List of Japanese films of 2011 explained

Highest-grossing films

Rank	Title	Gross
1	From Up on Poppy Hill
2
3	A Ghost of a Chance
4	Space Battleship Yamato
5	Gantz

List of films

A list of films produced in Japan in 2011 (see 2011 in film):

Opening	Title	Director	width=15%	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
	1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife				Based on a true story
	Inu to Anata no Monogatari				sequel to film All About My Dog
	Gantz^[1]				Based on a manga
	Into the White Night	Yoshihiro Fukagawa	Maki Horikita, Kengo Kora		Based on a novel
	Karate Girl			Action		^[2]
	Patisserie Coin de rue			Drama
		Yuichi Shinbo	Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu
	Runway Beat		Koji Seto, Nanami Sakuraba, Mirei Kiritani		Based on a cellphone novel
	Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow~Colored Flower That Connects the World!	Takashi Ōtsuka			Based on an anime television series
	High School Debut				Based on a manga
				Tokusatsu
	Hoshi no Furumachi				Based on a manga
		Yasuichiro Yamamoto, Kobun Shizuno		Anime
		Sōichi Masui	Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara	Anime	Based on a manga	^[3]
	Underwater Love
	Gantz:Perfect Answer				Based on a manga
	Hankyū Densha				Based on a novel
	Gaku: Minna no Yama				Based on a manga
	Hoshi o Ou Kodomo					^[4]
	Buddha	Kozo Morishita		Anime
	Moshidora				Based on the book of the same name
	Paradise Kiss			Drama	Based on a manga
	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party				Based on a video game
	Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle	Noboru Takemoto	Ryota Ozawa, Yuki Yamada, Mao Ichimichi	Tokusatsu
	Hoshi Mamoru Inu		Toshiyuki Nishida, Tetsuji Tamayama, Umika Kawashima		Based on a manga
	I Wish	Hirokazu Koreeda
	Yuriko, Dasvidaniya
	Tokyo Koen				Based on a novel
		Hisashi Saitō (Chief director), Tetsuya Yanagisawa			Based on a manga
		Murata Kasuya	Romi Paku, Rie Kugimiya	Anime	Based on the characters and the manga created by Hiromu Arakawa
	From up on Poppy Hill				Based on a manga
	Victini and the Black Hero
	Deadball	Yudai Yamaguchi	Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino, Miho Ninagawa	splatter comedy		^[5]
	Ninja Kids!!!		Seishiro Kato			^[6]
					Based on a true story
	Yakuza Weapon	Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi	Tak Sakaguchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa			^[7]
			Junko Takeuchi		Based on a manga
	Kochikame	Yasuhiro Kawamura	Shingo Katori, Karina		Continuation of a television series of the same name
	Snowflake	Masaaki Taniguchi	Mirei Kiritani, Haru Aoyama			^[8]
	Ranhansha	Masaaki Taniguchi	Mirei Kiritani, Takahiro Miura
	Usagi Drop				based on the manga Bunny Drop
	Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth		Ryōko Shiraishi, Rie Kugimiya, Rie Tanaka, Shizuka Itou, Mikako Takahashi		Based on a manga
	Kamisama no Karute	Yoshihiro Fukagawa	Aoi Miyazaki, Sho Sakurai		Based on a novel
	Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final
	Hanezu				Entered into the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
		Youichi Mori			Based on a video game
	Tormented			Horror		^[9]
	Tantei wa Bar ni Iru					^[10]
	Hotarubi no Mori e				Based on a manga
	Muybridge's Strings (Maiburijji no ito)			Animated short	Canada-Japan coproduction
	Household X
	Dog×Police		Erika Toda, Hayato Ichihara
	Tengoku Kara no Yell				Based on a true story
	To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku				Based on a light novel
	Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite	Kiyoshi Sasabe	Aoi Miyazaki Masato Sakai		Based on a manga
	Vampire Stories Brothers					^[11]
	Yoake no Machi de				Based on a novel
		Kōichi Tsubaki	Reina Fujie, Ren Yagami, Mayuka Okada	Horror		^[12]
		Takashi Miike	Ebizo Ichikawa, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima	Drama		^[13]
	Tamatama					^[14]
	Karate-Robo Zaborgar	Noboru Iguchi	Itsuji Itao, Yasuhisa Furuhara, Mami Yamasaki			^[15]
	Messiah				Based on a manga
	Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko			Fantasy		^[16]
	Smuggler				Based on a manga
	Cheerfu11y					^[17]
	Saudade
	Gomen-nasai		Miyabi Natsuyaki, Airi Suzuki, Momoko Tsugunaga	Horror
	Once in a Blue Moon
	Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen					^[18]
	Bokutachi no After School		Choshinsei members	Drama
	Hara ga Kore Nande					^[19]
	Kaiji 2				Based on a manga
	Guilty of Romance
	Koitanibashi			Drama		^[20] ^[21]
	Share House					^[22]
	Antoki no Inochi				Based on a novel
	Kami Voice				Based on a manga	^[23]
	Yubiwa wo Hametai				Based on a novel	^[24]
	Kisei Jūi Suzune	Ryu Kaneda	Rei Yoshii, Megumi Kagurazaka		Based on a manga
	Hard Romantic-er		Shota Matsuda, Kento Nagayama, Yoko Maki, Dai Watanabe
			Mariya Suzuki, Asuka Kataoka, Shizuka Umemoto	Horror		^[25]
	Kurosawa Eiga 2011		Kazuko Kurosawa, Gong Teyu		Sequel to Kurosawa Eiga	^[26]
	Crossroads				Sequel to the film Railways
	K-On!				Sequel to anime
	Lost Harmony		Alice Hirose, Ayako Yoshitani, Mitsuki Takahata			^[27]
			Toma Ikuta, Miki Nakatani		Based on a Japanese classic literary text
			Sota Fukushi, Ryuki Takahashi, Fumika Shimizu
	Being Mitsuko
				Anime	Based on a children's novel
	Ōsama Game		Airi Suzuki, Yurina Kumai, Dori Sakurada	Horror
	Wild 7				Based on a manga
	Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku

References

• 2011 in Japan
• 2011 in Japanese television
• List of 2011 box office number-one films in Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gantz, Maria-sama, Mori no Asagao Promos Streamed. . October 2, 2010 . 2010-10-03.
2. Web site: KG カラテガール . eiga.com . 2012-04-29 . ja.
3. Web site: Next Crayon Shin-chan Film Titled, Dated. Anime News Network. 2010-12-02. 2011-10-15.
4. Web site: http://eiga.com/movie/55847/ . ja:星を追う子ども . eiga.com . 2012-04-29. ja.
5. Web site: Deadball (デッドボール) . Film Business Asia . Elley, Derek . July 29, 2011 . July 29, 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120730071100/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/deadball . July 30, 2012 .
6. Web site: Ninja Kids!!!. Film Business Asia. August 9, 2011. August 8, 2011. Derek. Elley.
7. Web site: Yakuza Weapon (極道兵器). Film Business Asia. Elley, Derek. July 15, 2011. July 29, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728100158/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/yakuza-weapon. July 28, 2011.
8. Web site: Kiritani Mirei holds press conference for "Ranhansha" + "Snowflake". 2015-06-10. 6Theory Media, LLC. tokyohive.
9. Web site: Tormented. Film Business Asia. September 11, 2011. September 11, 2011. Elley. Derek.
10. Web site: Teaser - Tantei wa Bar ni Iru. May 3, 2011. Ouellette, Kevin . October 7, 2011. Nippon Cinema.
11. Web site: ヴァンパイア・ストーリーズ BROTHERS (2011) . October 15, 2011. Allcinema.net . Stingray. ja.
12. Web site: 縁切り村 デッド・エンド・サバイバル. 2011-10-18. Kinema Junpo Film Database. dead. https://archive.today/20120804222527/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/42403. 2012-08-04.
13. Web site: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (一命). Film Business Asia. Elley, Derek. May 26, 2011. July 29, 2011.
14. Web site: Tamatama on cinemacafe . October 14, 2011. cinemacafe.
15. Web site: Karate-Robo Zaborgar (電人ザボーガー). Film Business Asia. Elley, Derek. July 13, 2011. July 29, 2011.
16. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=340438 . ja:魚介類 山岡マイコ(2011) . 2011-10-28. Allcinema.net . Stingray . ja.
17. Web site: Stars of Cheerfu11y appear at a premium screening of their movie. simplymissj. October 13, 2011. October 14, 2011. Tokyohive.
18. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=338649 . ja:ステキな金縛り(2010). 2011-11-02. Allcinema.net . Stingray . ja.
19. Web site: http://eiga.com/movie/56326/ . ja:ハラがコレなんで . 2011-10-30. Eiga.com. ja.
20. Web site: http://eiga.com/movie/55979/ . ja:恋谷橋. 2011-11-13. Eiga.com. ja.
21. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=339553. ja:恋谷橋(2011). 2011-11-13. Allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
22. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=340744. ja:シェアハウス(2011). 2011-11-14. Allcinema.net. Stingray. ja.
23. Web site: Kami Voice Film to Have Anime Sequence by Production I.G. 2011-10-13. 2011-10-15. Anime News Network.
24. Web site: Yamada Takayuki on cheating: "There are no advantages" . konitan . 2011-11-05 . 2011-11-07. TokyoHive.
25. Web site: AKB48′s Suzuki Mariya stars in first horror movie. 2011-10-17 . 2011-10-18. Tokyograph.
26. Web site: クロサワ映画2011 笑いにできない恋がある on eiga.com . 2011-10-17. eiga.com. ja.
27. Web site: Trailer For 'Lost Harmony' . 2011-11-24 . 2011-11-28 . Far East Films . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120506161535/http://www.fareastfilms.com/newsPage/Trailer-For-Lost-Harmony-3567.htm . 2012-05-06 .