Top 10 Japanese Box Office Movies for 2021 (Non-Anime Movies)
List based on In-Year Releases and retrieved from Box Office Mojo website
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2021/?area=JP&grossesOption=totalGrosses
Note:
Excluding music movies.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/2021/?area=JP&grossesOption=totalGrosses
Note:
Excluding music movies.
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- DirectorTsutomu HanabusaStarsTakumi KitamuraYuki YamadaYôsuke SuginoA 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.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsTakeru SatohMackenyuEmi TakeiKenshin'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.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsMasaki SudaKasumi ArimuraKaya KiyoharaA 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.
- DirectorMasayuki SuzukiStarsMasami NagasawaTakuya KimuraRyo IshibashiAn 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.
- StarsJun MatsumotoTeruyuki KagawaHana SugisakiHiroto 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 law firm receives a request about a case that took place 15 years ago. The case was about a poisonous wine incident.
- DirectorKeishi OtomoStarsTakeru SatohKasumi ArimuraYôsuke EguchiBefore becoming a protector, Kenshin is a fearsome assassin known as Battosai, but his story changes when he meets the gentle Tomoe Yukishiro.
- DirectorNoriyoshi SakumaStarsTowa ArakiKôdai AsakaYoshihiko HakamadaNewlyweds Nana and Shota Tezuka move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"
- DirectorTetsu MaedaStarsMei NaganoKei TanakaKoshi MizukamiYuko Morimiya is a high school student and she lives with her stepfather Morimiya. Morimiya is her third father. Her mother, Rika, is a free spirited person and has remarried several times. She disappeared from Yuko's life at a certain point. Even though Yuko and her stepfather are not blood related, she is fully loved by her him.
- DirectorAkira NagaiStarsMasaki SudaSatoshi FukaseMitsuki TakahataA kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more.
- DirectorKan EguchiStarsJun'ichi OkadaFumino KimuraYurina HirateThe Fable/Akira Sato killed 5 men 4 years ago. He meets the girl injured back then in a wheelchair. She's staying with the 6th on his kill list canceled last moment. The 6th is now scamming/extorting people.