List of Japanese films of 2021


This is a list of Japanese films that are scheduled to release in 2021.

Highest-grossing films

The following is a list of the 10 highest-grossing Japanese films released at the Japanese box office during 2021.
RankTitleGross
1Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
3Belle
4Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film: Record of Memories
5Tokyo Revengers
6Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
7The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
8We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
8Masquerade Night
10My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

Film releases

Delayed or postponed

Below is a list of films delayed or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
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D		The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't KillKan EguchiJunichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Yurina Hirate, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Mizuki Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Jun Kurose, Yoshi InoshitaFebruary 5, 2021June 16, 2021
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D		The Door into SummerTakahiro MikiKento Yamazaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Naohito Fujiki, Natsuna, Hidekazu Majima, Rin TakanashiFebruary 19, 2021June 25, 2021
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D		Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021Shin YamaguchiWasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru KimuraMarch 5, 2021March 11, 2022
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D		It's a Flickering LifeYoji YamadaKenji Sawada, Masaki Suda, Mei Nagano, Nobuko Miyamoto, Yojiro Noda, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinobu Terajima, Keiko Kitagawa, Lily Franky, Jun Shison, Oshiro MaedaDecember 2020
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D		Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu AcademyWataru TakahashiYumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi KōrogiApril 23, 2021July 30, 2021
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D		Earwig and the WitchGorō MiyazakiKokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Sherina Munaf, Yuji UedaApril 29, 2021August 25, 2021
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D		Remain in TwilightDaigo MatsuiRyo Narita, Kengo Kora, Ryuya Wakaba, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Kenta Hamano, Rikki Metsugi, Atsuko Maeda, Yu Shirota, Marie Iitoyo, Rio Uchida, Kika KobayashiApril 29, 2021May 12, 2021
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D		Gekijouban Police × Heroine Lovepatrina!: ~Kaitou kara no Chousen!, Rabu de patto Taihoseyo!~Takashi MiikeMiyu Watanabe, Rina Yamaguchi, Yui Yamashita, Yūra Sugiura, Minami Hishida, Kira Yamaguchi, Toa Harada, Ran Ishii, Keiji Kuroki, Saeko Kamijō, Seishiro Kato, Shingo YanagisawaApril 29, 2021May 21, 2021
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D		Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler Part 2Tsutomu HanabusaMinami Hamabe, Mahiro Takasugi, Aoi Morikawa, Ruka Matsuda, Yūma Yamoto, Taishi Nakagawa, Natsumi Okamoto, Miki Yanagi, Sayuri Matsumura, Elaiza Ikeda, Ryusei FujiiApril 29, 2021June 1, 2021
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D		Jump!! The Heroes Behind the GoldKen IizukaKei Tanaka, Tao Tsuchiya, Yūki Yamada, Gordon Maeda, Atsushi Maeda, Nao Kosaka, Motoki Ochiai, Takayuki HamatsuJune 19, 2020
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D		Knights of Sidonia: Ai Tsumugu HoshiHiroyuki Seshita, Tadahiro YoshihiraRyōta Ōsaka, Aya Suzaki, Aki Toyosaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayane Sakura, Eri Kitamura, Sayaka OharaMay 14, 2021June 4, 2021
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D		Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's FlashShūkō MuraseKenshō Ono, Reina Ueda, Junichi Suwabe, Soma Saito, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yui IshikawaJuly 23, 2020
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D		A Croco Who Will Die in 100 DaysShinichiro Ueda, Miyuki FukudaRyūnosuke Kamiki, Tomoya Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Yuko ArakiMay 28, 2021July 9, 2021
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D		The Deer KingMasashi Ando, Masayuki MiyajiShinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui Kimura, Yoshito Yasuhara, Toaru SakuraiSeptember 18, 2020
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D		The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiTakashi KoizumiKōji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Kyōko Kagawa, Min Tanaka, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kento Nagayama, Kyoko Yoshine, Ryota Bando, Masahiro HigashideJuly 1, 2021June 17, 2022
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D		Inu-OhMasaaki YuasaAvu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yutaka MatsushigeSeptember 9, 2021 May 28, 2022
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D		Riverside MukolittaNaoko OgigamiKenichi Matsuyama, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hikari MitsushimaNovember 5, 2021September 16, 2022
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D		TruthYukihiko TsutsumiKotoha Hiroyama, Ayano Fukumiya, Tomomi Kono2021January 7, 2022
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D		Shin UltramanShinji HiguchiTakumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi TanakaSummer 2021May 13, 2022