A list of films produced in Japan in 1931 (see 1931 in film).
Film releases Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref 7 February The Lady and the Beard Yasujirō Ozu Tokihiko Okada, Hiroko Kawasaki Romantic comedy 9 February Nonsense Story, Vol.1: Monkey Island Kenzō Masaoka Animation 14 February Silver Stream Hiroshi Shimizu Emiko Yagumo, Minoru Takada, Tatsuo Saitō, Shin'yō Nara Drama 13 March In Search of Mother Hiroshi Inagaki Jidaigeki 5 May Reimei izen Teinosuke Kinugasa Kazuo Hasegawa, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Akiko Chihaya Jidaigeki 29 May The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman Yasujirō Ozu Tokihiko Okada, Tatsuo Saitō, Shin'yō Nara Drama 12 June And Yet They Go On Kenji Mizoguchi Yōko Umemura, Kumeko Urabe, Tomoemon Bando Tendency film 1 August The Neighbor's Wife and Mine Heinosuke Gosho Atsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo Tanaka Japan's first commercially successful talkie 8 August Flunky, Work Hard! Mikio Naruse Isamu Yamaguchi, Seiichi Kato, Tokio Seti Comedy, Drama 15 August Tokyo Chorus Yasujirō Ozu Tokihiko Okada Drama 12 December ABC Lifeline Yasujirō Shimazu Kinuyo Tanaka, Ureo Egawa, Hideo Fujino, Michiko Oikawa Tendency film 18 December The Revenge Champion Tomu Uchida Isuzu Yamada Comedy, Jidaigeki 23 December Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter Hiroshi Shimizu Drama, Romance 31 December Jirokichi the Rat Daisuke Itō Denjirō Ōkōchi, Minoru Takase, Naoe Fushimi Action, Jidaigeki
See also 1931 in Japan
References
External links
Japanese Movie Database's 1931 list