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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
1940
Kaze no Matasaburo Koji Shima Akikhiko Katayama Drama
Nobuko Hiroshi Shimizu Drama
Shina no yoru Osamu Fushimizu Kazuo Hasegawa, Shirley Yamaguchi Propaganda
Travelling Actors Mikio Naruse Kamatari Fujiwara, Kan Yanagiya 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 Saito Tatsuo, 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
Miyamoto Musashi Kenji Mizoguchi Chojuro Kawarasaki, 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
A Descendant of Taro Urashima Mikio Naruse Susumu Fujita, Nobuo Nakamura Drama [4]
Josei no Shori 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 Kenji Susukida
Utamaro and His Five Women Kenji Mizoguchi Kinuyo Tanaka Biopic
1947
Ima Hitotabi no Heinosuke Gosho
The Love of Sumako, the Actress Kenji Mizoguchi Kinuyo Tanaka, So Yamamura Drama [6]
One Wonderful Sunday Akira Kurosawa Isao Numasaki Romantic comedy
The Record of a Tenement Gentleman Yasujirō Ozu Chouko Iida, Hohi Aoki Drama
Snow Trail Senkichi Taniguchi Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
These Foolish Times 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
Jakoman and Tetsu Senkichi Taniguchi Toshiro Mifune [8]
Jigoku no kifujin Motoyoshi Oda Michiyo Kogure, Eitaro Ozawa, Ichiro Ryuzaki — [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
Zoku aoi sanmyaku Tadashi Imai Setsuko Hara, Ryō Ikebe Comedy drama [10]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "Movie-times.co".
  • ^ "Japan Navigator: Japanese film: "Ornamental Hairpin" (1941) and other films by Shimizu Hiroshi". www.japannavigator.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.
  • ^ "Miyamoto Musashi (1944)". Archived from the original on May 22, 2017.
  • ^ "MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies".
  • ^ "Josei No Shori (1946)". Archived from the original on May 22, 2017.
  • ^ http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/the-love-of-the-actress-sumako-joy-sumako-no-koi-1947-6616557 [dead link]
  • ^ "These Foolish Times (1947)".
  • ^ "Toshiro Mifune: Films by Year, Page 1".
  • ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 70.
  • ^ "Blue Mountains, Part II (1949)".

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