List of Japanese films of 1956

A list of films released in Japan in 1956 (see 1956 in film).

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1956
ArashiHiroshi InagakiChishū Ryū, Kinuyo TanakaDramaEntered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival
The Burmese HarpKon IchikawaRentarō Mikuni, Shoji YasuiWar[1]
Crazed FruitKō NakahiraMasahiko Tsugawa, Yujiro IshiharaDrama
Christ in BronzeMinoru ShibuyaEiji Okada, Osamu TakizawaDramaEntered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Early SpringYasujirō OzuHaruko Sugimura, Ryō IkebeDrama[2]
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-TsugiBin KadoShintaro KatsuHorror
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!Ishirō HondaRaymond Burr, Takashi ShimuraScience-fictionJapanese-American co-production
The Legend of the White SerpentShirō ToyodaRyō Ikebe, Shirley YamaguchiEntered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival
Mahiru no ankokuTadashi ImaiWon Best Film at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 11th Mainichi Film Awards
Migratory Birds of the FlowersKatsuhiko Tasaka
NagareruMikio NaruseIsuzu Yamada, Kinuyo TanakaDrama
Punishment RoomKon Ichikawa——[3]
RodanIshirō HondaYumi ShirakawaScience fiction[4]
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu IslandHiroshi InagakiToshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta[5][6]
ShuuMikio NaruseSetsuko Hara, Kyōko KagawaDrama
Sisters of the GionHiromasa NomuraMichiyo Kogure, Tamao NakamuraDrama
Street of ShameKenji MizoguchiMachiko Kyō, Ayako WakaoDrama[7][8]
Victory Is MineSeijun SuzukiKou Mishima, Ichirō SugaiAction
Warning from SpaceKoji ShimaToyomi KaritaScience fiction[9]
Marason zamurai
Tsukigata HanpeitaTeinosuke Kinugasa[10]
A Wife's HeartMikio NaruseToshiro Mifune, Hideko TakamineDrama
The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden StoryKatsuhiko TasakaRaizo Ichikawa, Shintaro KatsuDrama


See also

References
  1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 129.
  2. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 156-157.
  3. "Punishment Room". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 340.
  5. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 342.
  6. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 343.
  7. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 373.
  8. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 374.
  9. Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 308. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
  10. "Tsukigata Hanpeita".

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