List of Japanese films of 1981
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A list of films released in Japan in 1981 (see 1981 in film).
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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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
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Galbraith IV 2008, p. 327.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 92.
- ^ a b c d e f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 326.
- ^ a b c d e Galbraith IV 2008, p. 328.
- ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 325.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 178.
- ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 329.
- ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 413.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 414.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 415.
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