List of Japanese films of 2006
A list of films released in Japan in 2006.
Highest-grossing films
List of films
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| ' | 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 |
| ' | 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 | |
| ' | Shūsuke Kaneko | Tatsuya Fujiwara Kenichi Matsuyama Nakamura Shidō Erika Toda | Detective fiction, Drama | |
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| ' | Tetsuya Takehora | Akiho Yoshizawa | Pink | Best Film, Screenplay, Cinematography and third Best Actress at the Pink Grand Prix |
| Gamera the Brave | Kaiju | First 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, 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 | ||||
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| Kamome Shokudo | ||||
| Nana 2 | Kentarō Ōtani | Yui Ichikawa Mika Nakashima | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |