A list of films released in Japan in 1987 (see 1987 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | ||||
| Actress | Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuko Mori, Bunta Sugawara | |||
| Eien no 1/2 | ||||
| The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On | Kazuo Hara | |||
| Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy! | ||||
| Haikara-san ga Tōru | Masamichi Satō | Based on a manga | ||
| Maskman Movie | ||||
| Saint Seiya: Legend of the Golden Apple | First of the Saint Seiya films. | |||
| Rentarō Mikuni | Won the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Take me out to the Snowland | Yasuo Baba | Tomoyo Harada | Romantic comedy | |
| A Taxing Woman | Juzo Itami | Nobuko Miyamoto Tsutomu Yamazaki | comedy | Japan Academy Prize for Best Film |
| Time of the Apes | Science fiction | Filmed in 1974 | ||
| Tora-san Plays Daddy | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | 39th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series | |
| Tora-san Goes North | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | 38th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series | |
| Zegen | Mitsuko Baisho | Entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival | ||