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This is a list of films released in Japan in 1961 . In 1961, there were 7231 movie theatres in Japan, with 4991 showing only domestic films and 1468 showing both domestic and imported films. In total, there were 535 Japanese films released in 1961. In total, domestic films grossed 29,445 million yen in 1961.
List of films
Japanese films released in 1961
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Achan no bebii gyangu
Toshio Sugie
Keiju Kobayashi , Keiko Awaji , Mie Hama
—
Awamori-kun uridasu
Kengo Furusawa
Kyu Sakamoto , Kayoko Moriyama , Jerry Fujio
Comedy
Bad Boys
Susumu Hani
Yukio Yamada , Hirokazu Yoshitake , Koichiro Yamazaki
—
Blind Devotion
Teinosuke Kinugasa
—
—
[ 7]
Blood on the Sea
Senkichi Taniguchi
Yuzo Kayama , Yosuke Natsuki , Makoto Satō
Adventure
Buddha
Kenji Misumi
Kojiro Hongo , Charito Solis , Shintaro Katsu
—
Challenge to Live
Eizo Sugawa
Tatsuya Mihashi , Yoko Tsukasa
—
Daigaku no Wakadaishō
Toshio Sugie
Yūzō Kayama , Yuriko Hoshi , Reiko Dan
—
Death on the Mountain
Toshio Sugie
Takashi Wada , Kiyoshi Kodama , Kyoko Kagawa
—
The End of Summer
Yasujirō Ozu
Setsuko Hara , Chishu Ryu , Kuniko Miyake
Drama
[ 14]
Girl of Dark
Kinuyo Tanaka
Chisako Hara , Akemi Kita , Chikage Awashima
—
Hanakurabe tanuki dochu
—
—
—
[citation needed ]
Immortal Love
Keisuke Kinoshita
Hideko Takamine , Yoshi Kato , Keiji Sada
Romance
[ 16]
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Koji Ota
Sonny Chiba , Kappei Matsumoto , Mitsue Komiya
Science fiction
[ 18]
Kawachi fudoki-Zoku oiroke seppo
Kozo Saeki
Hisaya Morishige , Chisako Hara , Tadao Takashima
Comedy
Kaze to kumo totoride
—
—
—
[citation needed ]
Kill the Killer!
Kozo Saeki
Yosuke Natsuki , Kumi Mizuno , Tatsuya Mihashi
—
The Last War
Shue Matsubayashi
Frankie Sakai , Nobuko Otowa , Akira Takarada
Drama, science fiction
[ 20]
A Man in Red
Ishiro Honda
Makoto Satō , Yumi Shirakawa , Akira Kubo
—
Mito komon umi o wataru
—
—
—
[citation needed ]
Moriya Hiroshi no sandogasa shiriizu - Arigataya sandogasa
Jun Fukuda
Hiroshi Moriya , Mie Hama , Makoto Satō
Action
Mothra
Ishirō Honda
Frankie Sakai , Hiroshi Koizumi , Kyoko Kagawa
Science fiction
[ 22]
A Night in Hongkong
Yasuki Chiba
Akira Takarada , Yu Ming , Yoko Tsukasa
Romantic melodrama
Japanese-Hong Kong co-production
Obon's Dipping Contest
Kozo Saeki
Yoshie Mizutani , Ichiro Arishima , Sonoarni Nakajima
Comedy
The Other Woman
Mikio Naruse
Hideko Takamine , Masayuki Mori , Chikage Awashima
Drama
Pigs and Battleships
Shohei Imamura
Hiroyuki Nagato , Jitsuko Yoshimura , Shiro Osaka
Crime
[ 25]
Playboy President-Part II
Shue Matsubayashi
Hisaya Morishige , Keiju Kobayashi , Reiko Dan
Comedy
Procurers of Hell
Kihachi Okamoto
Tatsuya Mihashi , Reiko Dan , Jun Tazaki
—
Saraiiman Yajikita dochu
Nobuo Aoyagi
Tadao Takashima , Yumi Shirakawa , Yu Fujiki
Comedy
Shinnyushain juban shobu
Eiji Iwaki
Jun Funato , Kumi Mizuno , Keiko Yanagawa
—
Sir Galahad in Campus
Toshio Sugie
Yuzo Kayama , Ichiro Arishima , Choko Iida
—
Snow in the South Seas
Seiji Hisamatsu
Daisuke Kato , Hisaya Morishige , Junzaburo Ban
—
A Soldier's Prayer
Masaki Kobayashi
Tatsuya Nakadai , Michiyo Aratama , Taketoshi Naito
War, drama
[ 27]
Ten Dark Women
Kon Ichikawa
Keiko Kishi , Fujiko Yamamoto , Mariko Miyagi
Comedy-drama
[ 29]
Toiretto bucho
Masanori Kakei
Ryo Ikebe , Keiko Awaji , Mitsuko Mori
—
Tough Guy
Tokuzo Tanaka
Shintaro Katsu , Kiro Tamiya , Tamao Nakamura
—
Tough Guy, Part 2
—
—
—
[citation needed ]
Urban Affairs
Seiji Hisamatsu
Hisaya Morishige , Frankie Sakai , Junzaburo Ban
Comedy
Witness Killed
Jun Fukuda
Tatsuya Mihashi , Makoto Satō , Yuriko Hoshi
Thriller
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa
Toshiro Mifune , Eijiro Tono , Kamatari Fujiwara
Adventure
[ 33]
The Youth and His Amulet
Hiroshi Inagaki
Toru Koyanagi , Hisako Sakabe , Toshiro Mifune
Fantasy drama
Yuzo Kayama
—
—
—
[citation needed ]
Zoku Akumyō
—
—
—
[citation needed ]
Zoku Sarariiman Yaji Kita Dochu
Nobuo Aoyagi
Tadao Takashima , Yumi Shirakawa , Yu Fujiki
—
References
^ "Midaregami" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "The End of Summer" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Eien No Hito" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Eder, Bruce. "Invasion of the Neptune Men" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Ankeny, Jason. "Sekai Daisenso" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Firsching, Robert. "Mothra (1961)" . AllMovie . Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Mannikka, Eleanor. "Pigs and Battleships" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Erickson, Hal. "Human Condition, Part 3: A Soldier's Prayer" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Vick, Tom. "Kuroi Junin No Onna" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
^ Erickson, Hal . "Yojimbo (1961)" . AllMovie. Retrieved August 31, 2016 .
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