List of Japanese films of 2011
A list of films produced in Japan in 2011 :
Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | Ref |
1,778 Stories of Me and My Wife | Mamoru Hoshi | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yūko Takeuchi | Drama | Based on a true story | ||
Inu to Anata no Monogatari | Shunichi Nagasaki | Akira Nakao, Atsuko Takahata | Drama | sequel to film All About My Dog | ||
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Gantz | Shinsuke Sato | Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama | Based on a manga | |||
Into the White Night | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Maki Horikita, Kengo Kora | Drama | Based on a novel | ||
Karate Girl | Kimura Yoshikatsu | Rina Takeda, Tobimatsu Hina | Action | |||
Patisserie Coin de rue | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Yōsuke Eguchi, Yū Aoi | Drama | |||
' | Yuichi Shinbo | Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ohara, Yumi Kakazu | Anime | |||
Runway Beat | Kentaro Otani | Koji Seto, Nanami Sakuraba, Mirei Kiritani | Drama | Based on a cellphone novel | ||
Pretty Cure All Stars DX3: Deliver the Future! The Rainbow~Colored Flower That Connects the World! | Takashi Ōtsuka | Anime | Based on an anime television series | |||
High School Debut | Tsutomu Hanabusa | Junpei Mizobata, Ito Ōno | Drama | Based on a manga | ||
' | Osamu Kaneda | Shu Watanabe, Dori Sakurada, Ryosuke Miura | Tokusatsu | |||
Hoshi no Furumachi | Koji Kawano | Based on a manga | ||||
' | Yasuichiro Yamamoto, Kobun Shizuno | Anime | ||||
' | Sōichi Masui | Akiko Yajima, Miki Narahashi, Keiji Fujiwara | Anime | Based on a manga | ||
Gantz:Perfect Answer | Based on a manga | |||||
Hankyū Densha | Yoshishige Miyake | Miki Nakatani | Drama | Based on a novel | ||
' | Osamu Katayama | Shun Oguri, Masami Nagasawa Kuranosuke Sasaki | Drama | Based on a manga | ||
Hoshi o Ou Kodomo | Makoto Shinkai | Hisako Kanemoto, Kazuhiko Inoue | Anime | |||
Buddha | Kozo Morishita | Anime | ||||
Moshidora | Makoto Tanaka | Atsuko Maeda, Koji Seto, Minami Minegishi | Live Action | Based on the book of the same name | ||
Paradise Kiss | Takehiko Shinjo | Keiko Kitagawa, Osamu Mukai, Yusuke Yamamoto | Drama | Based on a manga | ||
' | Kazuya Nomura | Anime | 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 | Tokiyuki Takimoto | Toshiyuki Nishida, Tetsuji Tamayama, Umika Kawashima | Based on a manga | |||
I Wish | Hirokazu Koreeda | Drama | ||||
Yuriko, Dasvidaniya | Sachi Hamano | Nahana, Toi Hitomi, Ren Osugi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki | ||||
Tokyo Koen | Shinji Aoyama | Haruma Miura, Nana Eikura | Romance | Based on a novel | ||
' | Hisashi Saitō, Tetsuya Yanagisawa | Saori Hayami, Iori Nomizu, Kaori Fukuhara, Yōko Hikasa | Anime | 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 | Gorō Miyazaki | Nagasawa Masami, Okada Junichi | Anime drama | Based on a manga | ||
Victini and the Black Hero | Anime | |||||
Deadball | Yudai Yamaguchi | Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino, Miho Ninagawa | splatter comedy | |||
Ninja Kids!!! | Takashi Miike | Seishiro Kato | ||||
' | Isamu Nakae | Drama | Based on a true story | |||
Yakuza Weapon | Tak Sakaguchi, Yudai Yamaguchi | Tak Sakaguchi, Shingo Tsurumi, Mei Kurokawa | ||||
' | Masahiko Murata | Junko Takeuchi | Fantasy anime | Based on a manga | ||
Kochikame | Yasuhiro Kawamura | Shingo Katori, Karina | Drama | Continuation of a television series of the same name | ||
Snowflake | Masaaki Taniguchi | Mirei Kiritani, Haru Aoyama | Romance | |||
Ranhansha | Masaaki Taniguchi | Mirei Kiritani, Takahiro Miura | Romance | |||
Usagi Drop | Sabu | Kenichi Matsuyama, Mana Ashida | Comedy | based on the manga Bunny Drop | ||
Hayate the Combat Butler! Heaven Is a Place on Earth | Hideto Komori | Ryōko Shiraishi, Rie Kugimiya, Rie Tanaka, Shizuka Itou, Mikako Takahashi | Anime | Based on a manga | ||
Kamisama no Karute | Yoshihiro Fukagawa | Aoi Miyazaki, Sho Sakurai | Drama | Based on a novel | ||
Mahou Sensei Negima! Anime Final | Anime | |||||
Hanezu | Naomi Kawase | Entered into the 2011 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
' | Youichi Mori | Maaya Sakamoto, Yuki Matsuoka, Mamoru Miyano | Anime | Based on a video game | ||
Tormented | Takashi Shimizu | Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki Kagawa | Horror | |||
Tantei wa Bar ni Iru | Hajime Hashimoto | Yo Oizumi, Koyuki, Ryuhei Matsuda, Toshiyuki Nishida | ||||
Hotarubi no Mori e | Takahiro Omori | Anime | Based on a manga | |||
Household X | Kōki Yoshida | Kaho Minami, Tomorowo Taguchi, Tomohiro Kaku | ||||
Dog×Police | Go Shichitaka | Erika Toda, Hayato Ichihara | ||||
Tengoku Kara no Yell | Chikato Kumazawa | Hiroshi Abe, Nanami Sakuraba | Drama | Based on a true story | ||
To Aru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku | Jun Shishido | Ryunosuke Kamiki, Seika Taketomi | Anime | Based on a light novel | ||
Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite | Kiyoshi Sasabe | Aoi Miyazaki Masato Sakai | Based on a manga | |||
Vampire Stories Brothers | Hikaru Gotō | Tomo Yanagishita, Tetsuya Makita, Takako Hasuna | Fantasy, Action, Romance | |||
Yoake no Machi de | Setsurō Wakamatsu | Gorō Kishitani, Kyoko Fukada, Tae Kimura | Based on a novel | |||
' | Kōichi Tsubaki | Reina Fujie, Ren Yagami, Mayuka Okada | Horror | |||
' | Takashi Miike | Ebizo Ichikawa, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima | Drama | |||
Tamatama | Mayumi Komatsu | Yū Aoi | Drama | |||
Karate-Robo Zaborgar | Noboru Iguchi | Itsuji Itao, Yasuhisa Furuhara, Mami Yamasaki | ||||
Messiah | Kaneko Shusuke | Arai Atsushi, Inoue Masahiro, Kinomoto Minehiro, Jinnai Sho | Live Action | Based on a manga | ||
Gyokairui Yamaoka Maiko | Ryūtarō Kajino | Uki Satake, Kokoro Takami, Miho Matsushita | Fantasy | |||
Smuggler | Katsuhito Ishii | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masatoshi Nagase, Yasuko Matsuyuki | Based on a manga | |||
Cheerfu11y | Shō Tsukikawa | You Kikkawa, Akari Hayami, Anna Tamai | ||||
Saudade | Katsuya Tomita | |||||
Gomen-nasai | Mari Asato | Miyabi Natsuyaki, Airi Suzuki, Momoko Tsugunaga | Horror | |||
Once in a Blue Moon | Kōki Mitani | Eri Fukatsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hiroshi Abe, Yūko Takeuchi | Comedy | |||
Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen | Kohatsu Yo | Matsui Jurina, Yagami Kumi, Itoda Jun | Drama | |||
Bokutachi no After School | Shōta Sasaki | Choshinsei members | Drama | |||
Hara ga Kore Nande | Yuya Ishii | Riisa Naka, Aoi Nakamura | ||||
Kaiji 2 | Based on a manga | |||||
Guilty of Romance | Sion Sono | Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka | ||||
Koitanibashi | Kōichi Gotō | Takako Uehara, Kensei Mikami | Drama | |||
Share House | Ichirō Kita | Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Megumi Saeki, Miyoko Asada, Hana Kino | Drama | |||
Antoki no Inochi | Takahisa Zeze | Masaki Okada, Nana Eikura | Romance, Drama | Based on a novel | ||
Kami Voice | Tomoki Sano | Yūki Kaji, Wataru Hatano, Roko Takizawa | Based on a manga | |||
Yubiwa wo Hametai | Yuki Iwata | Takayuki Yamada, Manami Konishi, Yoko Maki, Chizuru Ikewaki | Based on a novel | |||
' | Futoshi Sato | Hiroki Matsutaka, Kasumi Arimura, Seika Taketomi, Mariko Shinoda | ||||
Kisei Jūi Suzune | Ryu Kaneda | Rei Yoshii, Megumi Kagurazaka | Based on a manga | |||
Hard Romantic-er | Gu Su Yeon | Shota Matsuda, Kento Nagayama, Yoko Maki, Dai Watanabe | ||||
' | Jirō Nagae | Mariya Suzuki, Asuka Kataoka, Shizuka Umemoto | Horror | |||
Kurosawa Eiga 2011 | Taku Watanabe | Kazuko Kurosawa, Gong Teyu | Drama | Sequel to Kurosawa Eiga | ||
Crossroads | Masatoshi Kurakata | Drama | Sequel to the film Railways | |||
K-On! | Naoko Yamada | Anime | Sequel to anime | |||
Lost Harmony | Toki Yoshimasa | Alice Hirose, Ayako Yoshitani, Mitsuki Takahata | Horror | |||
' | Yasuo Tsuruhashi | Toma Ikuta, Miki Nakatani | Drama | Based on a Japanese classic literary text | ||
' | Koichi Sakamoto | Sota Fukushi, Ryuki Takahashi, Fumika Shimizu | Tokusatsu | Part of the Kamen Rider Series | ||
Being Mitsuko | Kenji Yamauchi | Eriko Hatsune, Kei Ishibashi | Drama | |||
' | Takashi Yamazaki, Ryuichi Yagi | Shingo Katori, Koichi Yamadera | Anime | Based on a children's novel | ||
Ōsama Game | Norio Tsuruta | Airi Suzuki, Yurina Kumai, Dori Sakurada | Horror | |||
Wild 7 | Eiichirō Hasumi | Based on a manga | ||||
' | Izuru Narushima | Kōji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe | War drama |