List of Japanese films of 2021

Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films released at the Japanese box office during 2021.

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Film releases

January – March
Opening Title Director Cast Ref(s)
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Y		 8 Sailor Moon Eternal SeriesChiaki KonKotono Mitsuishi, Hisako Kanemoto, Rina Satō, Ami Koshimizu, Shizuka Itō, Kenji Nojima[1][2][3][4][5]
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E
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April - June
Opening Title Director Cast Ref(s)
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L		 16 Detective Conan: The Scarlet BulletChika NagaokaMinami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Shūichi Ikeda[6][7][8][9]
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July - September
Opening Title Director Cast Ref(s)
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October - December
Opening Title Director Cast Ref(s)
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C
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O
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O
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R		 TBA TBATBATBATBA

TBA
Opening Title Director Cast Ref(s)
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A		 TBA O Tsui Katsu Juku Haru! Jinsei, 100-nen Jidai no SugoshikataHideyuki KatsukiMasaru Mizuho, Isao Hashizume, Atsuko Takahata, Yuki Matsushita[10][11]
Untitled Miwa Nishikawa projectMiwa NishikawaTBA[12]
Gintama anime film projectTakashi KoizumiKōji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Min Tanaka, Tatsuya Nakadai[13][14][15]
HokusaiHajime HashimotoYūya Yagira, Min Tanaka, Hiroshi Abe, Eita, Hiroshi Tamaki[16][17]
At That Time.Rikiya ImaizumiTori Matsuzaka[18]
Inu-OhMasaaki YuasaTBA[19][20]
Eureka: Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven: Hi-EvolutionTomoki Kyoda, Hisatoshi ShimizuKeiji Fujiwara, Kaori Nazuka, Toshiyuki Morikawa[21][22][23]
Signal the MovieHajime HashimotoKentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise, Kazuki Kitamura[24][25]
Shin UltramanShinji HiguchiTakumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi Tanaka[26][27][28][29]
ZokkiNaoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, Takumi SaitohTBA[30][31]
The Great Rice RiotsKatsuhide MotokiMao Inoue, Mari Natsuki, Takahiro Miura, Rie Shibata[32][33]
Chasing the LightYoichi NaritaTsubasa Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Nagasawa, Rina Ikoma, Toshirō Yanagiba[34][35]
First LoveYukihiko TsutsumiKeiko Kitagawa[36][37]
Brave: Gunjō SenkiKatsuyuki MotohiroMackenyu, Haruma Miura, Hirona Yamazaki, Kenichi Matsuyama[38][39][40]
What Did You Eat Yesterday?Kazuhito NakaeHidetoshi Nishijima, Seiyō Uchino, Koji Yamamoto, Hayato Isomura[41][42]
God of KinemaYoji YamadaKenji Sawada, Masaki Suda, Mei Nagano, Nobuko Miyamoto[43][44]
Pathetic CinderellaRyohei WatanabeTao Tsuchiya[45][46]
Child of Kamiari MonthTBAAyu Makita, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyu Irino[47][48]
Parasite in LoveKensaku KakimotoNana Komatsu, Kento Hayashi[49][50]
Rurouni Kenshin: The FinalKeishi ŌtomoTakeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Mackenyu, Munetaka Aoki, Yū Aoi, Yōsuke Eguchi[51][52]
Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningKeishi ŌtomoTakeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Kazuki Kitamura, Yōsuke Eguchi[53][52]
Yakuza and The FamilyMichito FujiGō Ayano, Hiroshi Tachi[54][55]
The End of the Tiny WorldYūichi SatōTakanori Iwata, Mackenyu[56][57]
Liar × LiarSaiji YakumoNana Mori, Hokuto Matsumura[58][59]

See also
  • 2021 in Japan
  • 2021 in Japanese television
  • List of 2021 box office number-one films in Japan
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