A list of films released in Japan in 1971 (see 1971 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3000 kiro no wana | Jiro Tamiya, Mie Hama, Kaori Taniguchi | ||||
| Ame wa shitte ita | Keiko Torii, Yoko Minamikaze, Toshio Kurosawa | ||||
| Animal Treasure Island | Hiroshi Ikeda | Anime | |||
| Kazuko Shirakawa | [1] | ||||
| Atakku No.1–Namida no fuschichyo | Animated feature film | ||||
| Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsuro Tamba, Tatsuya Nakadai | War | ||||
| Beat '71 | Meiko Kaji, Takeo Chii, Yoshio Inaba | ||||
| Castle Orgies | Setsuko Ogawa | [2] | |||
| Chimimoryo: A Soul of Demons | Akaji Maro, Hiroko Ogi, Kazuko Ineno | ||||
| Choeki Taro: Mamushi no Kyodai | |||||
| The Ceremony[3] | Nagisa Oshima | Kenzo Kawarasaki, Kei Satō, Atsuko Kaku | |||
| Yuko Katagiri | [4] | ||||
| Damasarete noraiurasu | Hitoshi Ueki, Hajime Hana, Cha Kato | ||||
| Dare no tame ni aisuruka | Wakako Sakai, Yūzō Kayama, Mitsuko Mori | ||||
| Emperor Tomato Ketchup | Goro Abashiri, Tarō Apollo, Shiro Demaemochi | ||||
| Futari dake no asa | Yusuke Okada, Shiro Mifune, Ryoko Nakano | ||||
| Gamera vs. Zigra | |||||
| Go! Go! Kamen Rider[5] | Hiroshi Fujioka | Tokusatsu | Movie version of Kamen Rider episode 13 | ||
| Godzilla vs. Hedorah | |||||
| Hajimete no tabi | |||||
| Hashire! Kotaro-Otoko dakara nakusa | Comedy | ||||
| Hibari no subete | Hibari Misora, Takahiro Tamura, Kazuro Nakagawa | Documentary | |||
| Inakappe taisho | Animated short film | ||||
| Inakappe taisho–Neko no arukeba suzume ni ataru dasu–Ataru mo ataru mo toki no un dasu | |||||
| Inn of Evil | Kanemon Nakamura, Komaki Kurihara, Kei Satō | ||||
| Kaette kita Urutoraman | |||||
| Kaette kita Urutoraman–Tatsumaki kaiju no kyofu | |||||
| Kamui gaiden | Documentary | Animated film | |||
| Kaoyaku | |||||
| Keiji monogatari–Kyodai no okite | |||||
| Kigeki Omedetai yatsu | Comedy | ||||
| Kigeki Kinow no teki wa kyo mo teki | Masaaki Sakai, Chosuke Ikariya, Kyoko Yoshizawa | ||||
| Kigeki San oku en saisakusen | Comedy | ||||
| Kitsune no kureta akanbo | |||||
| Koibitotte yabasete | Kyoko Yoshizawa, Isao Natsuyagi, Hiroshi Ishikawa | ||||
| Konchyu monogatari–Minashigo Hattchi–Otsuki sama no mama | Animated short film | ||||
| Konchyu monogatari–Minashigo Hattchi–Wassure nagosa ni negai o komete | Animated short | ||||
| Lake of Dracula | Midori Fujita, Sanae Emi, Choei Takahashi | Horror | |||
| Maboroshi no satsui | Keiju Kobayashi, Ayako Wakao, Kankuro Nakamura | ||||
| Macchi uro no shyojo | Short puppet animation | ||||
| Noriaki Tsuchimoto | Documentary | ||||
| Muumin | Animated short film | ||||
| Nippon ichi no shokku otoko | Hitoshi Ueki, Wakako Sakai, Kei Tani | ||||
| Okite koronde mata okite | Masaaki Sakai, Chosuke Ikariya, Kyoko Yoshizawa | ||||
| Okusama wa 18 sai–Shinkon kyoshitsu | Yuki Okazaki, Tetsuo Ishidate, Jo Shishido | ||||
| Onna no hanamichi | Hibari Misora, Takahiro Tamura, Kazuo Nakagawa | ||||
| Saredo warera ga hibi–Wakare no uta | Tomoko Ogawa, Takashi Yamaguchi, Midori Fujita | ||||
| Shiosai | Itsuto Asahina, Midori Onozato, Miki Odagiri | ||||
| Showa hitoketa shacho tai futaketa shacho–Getsu Getsu Ka Sui Moku Kin Kin | Keiju Kobayashi, Wakako Sakai, Eijirō Tōno | ||||
| Showa hitoketa shacho tai futaketa shacho | Keiju Kobayashi, Wakako Sakai, Toshio Kurosawa | ||||
| Silence | Shima Iwashita, Tetsuro Tamba, David Lampson | ||||
| Sogoi yatsura | |||||
| A Soul to Devils | Nobuko Tashiro | Drama | |||
| Swords of Death | |||||
| Sympathy for the Underdog | Kōji Tsuruta, Noboru Ando | Crime | [6] | ||
| To Love Again | Renaud Verley, Ruriko Asaoka, Tetsuo Ishidate | ||||
| Tora-san's Shattered Romance | Kiyoshi Atsumi | 6th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series | |||
| Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | Kiyoshi Atsumi | 7th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series | |||
| Tora-san's Love Call | Kiyoshi Atsumi | 8th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series | |||
| Tatsuya Nakadai, Noboru Ando, Toshio Kurosawa | Crime | ||||
| Young Guy, The Ace Rider | |||||
| Yuhi-kun–Sarariiman oashutsu | Osami Nabe, Junzaburo Ban, Hiroko Nori | ||||
| Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman | Shintaro Katsu, Jimmy Wang Yu, Yuko Hamada | Japanese-Hong Kong co-production | |||