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		—N/a	Animated feature
Abandoned	Shiro Moritani	Kinya Kitaoji, Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshiko Mita	—N/a
Amoore no kane	Kunihiko Watanabe	Maako Kido, Hideto Matsumoto, Akira Oda	—N/a
Blue Jeans Memory	Yoshiyuki Kawasaki	Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara	—N/a
Buriki no kunsho	Setsuo Nakayama	Katsuo Nakamura	—N/a
Choko	Masashi Sada	Masashi Sada, Seiji Miyaguchi	Semi-documentary
Doraemon: The Records of Nobita, Spaceblazer	Hideo Nishimaki	Nobuyo Ōyama	—N/a	Animated feature
Doraemon–Boku Momotaro no nannanosa	Takeyuki Kanada		—N/a
Eijanaika	Shohei Imamura
Flames of Blood	Tai Kato	Bunta Sugawara, Mitsuko Baisho, Tomisaburo Wakayama	—N/a
Furiten-kun	Taku Sugiyama		—N/a	Animated feature
The Gate of Youth	Kinji Fukasaku, Koreyoshi Kurahara	Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Matsuzaka	—N/a
Guddo rakku Love	Yoshiyuki Kawasaki	Masahiko Tahara, Yoshio Nomura, Masahiko Kondo	—N/a
Honō no Gotoku
The Imperial Navy	Shue Matsubayashi	Keiju Kobayashi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kenichi Kaneda	—N/a
Jarinko Chie	Isao Takahata		—N/a	Animated feature
Kaibutsu-kun	Hiroshi Fukutomi		—N/a	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	—N/a
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	—N/a
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	—N/a
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	Shinji Sōmai	Hiroko Yakushimaru	Comedy/Action
Seishun gurafitii–Suniikaa buruusu	Yoshiyuki Kawasaki	Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara	—N/a
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	—N/a
Swan Lake	Kimio Yabuki		Anime
Sun Vulcan Movie	Shohei Tōjō
This is Noriko	Zenzo Matsuyama	Noriko Tsuji	—N/a
Tora-san's Love in Osaka	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	—N/a
Tora-san's Promise	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	—N/a
Woman Who Exposes Herself	Masaru Konuma	Maiko Kazama	Roman Porno

See also

• 1981 in Japan
• 1981 in Japanese television

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.

External links

• Japanese films of 1981 at the Internet Movie Database