A list of films released in Japan in 1981 (see 1981 in film).
Japanese films released in 1981 | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 21emon–Uchu e irashai | Tsutomu Shibayama | | — | Animated feature |
| Abandoned | Shiro Moritani | Kinya Kitaoji, Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshiko Mita | — | |
| Amoore no kane | Kunihiko Watanabe | Maako Kido, Hideto Matsumoto, Akira Oda | — | |
| Blue Jeans Memory | Yoshiyuki Kawasaki | Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara | — | |
| Buriki no kunsho | Setsuo Nakayama | Katsuo Nakamura | — | |
| Choko | Masashi Sada | Masashi Sada, Seiji Miyaguchi | Semi-documentary | |
| Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer | Hideo Nishimaki | | — | Animated feature |
| Doraemon–Boku Momotaro no nannanosa | Takeyuki Kanada | | — | |
| Eijanaika | Shohei Imamura | | | |
| Flames of Blood | Tai Kato | Bunta Sugawara, Mitsuko Baisho, Tomisaburo Wakayama | — | |
| Furiten-kun | Taku Sugiyama | | — | Animated feature |
| The Gate of Youth | Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara | Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Matsuzaka | — | |
| Guddo rakku Love | Yoshiyuki Kawasaki | Masahiko Tahara, Yoshio Nomura, Masahiko Kondo | — | |
| Honō no Gotoku | | | | |
| The Imperial Navy | Shue Matsubayashi | Keiju Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kenichi Kaneda | — | |
| Jarinko Chie | Isao Takahata | | — | Animated feature |
| Kaibutsu-kun | Hiroshi Fukutomi | | — | Animated feature |
| Kagero-za | Seijun Suzuki | | | |
| Kamen Rider Super-1 | | | | |
| The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. | Art Carney, Peggy Cass, Bob McFadden | Animation comedy family | |
| Lonely Heart | Kon Ichikawa | Yutaka Mizutani, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Rie Nakahara | — | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam the Movie | Yoshiyuki Tomino | | | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow | Yoshiyuki Tomino | | | |
| Muddy River | Kōhei Oguri | | | |
| Nerawareta gakuen | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Masami Hasegawa | — | |
| Nihon no atsui hibi bôsatsu: Shimoyama jiken | Kei Kumai | | | |
| Office Lady Rope Slave | Katsuhiko Fujii | Junko Mabuki | Roman porno | |
| Return of the Champ | Tsugunobu Kotani | Yūzō Kayama, Kunie Tanaka, Ryoko Sakaguchi | — | |
| Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Shinji Sōmai | Hiroko Yakushimaru | Comedy/Action | |
| Seishun gurafitii–Suniikaa buruusu | Yoshiyuki Kawasaki | Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara | — | |
| Shikake-nin Baian | Yasuo Furuhata | Katsuo Nakamura | | |
| Station | Yasuo Furuhata | Ken Takakura, Chieko Baisho, Ayumi Ishida | Drama | |
| Sukkari...Sonokide! | Tsugunobu Kotani | Setsuko Karasumu, Takeshi Kitano, Hitoshi Ueki | — | |
| Swan Lake | Kimio Yabuki | | Anime | |
| Sun Vulcan Movie | Shohei Tōjō | | | |
| This is Noriko | Zenzo Matsuyama | Noriko Tsuji | — | |
| Tora-san's Love in Osaka | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | — | |
| Tora-san's Promise | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | — | |
| Woman Who Exposes Herself | Masaru Konuma | Maiko Kazama | Roman Porno | |
See also
References
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
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