Top 10 Japanese Box Office Movies for 2021
by wanderational | created - 23 Aug 2021 | updated - 14 Apr 2022 | PublicList based on In-Year Releases and retrieved from Box Office Mojo website
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2021/?area=JP&grossesOption=totalGrosses
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Excluding music movies.
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1. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
PG-13 | 112 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Director: Sunghoo Park | Stars: Chinatsu Akasaki, Aya Endô, Kana Hanazawa, Show Hayami
Votes: 36,963 | Gross: $34.54M
2. Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
TV-MA | 154 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Misato and her anti-NERV group WILLE arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower.
Directors: Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura, Akira Ishida
Votes: 14,082 | Gross: $0.83M
3. Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)
110 min | Animation, Action, Crime
Japan is celebrating the upcoming World Sports Games in Tokyo. The world's first vacuum-tube super-conducting linear train is built with the latest Japanese technology and timed to coincide with the WSG opening ceremonies.
Director: Tomoka Nagaoka | Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Shûichi Ikeda
Votes: 1,692
4. Belle (2021)
PG | 121 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters "U", a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda | Stars: Kaho Nakamura, Ryo Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro
Votes: 16,983
5. Tokyo Revengers (2021)
TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai
Votes: 1,885
6. Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final (2021)
TV-MA | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kenshin's past catches up to him causing the destruction of Akabeko Restaurant, which was Kenshin's favorite place to eat. There, he finds a note with the word "Junchu" on it.
Director: Keishi Otomo | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Mackenyu, Emi Takei, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 10,616
7. We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
124 min | Drama, Romance
A love story spanning 5 years between a man and a woman. A 22-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman both miss the last train at Meidaimae Station in Tokyo and meet there. Their relationship develops romantically.
Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Masaki Suda, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara, Kanata Hosoda
Votes: 3,499
8. Masquerade Night (2021)
129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo.
Director: Masayuki Suzuki | Stars: Masami Nagasawa, Takuya Kimura, Ryo Ishibashi, Eisuke Sasai
Votes: 865
9. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
PG-13 | 101 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a cult of terrorists ruins a city by releasing a toxin that causes people's abilities to spiral out of control, Japan's greatest heroes spread around the world in an attempt to track down the mastermind and put him to justice.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki | Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yûki Kaji, Tetsu Inada
Votes: 5,476
10. 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021)
120 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal cases for Madarame Law Firm. Atsuhiro Sada has become the director of the law firm. One day, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hana Sugisaki, Jin Katagiri
Votes: 149
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