List of Japanese films of the 1940s
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A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1940s. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1940 | ||||||
Kaze no Matasaburo | Koji Shima | Akikhiko Katayama | Drama | |||
Nobuko | Hiroshi Shimizu | Drama | ||||
Kazuo Hasegawa, Shirley Yamaguchi | Propaganda | |||||
Mikio Naruse | Kamatari Fujiwara, | Comedy | [1] | |||
1941 | ||||||
The 47 Ronin | Kenji Mizoguchi | Chojuro Kawarasaki | Samurai film | |||
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Yasujirō Ozu | Mieko Takamine | Drama | |||
Hideko the Bus-Conductor | Mikio Naruse | Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara | Drama | |||
Ornamental Hairpin | Hiroshi Shimizu | , Tanaka Kinuyo | Drama | [2] | ||
1942 | ||||||
Hawai Mare oki kaisen | Kajiro Yamamoto | Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara | Propaganda | |||
There Was a Father | Yasujirō Ozu | Mitsuko Mito, Chishū Ryū | Drama | |||
1943 | ||||||
Sanshiro Sugata | Akira Kurosawa | Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita | Drama Martial arts |
Akira Kurosawa's first film | ||
Momotarō no Umiwashi | Mitsuyo Seo | Propaganda Animation | ||||
1944 | ||||||
Army | Keisuke Kinoshita | Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | |||
Kenji Mizoguchi | , Kinuyo Tanaka | Jidaigeki | [3] | |||
The Most Beautiful | Akira Kurosawa | Ichirō Sugai | Propaganda drama | |||
1945 | ||||||
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail | Akira Kurosawa | Susumu Fujita | Samurai film | |||
Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei | Mitsuyo Seo | Propaganda Animation | ||||
Sanshiro Sugata Part II | Akira Kurosawa | Denjiro Okochi | Martial arts film | |||
1946 | ||||||
Aru yo no Tonosama | Teinosuke Kinugasa | |||||
Mikio Naruse | Susumu Fujita, Nobuo Nakamura | Drama | [4] | |||
Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano | Drama | [5] | |||
Minshū no Teki | Tadashi Imai | Susumu Fujita, Akitake Kōno | Drama | |||
No Regrets for Our Youth | Akira Kurosawa | Masao Shimizu | Drama | |||
Those Who Make Tomorrow | Akira Kurosawa | |||||
Utamaro and His Five Women | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka | Biopic | |||
1947 | ||||||
Heinosuke Gosho | ||||||
Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka, So Yamamura | Drama | [6] | |||
One Wonderful Sunday | Akira Kurosawa | Romantic comedy | ||||
The Record of a Tenement Gentleman | Yasujirō Ozu | Chouko Iida, Hohi Aoki | Drama | |||
Snow Trail | Senkichi Taniguchi | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura | ||||
Kajiro Yamamoto | Roppa Furukawa, Kenichi Enomoto | Comedy | [7] | |||
1948 | ||||||
Drunken Angel | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | Crime drama | |||
A Hen in the Wind | Yasujirō Ozu | Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | |||
President and a female clerk | Hideo Ôba | Taiji Tonoyama | Comedy | music by Akira Ifukube | ||
1949 | ||||||
Aoi sanmyaku | Tadashi Imai | Setsuko Hara, Ryō Ikebe | Comedy drama | |||
Senkichi Taniguchi | Toshiro Mifune | [8] | ||||
Jigoku no kifujin | Motoyoshi Oda | Michiyo Kogure, Eitaro Ozawa, | N/A | [9] | ||
Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki | Keisuki Sasaki | Keiji Sada, Masao Inoue | ||||
Late Spring | Yasujirō Ozu | Haruko Sugimura | Drama | |||
The Quiet Duel | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
Stray Dog | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | Crime drama | |||
Tadashi Imai | Setsuko Hara, Ryō Ikebe | Comedy drama | [10] |
References[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ https://www.movie-times.co/en/movie/144902/Travelling+Actors-1940
- ^ http://www.japannavigator.com/2012/01/japanese-film-ornamental-hairpin-1941.html
- ^ http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bea2f4d
- ^ https://criticsroundup.com/film/a-descendant-of-taro-urashima/
- ^ http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6be25977
- ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/the-love-of-the-actress-sumako-joy-sumako-no-koi-1947-6616557
- ^ https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film675329.html
- ^ http://toshiromifune.org/films/byyear1.htm
- ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 70.
- ^ https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film928613.html
Sources[]
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
External links[]
- Japanese film at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Lists of Japanese films by decade
- Lists of 1940s films
- 1940s in Japanese cinema
- 1940s Japanese films