Highest-grossing films

Rank Title Gross[1]
1 Arrietty ¥9.25 billion
2 Umizaru 3: The Last Message ¥8.04 billion
3 Bayside Shakedown 3 ¥7.31 billion
4 One Piece Film: Strong World ¥4.80 billion
5 Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions ¥4.16 billion

List of films

A list of films produced in Japan in 2010 (see 2010 in film):

Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref
3 April Accidental Kidnapper Hideo Sakaki Katsunori Takahashi, Show Aikawa, Roi Hayashi Crime comedy [2]
13 March After the Flowers Kenji Nakanish Keiko Kitagawa, Masahiro Komoto, Shuntaro Miyao Costume drama [3]
3 July Alien vs Ninja Seiji Chiba Masanori Mimoto, Shuji Kashiwabara, Donpei Tsuchihira Martial Arts Science Fiction Comedy [4]
17 July Arrietty Hiromasa Yonebayashi Anime [5]
4 September Beck Yukihiko Tsutsumi Hiro Mizushima, Takeru Satoh, Kenta Kiritani [6]
24 October Birthright Naoki Hashimoto Sayoko Oho, Miyu Yagyu, Ryoko Takizawa Horror [7]
5 June Black Rat Kenta Fukasaku Misaki Yonemura, Hiroya Matsumoto, Rina Saito [8]
4 December Bleach: Hell Verse Anime [9]
1 May Book Girl Anime Based on a light novel [10]
22 May Box! Toshio Lee Hayato Ichihara, Kengo Kora, Mitsuki Tanimura Sports drama [11]
31 July A Boy and His Samurai Yoshihiro Nakamura Ryo Nishikido, Rie Tomosaka, Fuku Suzuki, Hiroki Konno Based on a manga [12]
15 February Caterpillar Kōji Wakamatsu Shinobu Terajima War [13]
7 September Cold Fish Sion Sono Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Denden, Asuka Kurosawa Thriller [14]
21 August Colorful Keiichi Hara Anime [15]
5 June Confessions Tetsuya Nakashima Takako Matsu Thriller [16]
Dancing Chaplin Masayuki Suo Luigo Bonino, Tamiyo Kusakari, Roland Petit Documentary [17]
17 April Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky Anime [18]
6 February The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto Aya Hirano, Tomokazu Sugita, Minori Chihara, Yūko Gotō
Daisuke Ono		 Anime Based on a light novel
6 March Doraemon: Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King Anime [19]
13 March Eden of the East: Paradise Lost Kenji Kamiyama Anime [20]
23 January Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Yūji Yamaguchi Noriaki Sugiyama, Ayako Kawasumi, Kana Ueda Anime [21]
30 October Garo: Red Requiem Keita Amemiya Ryosei Konishi, Mary Matsuyama, Yôsuke Saitô [ja] Fantasy [22]
20 November GeGeGe no Nyōbō Takuji Suzuki Kazue Fukiishi, Kankurō Kudō Based on a book [23]
4 September Gothic & Lolita Psycho Go Ohara Rina Akiyama Action [24]
21 August Hanamizuki Nobuhiro Doi Yui Aragaki, Toma Ikuta, Misako Renbutsu Romance [25]
3 April Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Yoshihiro Fukagawa Based on a light novel [26]
22 May Haru's Journey Masahiro Kobayashi Tatsuya Nakadai, Eri Tokunaga, Hideji Otaki Road [27]
2 October Heaven's Story Takahisa Zeze Moeki Tsuruoka, Tomoharu Hasegawa, Shugo Oshinari Drama [28]
28 September Helldriver Yoshihiro Nishimura Yumiko Hara, Eihi Shiina, Yurei Yanagi Splatter [29]
4 September Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! Mipo Oh Shinobu Otake, Aoi Miyazaki, Kenta Kiritani [30]
9 January Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island Kim Tae-kyun Koji Yamamoto, Miori Takimoto Horror [31]
Hospitalité Koji Fukada Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furutachi Black comedy [32]
Hot as Hell: The Deadbeat March Yosuke Okuda Itabashi Shunya, Waki Katakura, Kenraku Tamura Crime comedy-drama [33]
31 July Hutch the Honeybee Tetsurō Amino Anime [34]
23 December Inazuma Eleven: Saikyō Gundan Ōgre Shūrai Anime [35]
25 October Into the White Night Yoshihiro Fukagawa Maki Horikita, Kengo Kora, Eiichiro Funakoshi Crime [36]
25 September Kimi ni Todoke Naoto Kumazawa Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura Romance, Drama [37]
3 April Kakera: A Piece of Our Life Hikari Mitsushima, Eriko Nakamura [38]
15 May Ongakubito Hidetaka Itō Kazuma Sano, Mirei Kiritani Romance [39]
22 May
5 June
19 July		 Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy Osamu Kaneda, Kenzō Maihara, Takayuki Shibasaki Yuichi Nakamura, Dori Sakurada, Kimito Totani [40]
7 August Kamen Rider W Forever: A to Z/The Gaia Memories of Fate Koichi Sakamoto Renn Kiriyama, Masaki Suda, Hikaru Yamamoto, Minehiro Kinomoto, Mitsuru Matsuoka, Genki Sudo, Aya Sugimoto [41]
18 December Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie War Core Renn Kiriyama, Masaki Suda, Hikaru Yamamoto, Minehiro Kinomoto, Kikkawa Koji, Shu Watanabe [42]
14 August Kinako Yoshinori Kobayashi Comedy Based on a true story [43]
1 May King of Thorn Kazuyoshi Katayama Anime [44]
10 July Kyōfu Hiroshi Takahashi Mana Fujii, Yuri Nakamura, Nagisa Katahira Horror [45]
The Lady Shogun and Her Men Fuminori Kaneko Kazunari Ninomiya, Ko Shibasaki, Maki Horikita Costume fantasy drama [46]
4 December Light Novel no Tanoshii Kakikata Kenichi Ōmori Maasa Sudo, Hisanori Satō, Ayana Taketatsu Based on a light novel [47]
22 October The Lightning Tree Ryuichi Hiroki Masaki Okada, Yū Aoi, Keisuke Koide Costume romance [48]
4 September Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano Hisayasu Satō Norie Yasui, Mayu Sakuma Drama Based on a novel [49]
6 November Maria-sama ga Miteru Honoka Miki, Haru Based on a light novel [50]
18 September Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer Anime [51]
22 May Mutant Girls Squad Noboru Iguchi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi Yumi Sugimoto, Yuko Takayama, Suzuka Morita Splatter [52]
31 July Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower Anime [53]
2 September Norwegian Wood Tran Anh Hung Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara Drama [54]
1 October Ōoku Fuminori Kaneko
30 January Otōto Yoji Yamada Sayuri Yoshinaga Tsurube Shofukutei Yū Aoi Special screening at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival
17 May Outrage Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina, Ryo Kase Gangster black comedy [55]
20 November Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night Toshikazu Nagae Aoi Nakamura, Noriko Aoyama, Ayako Yoshitani Horror [56]
10 July Phantom Ruler: Zoroark Kunihiko Yuyama Rica Matsumoto, Megumi Toyoguchi, Yūji Ueda, Ikue Ōtani Anime
22 May Planzet Jun Awazu Anime
Science fiction		 [57][58]
29 May Railways Yoshinari Nishikori Kiichi Nakai, Reiko Takashima Drama
9 October Redline Takeshi Koike Anime
30 January Samurai Sentai Shinkenger vs. Go-onger: GinmakuBang!! Shōjirō Nakazawa Tori Matsuzaka, Hiroki Aiba, Rin Takanashi, Shogo Suzuki, Suzuka Morita, Keisuke Sohma
26 June Sankaku Keisuke Yoshida Sousuke Takaoka, Tomoko Tabata, Erena Ono
29 April Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin Based on the comic books. A UK-USA-Japan co-production.
15 May Shodo Girls!! Ryuichi Inomata Riko Narumi Teen Based on a true story [59]
18 December Sketches of Kaitan City Kazuyoshi Kumakiri Mitsuki Tanimura, Pistol Takehara, Ryo Kase Based on a collected short story series
3 April Solanin Takahiro Miki Aoi Miyazaki Based on a manga
1 December Space Battleship Yamato Takashi Yamazaki Meisa Kuroki
30 January Takumi-kun Series: Bibō no Detail Kenji Yokoi Kyousuke Hamao, Daisuke Watanabe Based on Takumi-kun: Bibō no Detail [60]
7 August Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Epic on the Movie
22 May Tetsuo: The Bullet Man Shinya Tsukamoto Eric Bossick, Akiko Monō, Shinya Tsukamoto [61]
25 September Thirteen Assassins Takashi Miike Kōji Yakusho, Takayuki Yamada, Yusuke Iseya Costume martial arts Japan-UK co-production [62]
23 December Ultraman Zero The Movie: Super Deciding Fight! The Belial Galactic Empire Yuichi Abe Yu Koyanagi, Tatsuomi Hamada, Tao Tsuchiya
18 February Welcome to the Space Show Koji Masunari Anime Premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival prior to nationwide release
23 January Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time Shunsuke Kazama, Kenn, Yuya Miyashita, Atsushi Tamura Anime
8 May Yuriko's Aroma Kōta Yoshida Noriko Eguchi, Shōta Sometani, Saori Hara Erotic comedy drama [63]
1 May Zebraman: Vengeful Zebra City Takashi Miike

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