List of Japanese films of the 1940s

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

Footnotes

^ "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)".

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

[1] "Movie-times.co".

[2] "Japan Navigator: Japanese film: "Ornamental Hairpin" (1941) and other films by Shimizu Hiroshi". www.japannavigator.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.

[3] "Miyamoto Musashi (1944)". Archived from the original on May 22, 2017.

[4] "MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies".

[5] "Josei No Shori (1946)". Archived from the original on May 22, 2017.

[6] ttp://www.villagevoice.com/movies/the-love-of-the-actress-sumako-joy-sumako-no-koi-1947-6616557 ^{[dead link‍]}

[7] "These Foolish Times (1947)".

[8] "Toshiro Mifune: Films by Year, Page 1".

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV200870-9] Galbraith IV 2008, p. 70.

[10] "Blue Mountains, Part II (1949)".

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