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
1981
Buriki no kunsho	Setsuo Nakayama	Katsuo Nakamura
Eijanaika	Shohei Imamura			Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
Honō no Gotoku
Kagero-za	Seijun Suzuki
Kamen Rider Super-1
Mobile Suit Gundam the Movie	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow	Yoshiyuki Tomino
Muddy River	Kōhei Oguri			Nominated for an Academy Award, entered into Moscow
Nihon no atsui hibi bôsatsu: Shimoyama jiken	Kei Kumai			Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
Office Lady Rope Slave	Katsuhiko Fujii	Junko Mabuki	Roman porno
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun	Shinji Sōmai	Hiroko Yakushimaru	Comedy/Action	Based on a popular novel by Jirō Akagawa
Shikake-nin Baian	Yasuo Furuhata	Katsuo Nakamura
Station	Yasuo Furuhata	Ken Takakura Chieko Baisho		Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Sun Vulcan Movie	Shohei Tōjō		Sci-Fi for children
The Gate of Youth	Kinji Fukasaku Koreyoshi Kurahara
Tora-san's Love in Osaka	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	27th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Promise	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	28th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Woman Who Exposes Herself	Masaru Konuma	Maiko Kazama	Roman Porno
Yokohama BJ Blues

External links

• Japanese films of 1981 at the Internet Movie Database