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List of Japanese films of 2021

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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.

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1 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time ¥10.28 billion ($93.67 million)
2 Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet ¥7.65 billion ($69.7 million)
3 Belle ¥6.60 billion ($60.14 million)
4 Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film: Record of Memories ¥4.55 billion ($41.46 million)
5 Tokyo Revengers ¥4.50 billion ($41 million)
6 Rurouni Kenshin: The Final ¥4.35 billion ($39.64 million)
7 The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms ¥4.03 billion ($36.72 million)
8 We Made a Beautiful Bouquet ¥3.81 billion ($34.72 million)
8 Masquerade Night ¥3.81 billion ($34.72 million)
10 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission ¥3.39 billion ($30.89 million)
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Film releases

January–March

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Y		 1 Seitokai Yakuindomo 2Hiromitsu KanazawaShintarō Asanuma, Yōko Hikasa, Satomi Satō, Sayuri Yahagi, Satomi Arai, Chiaki Omigawa, Yū Kobayashi, Asami Shimoda[2][3][4]
8 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie -Part I-Chiaki KonKotono 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[5][6][7]
Gintama: The FinalTakashi KoizumiTomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Mikako Takahashi, Akira Ishida, Takehito Koyasu[8][9][10]
Angry Rice WivesKatsuhide MotokiMao Inoue, Takahiro Miura, Mari Natsuki, Shinosuke Tatekawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Sawa Suzuki[11][12]
Perfect StrangersMichio MitsunoNoriyuki Higashiyama, Honami Suzuki, Takako Tokiwa, Toru Masuoka, Hiromasa Taguchi, Haruka Kinami[13][14]
15 Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange VisitorTakahiro Omori, Hideaki ItōHiroshi Kamiya, Kazuhiko Inoue, Kazuma Horie, Takaya Kuroda, Akemi Okamura, Chō, Takashi Matsuyama, Hiroshi Shimozaki, Hisako Kanemoto[15][16][17]
Over the Years: LoversGao Chen-diKazunobu Mineta, Manami Hashimoto, Pipi Yao, Oscar Zhou, Yu Pei-Jen, Yu Hongxiu, Nahana[18][19]
16 Nezura 1964 Hiroto Yokokawa Yukijirō 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 [20]
22 The Night Beyond the Tricornered WindowYukihiro MorigakiMasaki Okada, Jun Shison, Yurina Hirate, Kenichi Takitō, Michitaka Tsutsui, Makita Sports[21][22][23]
29 The Master PlanYūichi SatōTakanori Iwata, Mackenyu Arata, Anna Yamada, Anne Nakamura, Kenjirō Ishimaru, Kohei Otomo, Akira Emoto[24][25]
A FamilyMichihito FujiiGō Ayano, Hiroshi Tachi, Machiko Ono, Yukiya Kitamura, Hayato Ichihara, Hayato Isomura[26][27]
We Made a Beautiful BouquetNobuhiro DoiMasaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Kanata Hosoda, Hanae Kan, Haya Nakazaki, Hisato Kokubo, Kumi Takiuchi[28][29]
Photograph of MemoriesNaoto KumazawaMai Fukagawa, Kengo Kora, Karina Nose, Arata Iura, Ikko Furuya, Kazuko Yoshiyuki[30][31]
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Y		 5 The Cinderella AddictionRyohei WatanabeTao Tsuchiya, Kei Tanaka, Coco, Anna Yamada, Teacher, Wako Ando, Miho Kanazawa, Atom Mizuishi, Yasuhi Nakamura, Bokuzo Masana[32][33]
Horimiya & Co.Hana MatsumotoOuji Suzuka, Sayu Kubota, Haru Takagi, Jin Suzuki, Rion Okamoto, Akira Onodera, Aya Marsh, Sakura, Ryōsuke Sota[34][35][36][37][38]
Suicide Forest VillageTakashi ShimizuAnna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguchi, Fuju Kamio, Yuki Kura, Haruka Kudo, Rinka Otani[39][40]
11 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie -Part II-Chiaki KonKotono 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[41][7]
Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 1Masaki TachibanaAoi Koga, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, Nozomi Furuki, Takayuki Sugō, Miyuki Sawashiro, Takumi Yamazaki, Takaya Hashi, Yūko Iida[42][43][44][45]
12 Under the Open SkyMiwa NishikawaKōji Yakusho, Taiga Nakano, Isao Hashizume, Yukiya Kitamura, Hakuryu, Midoriko Kimura, Masami Nagasawa[46][47]
First LoveYukihiko TsutsumiKeiko Kitagawa, Tomoya Nakamura, Kyoko Yoshine, Itsuji Itao, Hoshi Ishida, Sho Kiyohara[48][49]
19 Liar × LiarSaiji YakumoNana Mori, Hokuto Matsumura, Yuta Koseki, Mayu Hotta, Ryuya Shimekake, Shunya Itabashi[50][51]
In Those DaysRikiya ImaizumiTori Matsuzaka, Taiga Nakano, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryuya Wakaba, Tateto Serizawa, Kentaro Kokado, Hiroto Oshita, Kenta Kiguchi[52][53]
The Pledge to MegumiShow NobushiNatsuki Kasa, Daijiro Harada, Tomoko Ishimura, Gitan Ohtsuru, Masao Komatsu, Mineko Nishikawa[54]
20 Mashin Sentai Kiramager THE MOVIE: Bee-Bop DreamKyohei YamaguchiRio Komiya, Rui Kihara, Yume Shinjo, Atomu Mizuishi, Mio Kudo, Kohei Shoji, Daimaou Kosaka, Inori Minase, Mitsu Dan[55][56]
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger The Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!! Shojiro Nakazawa Kiita Komagine, Shintarō Asanuma, Yuki Kaji, Yume Miyamoto, Takuya Sato [57]
26 AristocratsYukiko SodeMugi Kadowaki, Kiko Mizuhara, Kengo Kora, Shizuka Ishibashi, Rio Yamashita, Kenta Satoi, Yukiko Shinohara, Kei Ishibashi, Takashi Yamanaka, Ryoka Minamide[58][59][60]
Under the Turquoise SkyKentaroYuya Yagira, Sahel Rosa, Akaji Maro, Jun Nishiyama, Taro Suwa, Nori Sato[61][62]
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Aria the CrepusculoJunichi Sato, Takahiro NatoriRyō Hirohashi, Rina Satō, Ai Kayano, Akeno Watanabe, Erino Hazuki, Sayaka Ohara[65][66]
No Call No LifeAya IgashiMio Yūki, Yuki Inoue, Atsuhiro Inukai, Sakurako Konishi, Aina Yamada, Kita Komagine, Atsushi Shinohara, Rikuto Kumaki[67][68]
8 Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a TimeHideaki AnnoMegumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Maaya Sakamoto, Kotono Mitsuishi[69][70][71][72]
12 Brave: Gunjō SenkiKatsuyuki MotohiroMackenyu, Haruma Miura, Hirona Yamazaki, Kenichi Matsuyama, Tatsuomi Hamada, Jin Suzuki, Shodai Fukuyama, Takuro Nagata[73][29][74][75]
Love, Life and GoldfishYukinori MakabeOnoe Matsuya II, Kanako Momota, Hayato Kakizawa, Nichole Ishida, Hiroshi Yazaki, Hitoe Okubo, Misato Shimizu, Mizuki Tsujimoto[76][77]
19 Healin' Good Pretty Cure: GoGo! Big Transformation! The Town of DreamsAkira IkedaAoi Yūki, Natsu Yorita, Hiyori Kono, Suzuko Mimori, Ai Kakuma, Hana Takeda[78][79][80]
Tropical-Rouge! Precure: Petite Dive! Collaboration Dance Party!Takashi OtsukaAi Fairouz, Yumiri Hanamori, Yui Ishikawa, Asami Seto, Rina Hidaka, Aimi Tanaka[81][82][83]
Caution, Hazardous Wives!Tōya SatōHaruka Ayase, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kosuke Suzuki, Kenshi Okada, Atsuko Maeda, Shingo Tsurumi, Naomasa Musaka, Shirō Sano[84][85][86][75]
You're Not Normal, EitherKōji MaedaRyo Narita, Kaya Kiyohara, Kasumi Yamaya, Yuki Kura, Rika Izumi, Kotaro Koizumi[87][88]
26 Kiba: The Fangs of FictionDaihachi YoshidaYo Oizumi, Mayu Matsuoka, Kōichi Sato, Elaiza Ikeda, Hio Miyazawa, Takumi Saitoh, Tomoya Nakamura[89][90][91]
The Blue DanubeAkira IkedaKou Maehara, Hiroki Konno, Hiroki Nakajima, Naoya Shimizu, Manami Hashimoto, Tarō Yabe, Kyūsaku Shimada, Hairi Katagiri[92][93]
Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai Masaya Kakehi Daisuke Nakagawa, Syuya Sunagawa, Daichi Yamaguchi, Satsuki Nakayama, Noa Tsurushima, Jai West [94]
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April–June

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L		 2 Signal the MovieHajime HashimotoKentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise, Kazuki Kitamura, Yuichi Kimura, Tetsuhiro Ikeda, Kaede Aono, Tetta Sugimoto, Nao[95][96][75]
ZokkiNaoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, Takumi SaitohRiho Yoshioka, Fuku Suzuki, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Yurina Yanagi, Sara Minami, Masanobu Ando, Pierre Taki, Yusaku Mori, Joe Kujo, Aso Kiryu[97][98]
Over the TownRikiya ImaizumiRyuya Wakaba, Moeka Hoshi, Kotone Furukawa, Minori Hagiwara, Seina Nakata, Yukino Murakami, Yuto Endo, Shiori Ueno[99][100]
HomunculusTakashi ShimizuGō Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii, Anna Ishii, Seiyō Uchino[101][102][103]
9 My Blood & Bones in a Flowing GalaxySabuTaishi Nakagawa, Anna Ishii, Kai Inowaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Airi Matsui, Takumi Kitamura[104][105][106]
The Supporting Actors: The MovieDaigo MatsuiTomorowo 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[107][108]
A Garden of CamelliasYoshihiko UedaSumiko Fuji, Shim Eun-kyung, Seiichi Tanabe, Koji Shimizu, Junko Uchida, Ayu Kitamura, Toko Miura, Shōhei Uno[109][110]
BlueKeisuke YoshidaKenichi Matsuyama, Fumino Kimura, Tokio Emoto, Masahiro Higashide, Shuto Moriya, Ayuri Yoshinaga, Kinya Nagase, Shinichiro Matsuura[111][112]
10 Osaka Loan Shark Ishihara Takahiro Masaki Reiya, Sakakibara Tetsuji, Asai Daichi [113]
16 Detective Conan: The Scarlet BulletChika NagaokaMinami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kenichi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yukiko Iwai, Ikue Ōtani[114][115][116][117]
23 BanG Dream! Episode of RoseliaKōdai Kakimoto, Atsushi MimuraAina Aiba, Haruka Kudō, Yuki Nakashima, Megu Sakuragawa, Kanon Shizaki[118][119][120]
Rurouni Kenshin: The FinalKeishi ŌtomoTakeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Mackenyu, Munetaka Aoki, Yū Aoi, Tao Tsuchiya, Kasumi Arimura, Yōsuke Eguchi, Ryunosuke Kamiki[121][122]
29 Mashin Sentai Kiramager VS. RyusoulgerKoichi SakamotoRio 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[123][124]
Funny BunnySatoshi KenmochiTaishi Nakagawa, Amane Okayama, Megumi Seki, Kokora Morita, Yukino Goto, Rainy, Yutaro, Shunsuke Tanaka[125][126]
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12 Remain in TwilightDaigo MatsuiRyo Narita, Kengo Kora, Ryuya Wakaba, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Kenta Hamano, Rikki Metsugi, Atsuko Maeda, Yu Shirota, Marie Iitoyo, Rio Uchida, Kika Kobayashi[129][130]
21 A Morning of FarewellIzuru NarushimaSayuri Yoshinaga, Tori Matsuzaka, Suzu Hirose, Yoko Minamino, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eiko Koike, Yusuke Iseya, Shigeru Izumiya[131][132][133]
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 Kamijou, Seishiro Kato, Shingo Yanagisawa[134][135]
End-of-Life ConciergeHideyuki KatsukiMasaru Mizuho, Isao Hashizume, Atsuko Takahata, Yuki Matsushita[136][137]
Jigoku no Hanazono: Office RoyaleKazuaki SekiMei Nagano, Alice Hirose, Nanao, Rina Kawaei, Miyuki Oshima, Satoru Matsuo, Tomomi Maruyama, Masanobu Katsumura, Eiko Koike[138][139]
28 HokusaiHajime HashimotoYūya Yagira, Min Tanaka, Hiroshi Abe, Eita, Hiroshi Tamaki, Miori Takimoto, Kanji Tsuda, Munetaka Aoki, Seishū Uragami, Haruka Imou[140][141][142]
Tomorrow's Dinner TableTakahisa ZezeMiho Kanno, Mitsuki Takahata, Machiko Ono, Ryo Togawa[143][144]
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4 Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningKeishi ŌtomoTakeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Issey Takahashi, Nijiro Murakami, Masanobu Ando, Kazuki Kitamura, Yōsuke Eguchi, Towa Araki, Mayu Hotta, Masataka Kubota[149][122]
Pompo: The CinéphileTakayuki HiraoHiroya Shimizu, Konomi Kohara, Rinka Otani, Ai Kakuma[150][151][152][153]
Brothers in BrothelTakumi Saitoh, Jiro SatoTakayuki Yamada, Riisa Naka, Yoko Kondo, Ririne Sasano[154][155][156]
Revue Starlight the MovieTomohiro FurukawaMomoyo Koyama, Suzuko Mimori, Maho Tomita, Aina Aiba, Haruki Iwata, Hinata Satō[157][158][159][160]
HeartBeatsHiroto TakahashiHidaka Ukisho, Sei Shiraishi, Mizuki Itagaki, Naoka Hara, Hana Kawamura, Jiei Wakabayashi[161][162]
Gray ZoneHiroshiHiroshi, Manaka Nishihara, Hikaru Aoyama, Soto Kurojo, Nana Wada, Yuji Naniwa[163][164]
Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the StarsHiroyuki Seshita, Tadahiro YoshihiraRyōta Ōsaka, Aya Suzaki, Aki Toyosaki, Hisako Kanemoto, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayane Sakura, Eri Kitamura, Sayaka Ohara[165][166][167]
11 Fortune Favors Lady NikukoAyumu WatanabeShinobu Otake, Cocomi, Natsuki Hanae, Hiro Shimono, Ikuji Nakamura, Riho Yoshioka, Matsuko Deluxe, Izumi Ishii[168][169][170]
Farewell, My Dear CramerSeiki TakunoMiyuri Shimabukuro, Shion Wakayama, Kōki Uchiyama, Ryōta Ōsaka[171][172][173]
CharacterAkira NagaiMasaki Suda, Fukase, Shun Oguri, Mitsuki Takahata, Nakamura Shidō II, Yoshiki Fujieda[174][175][75]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's FlashShūkō MuraseKenshō Ono, Reina Ueda, Junichi Suwabe, Soma Saito, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yui Ishikawa[176][177][4][178][179]
16 The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't KillKan EguchiJunichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Yurina Hirate, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Mizuki Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Jun Kurose, Yoshi Inoshita[180][181]
18 Chocolat The Chocolate WitchTomonobu MoriwakiMaho Yamaguchi, Yui Okada, Ken Nakajima, Hiyori Sakurada, Mei Hata[182][183]
She CameTatsuya YamanishiKou Maehara, Hana Amano, Nao, Hirona Murata, Shusaku Kamikawa[184][185]
Jump!! The Heroes Behind the GoldKen IizukaKei Tanaka, Tao Tsuchiya, Yūki Yamada, Gordon Maeda, Atsushi Maeda, Nao Kosaka, Motoki Ochiai, Takayuki Hamatsu[186][187][188][75]
Rika: Love Obsessed PsychoTsukuru MatsukiSaki Takaoka, Hayato Ichihara, Rio Uchida, Kenji Mizuhashi, Ryutaro Okada, Naohiro Yamamoto[189][190]
Aoba Family's TableSoshi MatsumotoNaomi Nishida, Miwako Ichikawa, Aino Kuribayashi, Uta Yorikawa[191][192]
25 ArcKei IshikawaKyoko Yoshine, Shinobu Terajima, Masaki Okada, Kurumi Shimizu, Kai Inowaki, Tsubasa Nakagawa[193][194]
ItoSatoko YokohamaRen Komai, Mei Kurokawa, Mayuu Yokota, Ayumu Nakajima[195][196]
The Door into SummerTakahiro MikiKento Yamazaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Naohito Fujiki, Natsuna, Hidekazu Majima, Rin Takanashi[197][198][199][75]
The JourneyKōbun ShizunoTōru Furuya, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazuya Nakai, Kotono Mitsuishi, Takaya Kuroda[200][201][202]
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Y		 2 The Asian AngelYuya IshiiSosuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, Choi Hee-seo, Kim Min-jae, Kim Ye-eun[203][204][205]
Napoleon and MeYusuke KoroyasuRina Takeda, Shogo Hama, Aya Ayano, Yuka Okabayashi, Asuka Nagayoshi, Sara Shiratori[206][207]
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by LightTakayuki HamanaYuki Kaji, Sora Amamiya, Misaki Kuno, Aoi Yūki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Jun Fukuyama, Yuhei Takagi[208][209][210]
9 Honey Lemon SodaKōji ShintokuRaul, Ai Yoshikawa, Mayu Hotta, Tatsuomi Hamada, Ryota Bando, Natsumi Okamoto[211][212]
The Crocodile That Lived for 100 DaysShinichiro Ueda, Miyuki FukudaRyūnosuke Kamiki, Tomoya Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Yuko Araki, First Summer Uika, Kaito, Kurumi Shimizu, Nobue Iketani[213][214][215][216][167]
KakushigotoYūta MuranoHiroshi Kamiya, Rie Takahashi, Taku Yashiro, Kiyono Yasuno, Ayane Sakura, Ayumu Murase, Natsuki Hanae[217][218][219]
Tokyo RevengersTsutomu HanabusaTakumi 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[220][221][222]
16 BelleMamoru HosodaKaho 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[223][224][225][226]
Kud WafterKentarō SuzukiNaomi Wakabayashi, Yui Horie, Tomoe Tamiyasu, Hikaru Midorikawa, Nobutoshi Canna, Yusei Oda[227][228][229][230]
Country Beyond Starry SkiesKazuya KonakaOuji Suzuka, Shiori Akita, Yusuke Sato, Rica Ihara, May Fukuda, Kokoro Hirasawa, Mayu Takahashi, Takuji Kawakubo, Narimi Arimori[231][232]
22 Words Bubble Up Like Soda PopKyōhei IshiguroSomegoro Ichikawa XIII, Hana Sugisaki, Megumi Han, Natsuki Hanae, Yūichirō Umehara, Megumi Nakajima, Sumire Morohoshi, Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Kōichi Yamadera[233][234][235]
Doggies Club!Tetsuo ShinoharaKento Hayashi, Taishi Nakagawa, Sakurako Ohara, Kodai Asaka, Momoko Tanabe, Tamae Ando, Harumi Shuhama, Ryota Bando, Rena Tanaka[236][237]
Kamen Rider Saber + Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Super Hero SenkiRyuta TasakiShuichiro 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[238][239]
30 Tom and Sawyer in the CityHayato KawaiKairi Joe, Sakai Daichi, Watanabe Shinyu, Daichi Yoshiwara, Shinra Yamashita, Raichi Yoshiwara, Shinra Yamashita, Rikimaru, Hiroto Tamura[240][241][242]
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu AcademyWataru TakahashiYumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi Kōrogi, Mari Mashiba, Tamao Hayashi, Teiyū Ichiryūsai, Chie Satō[243][244][245][246]
Baby AssassinsYugo SakamotoAkari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Masanori Mimoto, Atomu Mizuishi, Yasukaze Motomiya[247]
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Gift of FireHiroshi KurosakiYūya Yagira, Kasumi Arimura, Haruma Miura, Issey Ogata, Shinya Yamamoto, Peter Stormare, Masaki Miura, Shohei Uno[251][252][253]
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' MissionKenji NagasakiDaiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuki Kaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Tetsu Inada, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kazuya Nakai[254][255][256]
It’s a Summer FilmSoushi MatsumotoMarika Itō, Daichi Kaneko, Yuumi Kawai, Kirara Inori, Shunya Itabashi, Mayu Koda, Yutaro, Seiichi Kohinata[257][258][259]
13 The Great Yokai War: GuardiansTakashi MiikeKokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, Ray Inomata, Sakura Ando, Koji Okura, Takahiro Miura, Yuko Oshima, Eiji Akaso, Sumire, Kazuki Kitamura, Nanako Matsushima[260][261][75]
20 Last of the WolvesKazuya ShiraishiTori Matsuzaka, Ryohei Suzuki, Nijiro Murakami, Nanase Nishino, Nakamura Baijaku II, Taichi Saotome[262][263]
Drive My CarRyusuke HamaguchiHidetoshi Nishijima, Tōko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada[264][265]
One Summer StoryShuichi OkitaMoka Kamishiraishi, Kanata Hosoda, Yudai Chiba, Kanji Furutachi, Yuki Saito, Etsushi Toyokawa[266][267][268]
25 Earwig and the WitchGorō MiyazakiKokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Sherina Munaf, Yuji Ueda[269][270][271][272]
Kin-iro Mosaic: Thank You!!Munenori NawaAsuka Nishi, Manami Tanaka, Risa Taneda, Yumi Uchiyama, Nao Tōyama, Ayaka Suwa[273][274]
Ninja GirlYu IrieSaki Fukuda, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Neya Ryoka, Arata Iura[275][276]
27 Kaguya-sama Final: Love Is WarHayato KawaiSho Hirano, Kanna Hashimoto, Hayato Sano, Nana Asakawa, Yuuka Kageyama, Mayu Hotta, Haruka Fukuhara, Shunya Ishibashi, Fumiya Takahashi[277][278][279][280]
The Abandoned House by the CapeShin'ya KawatsuraMana Ashida, Takuya Tasso, Shinobu Otake, Awano Sari[281][282][283]
Every Trick in the BookHideta TakahataTatsuya Fujiwara, Tao Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Kazama, Nanase Nishino, Etsushi Toyokawa[284][285]
Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Vulcan & Valkyrie Masaya Kakehi Ryutaro Okada, Hiroe Igeta, Noa Tsurushima, Ken Sugawara, Yui Narumi, Ami 201 [286]
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10 The MasterHatsuki YokoAkira 100%, Megumi Abe, Maki Miyamoto, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Hideo Sakaki, Yamaguchi Shigehiro[290][291]
Morning Sun Lies on the BeachYuki TanadaMitsuki Takahata, Kayoko Okubo, Kyotaro Yanagiya[292][293]
The Woman of SRI: The MovieRyosuke KanesakiYasuko Sawaguchi, Mayumi Wakamura, Toru Kazama, Saito Satoru, Shu Watanabe, Hikaru Yamamoto[294][295]
Moonlight ShadowEdmund YeoNana Komatsu, Hio Miyazawa, Asami Usuda, Himi Sato[296][297]
17 Masquerade NightMasayuki SuzukiTakuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Fumiyo Kohinata, Yuki Izumisawa, Toshihide Tonesaku, Ren Ishikawa, Anne Nakamura[298][299][300][75]
Free! The Final StrokeEisaku KawanamiNobunaga Shimazaki, Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Tsubasa Yonaga, Daisuke Hirakawa, Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya[301][302][303]
A BalanceYujiro HarumotoKumi Takiuchi, Ken Mitsuishi, Yuumi Kawai, Masahiro Umeda, Yuya Matsuura[304][305]
Eternally Younger Than Those IdiotsRyuhei YoshinoYui Sakuma, Nao, Show Kasamatsu, Seiichi Kohinata[306][307]
Teacher, Please Sit Next to Me?Takahiro HorieHaru Kuroki, Tasuku Emoto, Daichi Kaneko, Nao, Jun Fubuki[308][309]
23 Princess Principal: Crown Handler – Chapter 2Masaki TachibanaAoi 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[310][311]
24 IntoleranceKeisuke YoshidaArata Furuta, Tori Matsuzaka, Tomoko Tabata, Keisetsu Fujiwara, Shuri, Shinobu Terajima[312][313]
First GentlemanHayato KawaiKei Tanaka, Miki Nakatani, Shihori Kanjiya, Asuka Kudoh, Airi Matsui, Houka Kinoshita[314][315]
My DaddyJunichi KanaiTsuyoshi Muro, Noa Nakata, Nao, Katsuya Maiguma, Asami Usuda[316][317]
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R		 1 In the WakeTakahisa ZezeTakeru Satoh, Hiroshi Abe, Kaya Kiyohara, Kento Hayashi, Eita Nagayama, Naoto Ogata[318][319][320]
Chasing the LightYoichi NaritaTsubasa Nakagawa, Kiyoshi Nagasawa, Rina Ikoma, Sena Nakajima, Taro Suruga, Hayato Onozuka[321][322]
My Father's TracksRenpei TsukamotoWin Morisaki, Mai Fukagawa, Masahiko Nishimura, Riki Takeuchi, Ryuta Sato, Shunsuke Tanaka[323][324]
DIVOC-12VariousSumiko Fuji, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Aju Makita, Shuri Nakamura, Yuri Nakamura, Mansaku Takata, Atsuko Maeda[325][326]
8 Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2205Kenji YasudaDaisuke Ono, Houko Kuwashima, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Kikuko Inoue, Masuo Amada, Tasuku Hatanaka, Nobuhiko Okamoto[327][328][329]
Macross Delta the Movie: Absolute Live!!!!!!Shōji KawamoriYūma Uchida, Minori Suzuki, Asami Seto, Ami Koshimizu, Kiyono Yasuno, Nozomi Nishida, Nao Tōyama, Junna[330][331][332]
Dakaichi: Spain ArcNaoyuki TatsuwaHiroki Takahashi, Yūki Ono, Takuya Satō, Yuma Uchida, Kohsuke Toriumi, Wataru Hatano[333][334][335]
Child of Kamiari MonthTakana ShiraiAju Makita, Maaya Sakamoto, Miyu Irino, Riko Nagase, Chafurin, Wataru Takagi, Ko Shibasaki, Arata Iura[336][337]
15 Daughter of LupinHideki TakeuchiKyoko Fukada, Kōji Seto, Kanna Hashimoto, Louis Kurihara, Maju Osawa[338][339]
Baragaki: Unbroken SamuraiMasato HaradaJunichi Okada, Kō Shibasaki, Ryohei Suzuki, Ryosuke Yamada, Hideaki Itō, Yuki Yamada[340][341][342][343][75]
22 CubeYasuhiko ShimizuMasaki Suda, Anne Watanabe, Masaki Okada, Hikaru Tashiro, Takumi Saito, Kotaro Yoshida[344][345]
Unlock Your HeartRin ShutoAnna Yamada, Ryuto Sakuma, Haruka Imou, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Aoba Kawai, Akari Kinoshita, Yuka Itaya, Misako Tanaka, Masato Hagiwara[346][347]
29 And So the Baton Is PassedTetsu MaedaMei Nagano, Kei Tanaka, Satomi Ishihara, Kenshi Okada, Kurumi Inagaki, Aya Asahina, Yuko Ando[348][349]
Sing a Bit of HarmonyYasuhiro YoshiuraTao Tsuchiya, Haruka Fukuhara, Asuka Kudoh, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Mikako Komatsu, Satoshi Hino[350][173][351]
30 What Happened to Our Nest Eggs?!Tetsu MaedaYūki Amami, Yutaka Matsushige, Yua Shinkawa, Toshiki Seto, Mitsuko Kusabue[352][353]
Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless NightAyako KawanoYoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Inori Minase, Hiroaki Hirata, Hiroki Yasumoto, Rina Hidaka[354][355][356]
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R		 3 What Did You Eat Yesterday?Kazuhito NakaeHidetoshi Nishijima, Seiyō Uchino, Koji Yamamoto, Hayato Isomura[357][358]
12 The Lone Ume TreeKotaro WajimaMariko Kaga, Muga Tsukaji, Ikkei Watanabe, Yoko Moriguchi, Taiyo Saito, Hayashiya Shōzō IX, Reiko Takashima[359][360]
Parasite in LoveKensaku KakimotoNana Komatsu, Kento Hayashi, Arata Iura, Ryo Ishibashi[361][362]
Summer GhostLoundrawChiaki Kobayashi, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rina Kawaei[363][364]
Kaizoku Sentai: Ten Gokaiger Shojiro Nakazawa Ryota Ozawa, Yuki Yamada, Mao Ichimichi, Kazuki Shimizu, Yui Koike, Junya Ikeda [365][366]
19 The Mole Song: FinalTakashi Miike, Shinsuke SatoToma Ikuta, Ryohei Suzuki, Takashi Okamura, Nanao, Karen Takizawa, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kenichi Endō, Sarutoki Minagawa[367][368]
Sanctuary XYu IrieMasaki Okada, Haruna Kawaguchi, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Maho Yamada, Sho Yakumaru[369][370]
26 Eureka: Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven: Hi-EvolutionTomoki Kyoda, Hisatoshi ShimizuKaori Nazuka, Rina Endō, Ami Koshimizu, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Michiko Neya, Mamoru Miyano[371][372][373]
ChainYoshiho FukuokaShusaku Kamikawa, Kenji Shio, Takanori Murai, Misa Wada, Nagiko Tsuji, Shiori Doi[374][375]
See Your Curtain Goes DownSeira MaedaRena Matsui, Miwako Kakei, Harumi Shuhama, Nanami Hidaka, Manami Enosawa, Kenta Kiguchi[376][377]
Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20 Film: Record of MemoriesYukihiko TsutsumiMasaki Aiba, Jun Matsumoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai[378]
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Mankai Movie A3!Kenji KurataRyugi Yokota, Takahashi Ryoya, Yuki Maeda, Toshiki Ishi, Yamato Furutani, Sho Jinnai[382][383]
What She Likes...Shogo KusanoFuju Kamio, Anna Yamada, Oshiro Maeda, Ryota Miura[384][385]
9 Asakusa KidHitori GekidanYūya Yagira, Yo Oizumi, Honami Suzuki, Mugi Kadowaki, Hiroyuki Onoue, Morio Kazama [386][387]
10 Your Turn to Kill: The MovieNoriyoshi SakumaTomoyo Harada, Kei Tanaka, Nanase Nishino, Ryusei Yokohama, Tetsushi Tanaka, Naoto Takenaka, Tae Kimura[388][389]
Battleship BoysYuki SaitoKanta Sato, Masaya Kato, Mayu Yamakura, Tatsuomi Hamada, Reiya Masaki, Wataru Ichinose[390][391]
17 Wheel of Fortune and FantasyRyusuke HamaguchiKotone Furukawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Fusako Urabe[392][393]
Kamen Rider: Beyond GenerationsTakayuki ShibasakiKentaro 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[394][395]
Struggling Man Toshio Lee Ken Yasuda, Eiko Koike, Yui Okada [396]
24 Jujutsu Kaisen 0Sunghoo ParkMegumi Ogata, Mikako Komatsu, Kōki Uchiyama, Tomokazu Seki, Yuichi Nakamura, Takahiro Sakurai[397][398]
31 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The MovieHisashi KimuraJun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hana Sugisaki[399][400]
The End of the Pale HourHana MatsumotoTakumi Kitamura, Yuina Kuroshima, Yuki Inoue, Takashi Yamanaka, Raiku, Ken Sugawara, Aimi Satsukawa, Hitomi Takahashi[401][402]
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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[180]
The Door into SummerTakahiro MikiKento Yamazaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Naohito Fujiki, Natsuna, Hidekazu Mashima, Rin TakanashiFebruary 19, 2021June 25, 2021[197][198][199][75]
Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021Shin YamaguchiWasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ōhara, Yumi Kakazu, Tomokazu Seki, Subaru KimuraMarch 5, 2021March 11, 2022[403][404][405]
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 (first time)
April 16, 2021 (second time)		August 6, 2021[406]
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkasu AcademyWataru TakahashiYumiko Kobayashi, Miki Narahashi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Satomi KōrogiApril 23, 2021July 30, 2021[246]
Earwig and the WitchGorō MiyazakiKokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Gaku Hamada, Sherina Munaf, Yuji UedaApril 29, 2021August 25, 2021[272]
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[129][130]
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[135]
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[148]
Jump!! The Heroes Behind the GoldKen IizukaKei Tanaka, Tao Tsuchiya, Yūki Yamada, Gordon Maeda, Atsushi Maeda, Nao Kosaka, Motoki Ochiai, Takayuki HamatsuJune 19, 2020 (first time)
May 7, 2021 (second time)		June 18, 2021[188]
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[165][166][167]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's FlashShūkō MuraseKenshō Ono, Reina Ueda, Junichi Suwabe, Soma Saito, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yui IshikawaJuly 23, 2020 (first time)
May 21, 2021 (second time)		June 11, 2021[179]
A Croco Who Will Die in 100 DaysShinichiro Ueda, Miyuki FukudaRyūnosuke Kamiki, Tomoya Nakamura, Subaru Kimura, Yuko ArakiMay 28, 2021July 9, 2021[167]
The Deer KingMasashi Ando, Masayuki MiyajiShinichi Tsutsumi, Ryoma Takeuchi, Anne Watanabe, Hisui Kimura, Yoshito Yasuhara, Toaru SakuraiSeptember 18, 2020 (first time)
September 10, 2021 (second time)		February 4, 2022[407][408][409][410]
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[411][412]
Inu-OhMasaaki YuasaAvu-chan, Mirai Moriyama, Tasuku Emoto, Kenjiro Tsuda, Yutaka MatsushigeSeptember 9, 2021 (78th VFF)May 28, 2022[413][414]
Riverside MukolittaNaoko OgigamiKenichi Matsuyama, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hikari MitsushimaNovember 5, 2021September 16, 2022[415][416]
TruthYukihiko TsutsumiKotoha Hiroyama, Ayano Fukumiya, Tomomi Kono2021January 7, 2022[417][418]
Shin UltramanShinji HiguchiTakumi Saitoh, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi TanakaSummer 2021May 13, 2022[419][420][421][422][75]
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