A list of films released in Japan in 1981 (see 1981 in film).
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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 | — | [citation needed] |
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 | | | [citation needed] |
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 | | | | [citation needed] |
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 | | | [citation needed] |
Kamen Rider Super-1 | | | | [citation needed] |
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 | | | [citation needed] |
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow | Yoshiyuki Tomino | | | [citation needed] |
Muddy River | Kōhei Oguri | | | [citation needed] |
Nerawareta gakuen | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Hiroko Yakushimaru, Ryoichi Takayanagi, Masami Hasegawa | — | |
Nihon no atsui hibi bôsatsu: Shimoyama jiken | Kei Kumai | | | [citation needed] |
Office Lady Rope Slave | Katsuhiko Fujii | Junko Mabuki | Roman porno | [citation needed] |
Return of the Champ | Tsugunobu Kotani | Yūzō Kayama, Kunie Tanaka, Ryoko Sakaguchi | — | |
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Shinji Sōmai | Hiroko Yakushimaru | Comedy/Action | [citation needed] |
Seishun gurafitii–Suniikaa buruusu | Yoshiyuki Kawasaki | Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara | — | |
Shikake-nin Baian | Yasuo Furuhata | Katsuo Nakamura | | [citation needed] |
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 | [citation needed] |
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