List of Japanese films of 1971

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A list of films released in Japan in 1971 (see 1971 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon	Shōgorō Nishimura	Kazuko Shirakawa	Roman porno	Nikkatsu's first Roman porno
Castle Orgies	Isao Hayashi	Setsuko Ogawa	Roman porno	Double-billed with Apartment Wife: Affair In the Afternoon
Chōeki Tarō: Mamushi no Kyōdai
The Ceremony[1]	Nagisa Oshima	Kenzo Kawarasaki, Kei Sato, Atsuko Kaku
Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts	Yukihiko Kondo	Yūko Katagiri	Roman porno
Dōbutsu Takarajima	Hiroshi Ikeda	Minori Matsushima, Asao Koike, Hitoshi Takagi	Anime	Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
Emperor Tomato Ketchup	Shūji Terayama	Goro Abashiri, Tarô Apollo, Shiro Demaemochi
Gamera vs. Zigra	Noriaki Yuasa	Gloria Zoellner, Arlene Zoellner, Koji Fujiyama	Kaiju	Part of the Gamera series
Godzilla vs. Hedorah	Yoshimitsu Banno	Akira Yamauchi, Toshie Kimura, Hiroyuki Kawase	Kaiju	Part of the Godzilla series
Go! Go! Kamen Rider[2]	Hidetoshi Kitamura	Hiroshi Fujioka	Tokusatsu	Movie version of Kamen Rider episode 13
Inn of Evil
Kaoyaku
Kitsune no kureta akanbō
Lake of Dracula	Michio Yamamoto	Midori Fujita, Sanae Emi, Choei Takahashi	Horror	[3][4][5]
Minamata: The Victims and Their World	Noriaki Tsuchimoto		Documentary
Silence	Masahiro Shinoda	Shima Iwashita	Drama	Entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival
A Soul to Devils	Kō Nakahira	Nobuko Tashiro	Drama	Entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival
Sympathy for the Underdog	Kinji Fukasaku	Koji Tsuruta, Noboru Ando	Yakuza
To Love Again	Kon Ichikawa	Renaud Verley, Ruriko Asaoka, Tetsuo Ishidate	Drama	Entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival
Tora-san's Shattered Romance	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	6th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	7th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Love Call	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	8th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman

Footnotes

1. 儀式. Kinema Junpo Film Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-23.
2. ゴーゴー　仮面ライダー. Kinema Junpo Film Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-10-23.
3. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 321.
4. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 206.
5. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 207.

References

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747.

External links

• Japanese films of 1971 at the Internet Movie Database