List of Japanese films of 1971

A list of films released in Japan in 1971 (see 1971 in film).

Japanese films released in 1971
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
3000 kiro no wana Jun Fukuda Jiro Tamiya, Mie Hama, Kaori Taniguchi — [1]
Ame wa shitte ita Michio Yamamoto Keiko Torii, Yoko Minamikaze, Toshio Kurosawa — [2]
Animal Treasure Island Hiroshi Ikeda Minori Matsushima, Asao Koike, Hitoshi Takagi Anime Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon Shōgorō Nishimura Kazuko Shirakawa — [3]
Atakku No.1–Namida no fuschichyo Fumio Kurokawa — — Animated feature film[4]
The Battle of Okinawa Kihachi Okamoto Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Tatsuya Nakadai War [2]
Beat '71 Toshiya Fujita Meiko Kaji, Takeo Chii, Yoshio Inaba — [5]
Castle Orgies Isao Hayashi Setsuko Ogawa — [6]
Chimimoryo: A Soul of Demons Ko Nakahara Akaji Maro, Hiroko Ogi, Kazuko Ineno — [2]
Choeki Taro: Mamushi no Kyodai
The Ceremony[7] Nagisa Oshima Kenzo Kawarasaki, Kei Satō, Atsuko Kaku
Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts Yukihiko Kondo Yuko Katagiri — [8]
Damasarete noraiurasu Takashi Tsuboshima Hitoshi Ueki, Hajime Hana, Cha Kato — [1]
Dare no tame ni aisuruka Masanobu Deme Wakako Sakai, Yūzō Kayama, Mitsuko Mori — [4]
Emperor Tomato Ketchup Shuji Terayama Goro Abashiri, Tarō Apollo, Shiro Demaemochi
Futari dake no asa Takeshi Matsumori Yusuke Okada, Shiro Mifune, Ryoko Nakano — [4]
Gamera vs. Zigra Noriaki Yuasa Gloria Zoellner, Arlene Zoellner, Koji Fujiyama — [9]
Go! Go! Kamen Rider[10] Hidetoshi Kitamura Hiroshi Fujioka Tokusatsu Movie version of Kamen Rider episode 13
Godzilla vs. Hedorah Yoshimitsu Banno Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase — [2]
Hajimete no tabi Shiro Moritani Yusuke Okada, Choei Takahashi, Kazuyo Mori — [11]
Hashire! Kotaro-Otoko dakara nakusa Kunihiko Yamamoto Shunji Fujimura, Chigusa Go, Tonpei Hidari Comedy [11]
Hibari no subete Umetsugu Inoue Hibari Misora, Takahiro Tamura, Kazuro Nakagawa Documentary [12]
Inakappe taisho Hiroshi Sasagawa — — Animated short film[4]
Inakappe taisho–Neko no arukeba suzume ni ataru dasu–Ataru mo ataru mo toki no un dasu Hiroshi Sasagawa — — [13]
Inn of Evil Masaki Kobayashi Kanemon Nakamura, Komaki Kurihara, Kei Satō — [14]
Kaette kita Urutoraman Yoshiharu Tomita Jiro Dan, Shin Kishida, Nobuo Tsukamoto — [2][14]
Kaette kita Urutoraman–Tatsumaki kaiju no kyofu Kauzo Sagawa Jiro Dan, Shin Kishida, Nobuo Tsukamoto — [13]
Kamui gaiden Kesuke Kondo — Documentary Animated film[12]
Kaoyaku
Keiji monogatari–Kyodai no okite Shun Inagaki Kunie Tanaka, Yūzō Kayama, Senri Kurihara — [4]
Kigeki Omedetai yatsu Kobako Hanato Kon Omura, Hiroshi Tachibana, Tadao Takashima Comedy [11]
Kigeki Kinow no teki wa kyo mo teki Yoichi Maeda Masaaki Sakai, Chosuke Ikariya, Kyoko Yoshizawa — [1]
Kigeki San oku en saisakusen Katsushin Ishida Jiro Tamiya, Norihei Miki, Haruko Wanibuchi Comedy [11]
Kitsune no kureta akanbo
Koibitotte yabasete Kunihiko Watanabe Kyoko Yoshizawa, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiroshi Ishikawa — [1]
Konchyu monogatari–Minashigo Hattchi–Otsuki sama no mama Ippei Kuri — — Animated short film[4]
Konchyu monogatari–Minashigo Hattchi–Wassure nagosa ni negai o komete Kihei Tomino — — Animated short[13]
Lake of Dracula Michio Yamamoto Midori Fujita, Sanae Emi, Choei Takahashi Horror [15][16][17]
Maboroshi no satsui Tadashi Sawajima Keiju Kobayashi, Ayako Wakao, Kankuro Nakamura — [4]
Macchi uro no shyojo Kazuhiko Watanabe — — Short puppet animation[13]
Minamata: The Victims and Their World Noriaki Tsuchimoto Documentary
Muumin Masaaki Osumi — — Animated short film[4]
Nippon ichi no shokku otoko Takashi Tsuboshima Hitoshi Ueki, Wakako Sakai, Kei Tani — [13]
Okite koronde mata okite Yoichi Maeda Masaaki Sakai, Chosuke Ikariya, Kyoko Yoshizawa — [13]
Okusama wa 18 sai–Shinkon kyoshitsu Kunihiko Yamamoto Yuki Okazaki, Tetsuo Ishidate, Jo Shishido — [1]
Onna no hanamichi Tadashi Sawajima Hibari Misora, Takahiro Tamura, Kazuo Nakagawa — [12]
Saredo warera ga hibi–Wakare no uta Shiro Moritani Tomoko Ogawa, Takashi Yamaguchi, Midori Fujita — [2]
Shiosai Shiro Moritani Itsuto Asahina, Midori Onozato, Miki Odagiri — [12]
Showa hitoketa shacho tai futaketa shacho–Getsu Getsu Ka Sui Moku Kin Kin Katsushin Ishida Keiju Kobayashi, Wakako Sakai, Eijirō Tōno — [12]
Showa hitoketa shacho tai futaketa shacho Katsushin Ishida Keiju Kobayashi, Wakako Sakai, Toshio Kurosawa — [1]
Silence Masahiro Shinoda Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tamba, David Lampson — [12]
Sogoi yatsura Kiyoshi Nakamura Yosuke Natsuki, Toshio Kurosawa, Reiko Dan — [11]
A Soul to Devils Ko Nakahira Nobuko Tashiro Drama Entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival
Swords of Death Tomu Uchida Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Rentarō Mikuni, Hideko Okiyama — [11]
Sympathy for the Underdog Kinji Fukasaku Kōji Tsuruta, Noboru Ando Crime [18]
To Love Again Kon Ichikawa Renaud Verley, Ruriko Asaoka, Tetsuo Ishidate — [2]
Tora-san's Shattered Romance Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 6th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 7th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Love Call Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 8th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
The Wolves Hideo Gosha Tatsuya Nakadai, Noboru Ando, Toshio Kurosawa Crime [12]
Young Guy, The Ace Rider Katsumi Iwauchi Yūzō Kayama, Shigeru Oya, Kunie Tanaka — [11]
Yuhi-kun–Sarariiman oashutsu Tsugunobu Kotani Osami Nabe, Junzaburo Ban, Hiroko Nori — [4][1]
Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman Kimiyoshi Yasuda Shintaro Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu, Yuko Hamada — Japanese-Hong Kong co-production[19]
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  12. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 278.
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  14. ^ a b Galbraith IV 2008, p. 277.
  15. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 321.
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