List of Japanese films of 1961

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A list of films released in Japan in 1961 (see 1961 in film).

Box-office ranking

Rank Title Director Cast Box office
1 Sanjuro Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune ¥4.5 hundred million
2 Akō Rōshi Sadatsugu Matsuda Chiezō Kataoka ¥4.3 hundred million
3 Aitsu to Watashi Kō Nakahira Yujiro Ishihara ¥4 hundred million
4 Yojimbo Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune ¥3.5 hundred million
5 Miyamoto Musashi Tomu Uchida Nakamura Kinnosuke ¥3 hundred million

List of films

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1961
Bad Boys Susumu Hani
Buddha
Daigaku no Wakadaishō Yūzō Kayama
The End of Summer Yasujirō Ozu Setsuko Hara Entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival
Immortal LoveKeisuke KinoshitaHideko Takamine
Keiji Sada
Drama
Invasion of the Neptune MenKoji OtaSonny ChibaScience fiction
Tough Guy
Tough Guy, Part 2
Blind Devotion
Hanakurabe tanuki dochu
Kaze to kumo totoride
The Last WarShuei MatsubayashiAkira Takarada
Mito komon umi o wataru
MothraIshirō HondaFrankie SakaiSci-fi

The first Appearance of Mothra.

Pigs and BattleshipsShohei Imamura Crime
A Soldier's PrayerMasaki Kobayashi Third part of The Human Condition
YojimboAkira KurosawaToshiro MifuneSamurai film
Yuzo Kayama Musical comedy romanceThe first of the Wakadaishō series
Zoku Akumyō

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