List of Japanese films of 2021

Yuya ŋɔ nyɛla Japanese shinii  shɛŋa din daa bahi yuuni 2021.

Highest-grossing films
Din doli na ŋɔ nyɛla 10 highest-grossing Japanese shinii shɛŋa din daa bahi Japanese box office yuuni 2021.

 Rank  Title  Gross 1 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time  () 2 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet  () 3 Belle  () 4 Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film: Record of Memories  () 5 Tokyo Revengers  () 6 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final  () 7 The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms  () 8 We Made a Beautiful Bouquet  () 8 Masquerade Night  () 10 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission  ()

Film releases
January–March
 Opening Title Director Cast JANUARY 1 Seitokai Yakuindomo 2  Hiromitsu Kanazawa  Shintarō Asanuma, Yōko Hikasa, Satomi Satō, Sayuri Yahagi, Satomi Arai, Chiaki Omigawa, Yū Kobayashi, Asami Shimoda  8 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie -Part I-  Chiaki Kon  Kotono Mitsuishi, Hisako Kanemoto, Rina Satō, Ami Koshimizu, Shizuka Itō, Misato Fukuen, Kenji Nojima, Junko Minagawa, Sayaka Ohara, Ai Maeda, Yukiyo Fujii, Ryō Hirohashi, Taishi Murata, Shoko Nakagawa, Naomi Watanabe, Nanao  Gintama: The Final  Takashi Koizumi  Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Mikako Takahashi, Akira Ishida, Takehito Koyasu   Angry Rice Wives  Katsuhide Motoki  Mao Inoue, Takahiro Miura, Mari Natsuki, Shinosuke Tatekawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Sawa Suzuki   Perfect Strangers  Michio Mitsuno  Noriyuki Higashiyama, Honami Suzuki, Takako Tokiwa, Toru Masuoka, Hiromasa Taguchi, Haruka Kinami   15 Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor  Takahiro Omori, Hideaki Itō  Hiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kazuma Horie, Takaya Kuroda, Akemi Okamura, Chō, Takashi Matsuyama, Hiroshi Shimozaki, Hisako Kanemoto   Over the Years: Lovers  Gao Chen-di  Kazunobu Mineta, Manami Hashimoto, Pipi Yao, Oscar Zhou, Yu Pei-Jen, Yu Hongxiu, Nahana   16Nezura 1964Hiroto YokokawaYukijirō Hotaru, Kazuma Yoneyama, Norman England, Ippei Osako, Yoshiro Uchida, Shirō Sano, Noboru Sato, Mai Saito, Mach Fumiake, Masanori Kikuzawa, Himawari Ono, Bin Furuya, Akira Ohashi  22 The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window  Yukihiro Morigaki  Masaki Okada, Jun Shison, Yurina Hirate, Kenichi Takitō, Michitaka Tsutsui, Makita Sports   29 The Master Plan  Yūichi Satō  Takanori Iwata, Mackenyu Arata, Anna Yamada, Anne Nakamura, Kenjirō Ishimaru, Kohei Otomo, Akira Emoto  A Family  Michihito Fuji  Gō Ayano, Hiroshi Tachi, Machiko Ono, Yukiya Kitamura, Hayato Ichihara, Hayato Isomura  We Made a Beautiful Bouquet  Nobuhiro Doi  Masaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Kanata Hosoda, Hanae Kan, Haya Nakazaki, Hisato Kokubo, Kumi Takiuchi  Omoide Shashin  Naoto Kumazawa  Mai Fukagawa, Kengo Kora, Karina Nose, Arata Iura, Ikko Furuya, Kazuko Yoshiyuki FEBRUARY 5 The Cinderella Addiction  Ryohei Watanabe  Tao Tsuchiya, Kei Tanaka, Coco, Anna Yamada, Teacher, Wako Ando, Miho Kanazawa, Atom Mizuishi, Yasuhi Nakamura, Bokuzo Masana   Horimiya & Co.  Hana Matsumoto  Ouji Suzuka, Sayu Kubota, Haru Takagi, Jin Suzuki, Rion Okamoto, Akira Onodera, Aya Marsh, Sakura, Ryōsuke Sota   Suicide Forest Village  Takashi Shimizu  Anna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguchi, Fuju Kamio, Yuki Kura, Haruka Kudo, Rinka Otani   11 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie -Part II-  Chiaki Kon  Kotono Mitsuishi, Hisako Kanemoto, Rina Satō, Ami Koshimizu, Shizuka Itō, Misato Fukuen, Kenji Nojima, Junko Minagawa, Sayaka Ohara, Ai Maeda, Yukiyo Fujii, Ryō Hirohashi, Taishi Murata, Shoko Nakagawa, Naomi Watanabe, Nanao  Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 1  Masaki Tachibana  Aoi Koga, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, Nozomi Furuki, Takayuki Sugō, Miyuki Sawashiro, Takumi Yamazaki, Takaya Hashi, Yūko Iida  12 Under the Open Sky  Miwa Nishikawa  Kōji Yakusho, Taiga Nakano, Isao Hashizume, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryu, Midoriko Kimura, Masami Nagasawa   First Love  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  Keiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyoko Yoshine, Itsuji Itao, Hoshi Ishida, Sho Kiyohara   19 Liar × Liar  Saiji Yakumo  Nana Mori, Hokuto Matsumura, Yuta Koseki, Mayu Hotta, Ryuya Shimekake, Shunya Itabashi  In Those Days  Rikiya Imaizumi  Tori Matsuzaka, Taiga Nakano, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryuya Wakaba, Tateto Serizawa, Kentaro Kokado, Hiroto Oshita, Kenta Kiguchi   20 Mashin Sentai Kiramager THE MOVIE: Bee-Bop Dream  Kyohei Yamaguchi  Rio Komiya, Rui Kihara, Yume Shinjo, Atomu Mizuishi, Mio Kudo, Kohei Shoji, Daimaou Kosaka, Inori Minase, Mitsu Dan  Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!Shojiro NakazawaKiita Komagine, Shintarō Asanuma, Yuki Kaji, Yume Miyamoto, Takuya Sato 26 Aristocrats  Yukiko Sode  Mugi Kadowaki, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kora, Shizuka Ishibashi, Rio Yamashita, Kenta Satoi, Yukiko Shinohara, Kei Ishibashi, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryoka Minamide  Under the Turquoise Sky  Kentaro  Yuya Yagira, Sahel Rosa, Akaji Maro, Jun Nishiyama, Taro Suwa, Nori Sato  MARCH 5 The Sun Stands Still  Eiichirō Hasumi  Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ryoma Takeuchi, Han Hyo-joo, Byun Yo-han, Hayato Ichihara, Sara Minami, Kōichi Satō, Arisa Yagi  Aria the Crepusculo  Junichi Sato, Takahiro Natori  Ryō Hirohashi, Rina Satō, Ai Kayano, Akeno Watanabe, Erino Hazuki, Sayaka Ohara  No Call No Life  Aya Igashi  Mio Yūki, Yuki Inoue, Atsuhiro Inukai, Sakurako Konishi, Aina Yamada, Kita Komagine, Atsushi Shinohara, Rikuto Kumaki   8 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time  Hideaki Anno  Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Maaya Sakamoto, Kotono Mitsuishi   12 Brave: Gunjō Senki  Katsuyuki Motohiro  Mackenyu, Haruma Miura, Hirona Yamazaki, Kenichi Matsuyama, Tatsuomi Hamada, Jin Suzuki, Shodai Fukuyama, Takuro Nagata    Love, Life and Goldfish  Yukinori Makabe  Onoe Matsuya II, Kanako Momota, Hayato Kakizawa, Nichole Ishida, Hiroshi Yazaki, Hitoe Okubo, Misato Shimizu, Mizuki Tsujimoto  19 Healin' Good Pretty Cure: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of Dreams  Akira Ikeda  Aoi Yūki, Natsu Yorita, Hiyori Kono, Suzuko Mimori, Ai Kakuma, Hana Takeda   Tropical-Rouge! Precure: Petite Dive! Collaboration Dance Party!  Takashi Otsuka  Ai Fairouz, Yumiri Hanamori, Yui Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Rina Hidaka, Aimi Tanaka   Caution, Hazardous Wives!  Tōya Satō  Haruka Ayase, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kosuke Suzuki, Kenshi Okada, Atsuko Maeda, Shingo Tsurumi, Naomasa Musaka, Shirō Sano  You're Not Normal, Either  Kōji Maeda  Ryo Narita, Kaya Kiyohara, Kasumi Yamaya, Yuki Kura, Rika Izumi, Kotaro Koizumi  26 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction  Daihachi Yoshida  Yo Oizumi, Mayu Matsuoka, Kōichi Sato, Elaiza Ikeda, Hio Miyazawa, Takumi Saitoh, Tomoya Nakamura  The Blue Danube  Akira Ikeda  Kou Maehara, Hiroki Konno, Hiroki Nakajima, Naoya Shimizu, Manami Hashimoto, Tarō Yabe, Kyūsaku Shimada, Hairi Katagiri  Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinraiMasaya KakehiDaisuke Nakagawa, Syuya Sunagawa, Daichi Yamaguchi, Satsuki Nakayama, Noa Tsurushima, Jai West

 April–June 
 Opening Title Director Cast APRIL 2 Signal the Movie  Hajime Hashimoto  Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuichi Kimura, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Kaede Aono, Tetta Sugimoto, Nao   Zokki  Naoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, Takumi Saitoh  Riho Yoshioka, Fuku Suzuki, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Yurina Yanagi, Sara Minami, Masanobu Ando, Pierre Taki, Yusaku Mori, Joe Kujo, Aso Kiryu   Over the Town  Rikiya Imaizumi  Ryuya Wakaba, Moeka Hoshi, Kotone Furukawa, Minori Hagiwara, Seina Nakata, Yukino Murakami, Yuto Endo, Shiori Ueno  Homunculus  Takashi Shimizu  Gō Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii, Anna Ishii, Seiyō Uchino   9 My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy  Sabu  Taishi Nakagawa, Anna Ishii, Kai Inowaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Airi Matsui, Takumi Kitamura  The Supporting Actors: The Movie  Daigo Matsui  Tomorowo Taguchi, Yutaka Matsushige, Ken Mitsuishi, Kenichi Endō, Gaku Hamada, Tokio Emoto, Mirai Shida, Nanao, Mahiro Takasugi, Kyoko Yoshine, Yosuke Sugino, Amane Okayama, Masanobu Katsumura, Miyu Honda, Kasumi Arimura, Daichi Kaneko   A Garden of Camellias  Yoshihiko Ueda  Sumiko Fuji, Shim Eun-kyung, Seiichi Tanabe, Koji Shimizu, Junko Uchida, Ayu Kitamura, Toko Miura, Shōhei Uno   Blue  Keisuke Yoshida  Kenichi Matsuyama, Fumino Kimura, Tokio Emoto, Masahiro Higashide, Shuto Moriya, Ayuri Yoshinaga, Kinya Nagase, Shinichiro Matsuura   10Osaka Loan SharkIshihara TakahiroMasaki Reiya, Sakakibara Tetsuji, Asai Daichi 16 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet  Chika Nagaoka  Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kenichi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yukiko Iwai, Ikue Ōtani  23 BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia  Kōdai Kakimoto, Atsushi Mimura  Aina Aiba, Haruka Kudō, Yuki Nakashima, Megu Sakuragawa, Kanon Shizaki   Rurouni Kenshin: The Final  Keishi Ōtomo  Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Mackenyu, Munetaka Aoki, Yū Aoi, Tao Tsuchiya, Kasumi Arimura, Yōsuke Eguchi, Ryunosuke Kamiki  29 Mashin Sentai Kiramager VS. Ryusoulger  Koichi Sakamoto  Rio Komiya, Rui Kihara, Yume Shinjo, Atomu Mizuishi, Mio Kudo, Kohei Shoji, Hayate Ichinose, Keito Tsuna, Ichika Osaki, Yuito Obara, Tatsuya Kishida, Katsumi Hyodo, Inori Minase, Sora Tamaki, Nashiko Momotsuki   Funny Bunny  Satoshi Kenmochi  Taishi Nakagawa, Amane Okayama, Megumi Seki, Kokora Morita, Yukino Goto, Rainy, Yutaro, Shunsuke Tanaka  MAY 7 Love and the Grand Tug-of-war  Kiyoshi Sasabe  Takahiro Miura, Kang Ji-young, Manami Higa, Mako Ishino  12 Remain in Twilight  Daigo Matsui  Ryo Narita, Kengo Kora, Ryuya Wakaba, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Kenta Hamano, Rikki Metsugi, Atsuko Maeda, Yu Shirota, Marie Iitoyo, Rio Uchida, Kika Kobayashi   21 A Morning of Farewell  Izuru Narushima  Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tori Matsuzaka, Suzu Hirose, Yoko Minamino, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eiko Koike, Yusuke Iseya, Shigeru Izumiya   Gekijouban Police × Heroine Lovepatrina!: ~Kaitou kara no Chousen!, Rabu de patto Taihoseyo!~  Takashi Miike  Miyu Watanabe, Rina Yamaguchi, Yui Yamashita, Yūra Sugiura, Minami Hishida, Kira Yamaguchi, Toa Harada, Ran Ishii, Keiji Kuroki, Saeko Kamijou, Seishiro Kato, Shingo Yanagisawa  End-of-Life Concierge  Hideyuki Katsuki  Masaru Mizuho, Isao Hashizume, Atsuko Takahata, Yuki Matsushita   Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale  Kazuaki Seki  Mei Nagano, Alice Hirose, Nanao, Rina Kawaei, Miyuki Oshima, Satoru Matsuo, Tomomi Maruyama, Masanobu Katsumura, Eiko Koike   28 Hokusai  Hajime Hashimoto  Yūya Yagira, Min Tanaka, Hiroshi Abe, Eita, Hiroshi Tamaki, Miori Takimoto, Kanji Tsuda, Munetaka Aoki, Seishū Uragami, Haruka Imou  Tomorrow's Dinner Table  Takahisa Zeze  Miho Kanno, Mitsuki Takahata, Machiko Ono, Ryo Togawa JUNE 1 Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler Part 2  Tsutomu Hanabusa  Minami Hamabe, Mahiro Takasugi, Aoi Morikawa, Ruka Matsuda, Yūma Yamoto, Taishi Nakagawa, Natsumi Okamoto, Miki Yanagi, Sayuri Matsumura, Elaiza Ikeda, Ryusei Fujii   4 Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning  Keishi Ōtomo  Takeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Issey Takahashi, Nijiro Murakami, Masanobu Ando, Kazuki Kitamura, Yōsuke Eguchi, Towa Araki, Mayu Hotta, Masataka Kubota  Pompo: The Cinéphile  Takayuki Hirao  Hiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Rinka Otani, Ai Kakuma  Brothers in Brothel  Takumi Saitoh, Jiro Sato  Takayuki Yamada, Riisa Naka, Yoko Kondo, Ririne Sasano  Revue Starlight the Movie  Tomohiro Furukawa  Momoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Maho Tomita, Aina Aiba, Haruki Iwata, Hinata Satō  HeartBeats  Hiroto Takahashi  Hidaka Ukisho, Sei Shiraishi, Mizuki Itagaki, Naoka Hara, Hana Kawamura, Jiei Wakabayashi   Gray Zone  Hiroshi  Hiroshi, Manaka Nishihara, Hikaru Aoyama, Soto Kurojo, Nana Wada, Yuji Naniwa   Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars  Hiroyuki Seshita, Tadahiro Yoshihira  Ryōta Ōsaka, Aya Suzaki, Aki Toyosaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayane Sakura, Eri Kitamura, Sayaka Ohara   11 Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko  Ayumu Watanabe  Shinobu Otake, Cocomi, Natsuki Hanae, Hiro Shimono, Ikuji Nakamura, Riho Yoshioka, Matsuko Deluxe, Izumi Ishii  Farewell, My Dear Cramer  Seiki Takuno  Miyuri Shimabukuro, Shion Wakayama, Kōki Uchiyama, Ryōta Ōsaka   Character  Akira Nagai  Masaki Suda, Fukase, Shun Oguri, Mitsuki Takahata, Nakamura Shidō II, Yoshiki Fujieda  Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash  Shūkō Murase  Kenshō Ono, Reina Ueda, Junichi Suwabe, Soma Saito, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yui Ishikawa   16 The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill  Kan Eguchi  Junichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Yurina Hirate, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Mizuki Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Jun Kurose, Yoshi Inoshita   18 Chocolat The Chocolate Witch  Tomonobu Moriwaki  Maho Yamaguchi, Yui Okada, Ken Nakajima, Hiyori Sakurada, Mei  Hata   She Came  Tatsuya Yamanishi  Kou Maehara, Hana Amano, Nao, Hirona Murata, Shusaku Kamikawa   Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold  Ken Iizuka  Kei Tanaka, Tao Tsuchiya, Yūki Yamada, Gordon Maeda, Atsushi Maeda, Nao Kosaka, Motoki Ochiai, Takayuki Hamatsu  Rika: Love Obsessed Psycho  Tsukuru Matsuki  Saki Takaoka, Hayato Ichihara, Rio Uchida, Kenji Mizuhashi, Ryutaro Okada, Naohiro Yamamoto   Aoba Family's Table  Soshi Matsumoto  Naomi Nishida, Miwako Ichikawa, Aino Kuribayashi, Uta Yorikawa   25 Arc  Kei Ishikawa  Kyoko Yoshine, Shinobu Terajima, Masaki Okada, Kurumi Shimizu, Kai Inowaki, Tsubasa Nakagawa  Itomichi  Satoko Yokohama  Ren Komai, Mei Kurokawa, Mayu Yokota, Ayumu Nakajima   The Door into Summer  Takahiro Miki  Kento Yamazaki, Kaya Kiyohara,  Naohito Fujiki, Natsuna, Hidekazu Majima, Rin Takanashi   The Journey  Kōbun Shizuno  Tōru Furuya, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazuya Nakai, Kotono Mitsuishi, Takaya Kuroda 

 July–September
 Opening Title Director Cast JULY 2 The Asian Angel  Yuya Ishii  Sosuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, Choi Hee-seo, Kim Min-jae, Kim Ye-eun  Napoleon and Me  Yusuke Koroyasu  Rina Takeda, Shogo Hama, Aya Ayano, Yuka Okabayashi, Asuka Nagayoshi, Sara Shiratori  The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light  Takayuki Hamana  Yuki Kaji, Sora Amamiya, Misaki Kuno, Aoi Yūki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Jun Fukuyama, Yuhei Takagi   9 Honey Lemon Soda  Kōji Shintoku  Raul, Ai Yoshikawa, Mayu Hotta, Tatsuomi Hamada, Ryota Bando, Natsumi Okamoto   The Crocodile That Lived for 100 Days  Shinichiro Ueda, Miyuki Fukuda  Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Tomoya Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Yuko Araki, First Summer Uika, Kaito, Kurumi Shimizu, Nobue Iketani  Kakushigoto  Yūta Murano  Hiroshi Kamiya, Rie Takahashi, Taku Yashiro, Kiyono Yasuno, Ayane Sakura, Ayumu Murase, Natsuki Hanae   Tokyo Revengers  Tsutomu Hanabusa  Takumi Kitamura, Yūki Yamada, Yosuke Sugino, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hayato Isomura, Shotaro Mamiya, Ryo Yoshizawa, Gordon Maeda, Hiroya Shimizu, Kazuki Horike, Mio Imada, Shuji Tagawa, Hinata Toda, Rion Takahashi  16 Belle  Mamoru Hosoda  Kaho Nakamura, Takeru Satoh, Ryo Narita, Shōta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro, Lilas Ikuta, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenjiro Tsuda, Mami Koyama, Mamoru Miyano, Michiko Shimizu, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Shachiyo Nakao   Kud Wafter  Kentarō Suzuki  Naomi Wakabayashi, Yui Horie, Tomoe Tamiyasu, Hikaru Midorikawa, Nobutoshi Canna, Yusei Oda   Country Beyond Starry Skies  Kazuya Konaka  Ouji Suzuka, Shiori Akita, Yusuke Sato, Rica Ihara, May Fukuda, Kokoro Hirasawa, Mayu Takahashi, Takuji Kawakubo, Narimi Arimori   22 Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop  Kyōhei Ishiguro  Somegoro Ichikawa XIII, Hana Sugisaki, Megumi Han, Natsuki Hanae, Yūichirō Umehara, Megumi Nakajima, Sumire Morohoshi, Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Kōichi Yamadera  Doggies Club!  Tetsuo Shinohara  Kento Hayashi, Taishi Nakagawa, Sakurako Ohara, Kodai Asaka, Momoko Tanabe, Tamae Ando, Harumi Shuhama, Ryota Bando, Rena Tanaka   Kamen Rider Saber + Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Super Hero Senki  Ryuta Tasaki  Shuichiro Naito, Kiita Komagine, Fuku Suzuki, Takaya Yamaguchi, Asuka Kawazu, Ryo Aoki, Shintaro Asanuma, Yuki Kaji, Yume Miyamoto, Takuya Sato, Atsuki Mashiko, Ayumi Tanida, Yuki Ikushima, Eiji Togashi, Hiroaki Oka, Tomohiro Ichikawa, Ken Shonozaki, Mei Angela,  Rina Chinen, Ikue Sakakibara, Mao Ichimichi, Toshihiko Seki, So Okuno, Shogo Suzuki, Atomu Mizuishi, Fumiya Takahashi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Ryota Suzuki, Satsumi Matsuda   30 Tom and Sawyer in the City  Hayato Kawai  Kairi Joe, Sakai Daichi, Watanabe Shinyu, Daichi Yoshiwara, Shinra Yamashita, Raichi Yoshiwara, Shinra Yamashita, Rikimaru, Hiroto Tamura  Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy  Wataru Takahashi  Yumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Mari Mashiba, Tamao Hayashi, Teiyū Ichiryūsai, Chie Satō  AUGUST 6  It's a Flickering Life  Yoji Yamada  Kenji Sawada, Masaki Suda, Mei Nagano, Nobuko Miyamoto, Yojiro Noda, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinobu Terajima, Keiko Kitagawa, Lily Franky, Jun Shison, Oshiro Maeda   Gift of Fire  Hiroshi Kurosaki  Yūya Yagira, Kasumi Arimura, Haruma Miura, Issey Ogata, Shinya Yamamoto, Peter Stormare, Masaki Miura, Shohei Uno   My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission  Kenji Nagasaki  Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuki Kaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Tetsu Inada, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kazuya Nakai  It’s a Summer Film  Soushi Matsumoto  Marika Itō, Daichi Kaneko, Yuumi Kawai, Kirara Inori, Shunya Itabashi, Mayu Koda, Yutaro, Seiichi Kohinata  13 The Great Yokai War: Guardians  Takashi Miike  Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Ray Inomata, Sakura Ando, Koji Okura, Takahiro Miura, Yuko Oshima, Eiji Akaso, Sumire, Kazuki Kitamura, Nanako Matsushima   20 Last of the Wolves  Kazuya Shiraishi  Tori Matsuzaka, Ryohei Suzuki, Nijiro Murakami, Nanase Nishino, Nakamura Baijaku II, Taichi Saotome  Drive My Car  Ryusuke Hamaguchi  Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tōko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada   One Summer Story  Shuichi Okita  Moka Kamishiraishi, Kanata Hosoda, Yudai Chiba, Kanji Furutachi, Yuki Saito, Etsushi Toyokawa  25 Earwig and the Witch  Gorō Miyazaki  Kokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Sherina Munaf, Yuji Ueda   Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!!  Munenori Nawa  Asuka Nishi, Manami Tanaka, Risa Taneda, Yumi Uchiyama, Nao Tōyama, Ayaka Suwa   Ninja Girl  Yu Irie  Saki Fukuda, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Neya Ryoka, Arata Iura   27 Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is War  Hayato Kawai  Sho Hirano, Kanna Hashimoto, Hayato Sano, Nana Asakawa, Yuuka Kageyama, Mayu Hotta, Haruka Fukuhara, Shunya Ishibashi, Fumiya Takahashi  The Abandoned House by the Cape  Shin'ya Kawatsura  Mana Ashida, Takuya Tasso, Shinobu Otake, Awano Sari  Every Trick in the Book  Hideta Takahata  Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tao Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Kazama, Nanase Nishino, Etsushi Toyokawa  Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Vulcan & ValkyrieMasaya KakehiRyutaro Okada, Hiroe Igeta, Noa Tsurushima, Ken Sugawara, Yui Narumi, Ami 201SEPTEMBER3 Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis  Hiroshi Kōjina  Junko Minagawa, Takashi Matsuyama, Mikako Takahashi, Ryōtarō Okiayu, Junichi Suwabe, Tomokazu Sugita   10  The Master  Hatsuki Yoko  Akira 100%, Megumi Abe, Maki Miyamoto, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Hideo Sakaki, Yamaguchi Shigehiro   Morning Sun Lies on the Beach  Yuki Tanada  Mitsuki Takahata, Kayoko Okubo, Kyotaro Yanagiya   The Woman of SRI: The Movie  Ryosuke Kanesaki  Yasuko Sawaguchi, Mayumi Wakamura, Toru Kazama, Saito Satoru, Shu Watanabe, Hikaru Yamamoto   Moonlight Shadow  Edmund Yeo  Nana Komatsu, Hio Miyazawa, Asami Usuda, Himi Sato   17 Masquerade Night  Masayuki Suzuki  Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yuki Izumisawa, Toshihide Tonesaku, Ren Ishikawa, Anne Nakamura  Free! The Final Stroke  Eisaku Kawanami  Nobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya   A Balance  Yujiro Harumoto  Kumi Takiuchi, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuumi Kawai, Masahiro Umeda, Yuya Matsuura   Eternally Younger Than Those Idiots  Ryuhei Yoshino  Yui Sakuma, Nao, Sho Kasamatsu, Seiichi Kohinata   Teacher, Please Sit Next to Me?  Takahiro Horie  Haru Kuroki, Tasuku Emoto, Daichi Kaneko, Nao, Jun Fubuki   23 Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 2  Masaki Tachibana  Aoi Koga, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, Nozomi Furuki, Takayuki Sugō, Miyuki Sawashiro, Hiroyuki Honda, Takumi Yamazaki, Takaya Hashi, Yūko Iida, Teruyuki Tanzawa, Rina Endō, Kazuyuki Okitsu  24  Intolerance  Keisuke Yoshida  Arata Furuta, Tori Matsuzaka, Tomoko Tabata, Keisetsu Fujiwara, Shuri, Shinobu Terajima   First Gentleman  Hayato Kawai  Kei Tanaka, Miki Nakatani, Shihori Kanjiya, Asuka Kudoh, Airi Matsui, Houka Kinoshita  My Daddy  Junichi Kanai  Tsuyoshi Muro, Nao Nakata, Katsuya Maiguma, Asami Usuda  

October–December 
 Opening Title Director Cast OCTOBER 1 In the Wake  Takahisa Zeze  Takeru Satoh, Hiroshi Abe, Kaya Kiyohara, Kento Hayashi, Eita Nagayama, Naoto Ogata   Chasing the Light  Yoichi Narita  Tsubasa Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Nagasawa, Rina Ikoma, Sena Nakajima, Taro Suruga, Hayato Onozuka   My Father's Tracks  Renpei Tsukamoto  Win Morisaki, Mai Fukagawa, Masahiko Nishimura, Riki Takeuchi, Ryuta Sato, Shunsuke Tanaka   DIVOC-12  Various  Sumiko Fuji, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Aju Makita, Shuri Nakamura, Yuri Nakamura, Mansaku Takata, Atsuko Maeda   8 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205  Kenji Yasuda  Daisuke Ono, Houko Kuwashima, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Kikuko Inoue, Masuo Amada, Tasuku Hatanaka, Nobuhiko Okamoto  Macross Delta the Movie: Absolute Live!!!!!!  Shōji Kawamori  Yūma Uchida, Minori Suzuki, Asami Seto, Ami Koshimizu, Kiyono Yasuno, Nozomi Nishida, Nao Tōyama, JUNNA   Dakaichi: Spain Arc  Naoyuki Tatsuwa  Hiroki Takahashi, Yūki Ono, Takuya Satō, Yuma Uchida, Kohsuke Toriumi, Wataru Hatano   Child of Kamiari Month  Takana Shirai  Aju Makita, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyu Irino, Riko Nagase, Chafurin, Wataru Takagi, Ko Shibasaki, Arata Iura   15  Daughter of Lupin  Hideki Takeuchi  Kyoko Fukada, Kōji Seto, Kanna Hashimoto, Louis Kurihara, Maju Osawa  Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai  Masato Harada  Junichi Okada, Kō Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryosuke Yamada, Hideaki Itō, Yuki Yamada  22 Cube  Yasuhiko Shimizu   Masaki Suda, Anne Watanabe, Masaki Okada, Hikaru Tashiro, Takumi Saito, Kotaro Yoshida   Unlock Your Heart  Rin Shuto  Anna Yamada, Ryuto Sakuma, Haruka Imou, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Aoba Kawai, Akari Kinoshita, Yuka Itaya, Misako Tanaka, Masato Hagiwara   23 Tropical-Rouge! Precure: Yuki no Princess! Kiseki no Yubiwa  Junji Shimizu  Fairouz Ai, Yumiri Hanamori, Yui Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Rina Hidaka, Aimi Tanaka, Marika Matsumoto, Nana Mizuki, Fumie Mizusawa, Houko Kuwashima, Aya Hisakawa, Taeko Kawata, Motoko Kumai, Kokoro Kikuchi, Akeno Watanabe  29  And So the Baton Is Passed  Tetsu Maeda  Mei Nagano, Kei Tanaka, Satomi Ishihara, Kenshi Okada, Kurumi Inagaki, Aya Asahina, Yuko Ando   Sing a Bit of Harmony  Yasuhiro Yoshiura  Tao Tsuchiya, Haruka Fukuhara, Asuka Kudoh, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Mikako Komatsu, Satoshi Hino   30 What Happened to Our Nest Eggs?!  Tetsu Maeda  Yūki Amami, Yutaka Matsushige, Yua Shinkawa, Toshiki Seto, Mitsuko Kusabue   Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night  Ayako Kawano  Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Inori Minase, Hiroaki Hirata, Hiroki Yasumoto, Rina Hidaka  NOVEMBER 3 What Did You Eat Yesterday?  Kazuhito Nakae  Hidetoshi Nishijima, Seiyō Uchino, Koji Yamamoto, Hayato Isomura   12 The Lone Ume Tree  Kotaro Wajima  Mariko Kaga, Muga Tsukaji, Ikkei Watanabe, Yoko Moriguchi, Taiyo Saito, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Reiko Takashima   Parasite in Love  Kensaku Kakimoto  Nana Komatsu, Kento Hayashi, Arata Iura, Ryo Ishibashi   Summer Ghost  Loundraw  Chiaki Kobayashi, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rina Kawaei  Kaizoku Sentai: Ten GokaigerShojiro NakazawaRyota Ozawa, Yuki Yamada, Mao Ichimichi, Kazuki Shimizu, Yui Koike, Junya Ikeda 19 The Mole Song: Final  Takashi Miike, Shinsuke Sato  Toma Ikuta, Ryohei Suzuki, Takashi Okamura, Nanao, Karen Takizawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kenichi Endō, Sarutoki Minagawa   Sanctuary X  Yu Irie  Masaki Okada, Haruna Kawaguchi, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Maho Yamada, Sho Yakumaru   26 Eureka: Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution  Tomoki Kyoda, Hisatoshi Shimizu  Kaori Nazuka, Rina Endō, Ami Koshimizu, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Michiko Neya, Mamoru Miyano   Chain  Yoshiho Fukuoka  Shusaku Kamikawa, Kenji Shio, Takanori Murai, Misa Wada, Nagiko Tsuji, Shiori Doi   See Your Curtain Goes Down  Seira Maeda  Rena Matsui, Miwako Kakei, Harumi Shuhama, Nanami Hidaka, Manami Enosawa, Kenta Kiguchi   Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film: Record of Memories  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  Masaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai  DECEMBER 3 Hula Fulla Dance  Seiji Mizushima, Shinya Watada  Haruka Fukuhara, Dean Fujioka, Yūki Yamada, Karen Miyama, Miu Tomita, Kaori Maeda  Mankai Movie A3!  Kenji Kurata  Ryugi Yokota, Takahashi Ryoya, Yuki Maeda, Toshiki Ishi, Yamato Furutani, Sho Jinnai   What She Likes...  Shogo Kusano  Fuju Kamio, Anna Yamada, Oshiro Maeda, Ryota Miura   9 Asakusa Kid  Hitori Gekidan  Yūya Yagira, Yo Oizumi, Honami Suzuki, Mugi Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Onoue, Morio Kazama  10 Your Turn to Kill: The Movie  Noriyoshi Sakuma  Tomoyo Harada, Kei Tanaka, Nanase Nishino, Ryusei Yokohama, Tetsushi Tanaka, Naoto Takenaka, Tae Kimura   Battleship Boys  Yuki Saito  Kanta Sato, Masaya Kato, Mayu Yamakura, Tatsuomi Hamada, Reiya Masaki, Wataru Ichinose   17 Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy  Ryusuke Hamaguchi  Kotone Furukawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Fusako Urabe   Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations  Takayuki Shibasaki  Kentaro Maeda, Subaru Kimura, Syuichiro Naito,  Wataru Hyuga, Takaya Yamaguchi, Ayaka Imoto, Ryo Aoki, Noritaka Hamao, Junya Komatsu, Miku Itō, Akiyoshi Nakao, Yui Asakura, Kurodo Hachijoin, Ken Shonozaki, Mei Angela, Rina Chinen  Struggling ManToshio LeeKen Yasuda, Eiko Koike, Okada Yui 24 Jujutsu Kaisen 0  Sunghoo Park  Megumi Ogata, Mikako Komatsu, Kōki Uchiyama, Tomokazu Seki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai   31 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie  Hisashi Kimura  Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hana Sugisaki   The End of the Pale Hour  Hana Matsumoto  Takumi Kitamura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yuki Inoue, Takashi Yamanaka, Raiku, Ken Sugawara, Aimi Satsukawa, Hitomi Takahashi  

Delayed or postponed
Shinii shɛŋa din yuya doli na ŋɔ daa nyɛla din daa di saha bee din bahibu saha daa tirisi ka di daliri nyɛla COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

 Status Title Director Cast Original release date New release date or action taken POSTPONED The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill  Kan Eguchi  Junichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Yurina Hirate, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Mizuki Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Jun Kurose, Yoshi Inoshita  February 5, 2021  June 16, 2021   The Door into Summer  Takahiro Miki  Kento Yamazaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Naohito Fujiki, Natsuna, Hidekazu Majima, Rin Takanashi  February 19, 2021  June 25, 2021   Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021  Shin Yamaguchi  Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru Kimura  March 5, 2021  March 11, 2022   It's a Flickering Life  Yoji Yamada  Kenji Sawada, Masaki Suda, Mei Nagano, Nobuko Miyamoto, Yojiro Noda, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinobu Terajima, Keiko Kitagawa, Lily Franky, Jun Shison, Oshiro Maeda  December 2020 (first time)  April 16, 2021 (second time)  August 6, 2021   Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy  Wataru Takahashi  Yumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi  April 23, 2021  July 30, 2021   Earwig and the Witch  Gorō Miyazaki  Kokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Sherina Munaf, Yuji Ueda  April 29, 2021  August 25, 2021   Remain in Twilight  Daigo Matsui  Ryo Narita, Kengo Kora, Ryuya Wakaba, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Kenta Hamano, Rikki Metsugi, Atsuko Maeda, Yu Shirota, Marie Iitoyo, Rio Uchida, Kika Kobayashi  April 29, 2021  May 12, 2021   Gekijouban Police × Heroine Lovepatrina!: ~Kaitou kara no Chousen!, Rabu de patto Taihoseyo!~  Takashi Miike  Miyu Watanabe, Rina Yamaguchi, Yui Yamashita, Yūra Sugiura, Minami Hishida, Kira Yamaguchi, Toa Harada, Ran Ishii, Keiji Kuroki, Saeko Kamijō, Seishiro Kato, Shingo Yanagisawa  April 29, 2021  May 21, 2021   Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler Part 2  Tsutomu Hanabusa  Minami Hamabe, Mahiro Takasugi, Aoi Morikawa, Ruka Matsuda, Yūma Yamoto, Taishi Nakagawa, Natsumi Okamoto, Miki Yanagi, Sayuri Matsumura, Elaiza Ikeda, Ryusei Fujii  April 29, 2021  June 1, 2021   Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold  Ken Iizuka  Kei Tanaka, Tao Tsuchiya, Yūki Yamada, Gordon Maeda, Atsushi Maeda, Nao Kosaka, Motoki Ochiai, Takayuki Hamatsu  June 19, 2020 (first time)  May 7, 2021 (second time)  June 18, 2021   Knights of Sidonia: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi  Hiroyuki Seshita, Tadahiro Yoshihira  Ryōta Ōsaka, Aya Suzaki, Aki Toyosaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayane Sakura, Eri Kitamura, Sayaka Ohara  May 14, 2021  June 4, 2021   Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash  Shūkō Murase  Kenshō Ono, Reina Ueda, Junichi Suwabe, Soma Saito, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yui Ishikawa  July 23, 2020 (first time)  May 21, 2021 (second time)  June 11, 2021   A Croco Who Will Die in 100 Days  Shinichiro Ueda, Miyuki Fukuda  Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Tomoya Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Yuko Araki  May 28, 2021  July 9, 2021   The Deer King  Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji  Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui Kimura, Yoshito Yasuhara, Toaru Sakurai  September 18, 2020 (first time)  September 10, 2021 (second time)  February 4, 2022  The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai  Takashi Koizumi  Kōji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Kyōko Kagawa, Min Tanaka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kento Nagayama, Kyoko Yoshine, Ryota Bando, Masahiro Higashide  July 1, 2021  June 17, 2022  Inu-Oh  Masaaki Yuasa  Avu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yutaka Matsushige  September 9, 2021 (78th VFF)  May 28, 2022   Riverside Mukolitta  Naoko Ogigami  Kenichi Matsuyama, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hikari Mitsushima  November 5, 2021  September 16, 2022  Truth  Yukihiko Tsutsumi  Kotoha Hiroyama, Ayano Fukumiya, Tomomi Kono  2021  January 7, 2022   Shin Ultraman  Shinji Higuchi  Takumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi Tanaka  Summer 2021  May 13, 2022  

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

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