List of Japanese films of 1951
# List of Japanese films of 1951

A list of films released in Japan in 1951 (see 1951 in film).

* The Idiot
* Miss Oyu
* Yearning for Mother

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Beyond Love and Hate | Senkichi Taniguchi | Ryō Ikebe Toshirō Mifune | | |
| Conclusion of Kojiro Sasaki-Duel at Ganryu Island | Hiroshi Inagaki | Tomoemon Otani Toshirō Mifune | Jidaigeki | |
| Early Summer | Yasujirō Ozu | Setsuko Hara | Drama | |
| Elegy | Kajiro Yamamoto | Ken Uehara Mieko Takamine | | |
| Ginza Cosmetics | Mikio Naruse | Kinuyo Tanaka Ranko Hanai | Drama | |
| The Idiot | Akira Kurosawa | Masayuki Mori Toshirō Mifune | Drama | |
| Koibito | Kon Ichikawa | Ryō Ikebe, Asami Kuji | Romance | |
| The Life of a Horsetrader | Keigo Kimura | Toshirō Mifune Machiko Kyō | Drama | |
| Meeting of the Ghost Après-Guerre | Kiyoshi Saeki | Shigeo Miyata Ryō Ikebe | | The original story of this film is "Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka" |
| Miss Oyu | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka Nobuko Otowa | Drama | |
| Nami | Noboru Nakamura | Shin Saburi Yoko Katsuragi | Drama | Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
| Pirates | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshirō Mifune Tomoemon Otani | Action | |
| Repast | Mikio Naruse | Ken Uehara Setsuko Hara | Drama | Won Best Film at the 6th Mainichi Film Awards and at the 2nd Blue Ribbon Awards |
| The Tale of Genji | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Kazuo Hasegawa Michiyo Kogure | Romance | Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
| Who Knows a Woman's Heart | Kajiro Yamamoto | Mieko Takamine Ryō Ikebe | Drama | |
