| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| A Chaos of Flowers |
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| Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo | | Science fiction | Animated film |
| Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | Eriko Watanabe
Tetsuya Nakashima
Takahito Hara
Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Narumi Yasuda, Haruko Sagara | | |
| The Discarnates | Nobuhiko Obayashi | | | Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure | | | | |
| Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame | | | Horror | |
| Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole | | | Horror | Part of the Guinea Pig films series; Direct-to-video |
| Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll | | | Magical girl, family, drama | |
| Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata | | — | Animated feature |
| Hare Tokidoki Buta | Toshio Hirata | | family, comedy | |
| Hope and Pain | Yoji Yamada | | | Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Evil Island | | | | |
| Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion | | | | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Toru Furuya | Science fiction | |
| My Neighbor Totoro | Hayao Miyazaki | | — | Animated feature |
| Rock yo shizukani nagareyo | Shunichi Nagasaki | Kenichi Okamoto, Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, koyo Maeda | Coming-of-age story | |
| Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods | | | | |
| Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth | | | | |
| The Silk Road | Junya Sato | Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Anna Nakagawa | — | |
| Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters | Hideo Tanaka | Yui Asaka, Yuka Onishi, Yuma Nakamura | | |
| Tatakae!! Ramenman the Movie | | | | |
| A Taxing Woman's Return | Juzo Itami | Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni, Toru Masuoka | — | |
| Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis | Akio Jissoji |
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| Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 40th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series |
| Umi e, See You | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Ken Takakura, Junko Sakurada, Nenji Kobayashi | Action, Drama | |
| Wuthering Heights | Yoshishige Yoshida | | | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Urusei Yatsura Movie 5 – The Final Chapter | Osamu Dezaki | | — | Animated feature |
| Yojo no jidai |
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