drama Winner of five major awards at the 2007 Japan Academy Awards, including best film, best director, best screenplay, best supporting actress (for Yū Aoi), and most popular film.
The Inugamis Kon Ichikawa Entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival
Japan Sinks Shinji Higuchi Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kou Shibasaki
Etsushi Toyokawa
Mao Daichi
Disaster film
Letters from Iwo Jima
Kamen Rider Kabuto: GOD SPEED LOVE
Kamome Shokudo
Nana 2 Kentarō Ōtani Yui Ichikawa
Mika Nakashima
Naruto the Movie 3: The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island
Oira Sukeban Noboru Iguchi Based on a manga
One Piece the Movie: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Hirata, Ikue Ōtani, Yuriko Yamaguchi
Paprika Satoshi Kon Science fiction anime
Poketto Monsutā Adobansu Jenerēshon Pokémon Renjā and the Prince of the Sea, Manafi
The Prince of Tennis Yuichi Abe Kanata Hongo, Yuu Shirota, Hirofumi Araki, Hiroki Suzuki School, Sports
Rainbow Song Naoto Kumazawa Hayato Ichihara, Juri Ueno, Ami Suzuki, Yū Aoi, Kuranosuke Sasaki
Retribution Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kōji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara Horror film
Rokkasho Rhapsody Hitomi Kamanaka Documentary
Rough Kentarō Ōtani Romantic comedy, School, Sports
Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru Takehiko Shinjo Aoi Miyazaki
Hiroshi Tamaki
Meisa Kuroki
Romance, Drama International title: "Heavenly Forest"
Taiyou no uta Norihiro Koizumi YUI
Takashi Tsukamoto
Drama
Oh! Oku Toru Hayashi Yukie Nakama
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Reiko Takashima
History
Tales from Earthsea Gorō Miyazaki Fantasy anime
Tekkon Kinkreet Michael Arias Kazunari Ninomiya, Yū Aoi Science fiction anime
The Angel's Egg Shin Togashi Manami Konishi Based on a novel
Tokyo Friends: The Movie
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers Kazuya Konaka Shunji Igarashi, Daisuke Watanabe, Minoru Tanaka
Uncle's Paradise Shinji Imaoka Shirō Shimomoto
Minami Aoyama
Pink comedy Best Actor and Actress, Pink Grand Prix
Water Flower Yusuke Kinoshita Screened at Berlin International Film Festival 2006
We Can't Go Home Again Toshi Fujiwara
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