List of Japanese films of 1981

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[1]
Abandoned	Shiro Moritani	Kinya Kitaoji, Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshiko Mita	—	[2][3]
Amoore no kane	Kunihiko Watanabe	Maako Kido, Hideto Matsumoto, Akira Oda	—	[4]
Blue Jeans Memory	Yoshiyuki Kawasaki	Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara	—	[3]
Buriki no kunsho	Setsuo Nakayama	Katsuo Nakamura	—	[citation needed]
Choko	Masashi Sada	Masashi Sada, Seiji Miyaguchi	Semi-documentary	[4]
Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer	Hideo Nishimaki		—	Animated feature[5]
Doraemon–Boku Momotaro no nannanosa	Takeyuki Kanada		—	[1]
Eijanaika	Shohei Imamura			[citation needed]
Flames of Blood	Tai Kato	Bunta Sugawara, Mitsuko Baisho, Tomisaburo Wakayama	—	[3]
Furiten-kun	Taku Sugiyama		—	Animated feature[3]
The Gate of Youth	Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara	Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Matsuzaka	—	[6]
Guddo rakku Love	Yoshiyuki Kawasaki	Masahiko Tahara, Yoshio Nomura, Masahiko Kondo	—	[7]
Honō no Gotoku				[citation needed]
The Imperial Navy	Shue Matsubayashi	Keiju Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kenichi Kaneda	—	[1]
Jarinko Chie	Isao Takahata		—	Animated feature[3]
Kaibutsu-kun	Hiroshi Fukutomi		—	Animated feature[3]
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	—	[4]
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	—	[1]
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	—	[5]
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	—	[5]
Shikake-nin Baian	Yasuo Furuhata	Katsuo Nakamura		[citation needed]
Station	Yasuo Furuhata	Ken Takakura, Chieko Baisho, Ayumi Ishida	Drama	[4]
Sukkari...Sonokide!	Tsugunobu Kotani	Setsuko Karasumu, Takeshi Kitano, Hitoshi Ueki	—	[7]
Swan Lake	Kimio Yabuki		Anime
Sun Vulcan Movie	Shohei Tōjō			[7]
This is Noriko	Zenzo Matsuyama	Noriko Tsuji	—	[4]
Tora-san's Love in Osaka	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	—	[8][9]
Tora-san's Promise	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	—	[10]
Woman Who Exposes Herself	Masaru Konuma	Maiko Kazama	Roman Porno	[citation needed]

See also

• 1981 in Japan
• 1981 in Japanese television