List of Japanese films of 1955

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A list of films released in Japan in 1955 (see 1955 in film).

* Floating Clouds

* I Live in Fear

* Princess Yang Kwei-Fei

Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes

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All Is Well | Toshio Sugie | Toshiro Mifune, Asami Kuji, Akira Takarada | — | [1]
All is Well Part 2 | Toshio Sugie | Toshiro Mifune, Asami Kuji, Akira Takarada | — | [2]
The Eternal Breasts | Kinuyo Tanaka | Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama | Drama, biopic | [3]
Floating Clouds | Mikio Naruse | Hideko Takemine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada | Drama | [1]
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa
Ayako Wakao, Raizo Ichikawa | Drama |
Godzilla Raids Again | Motoyoshi Oda | Hiroshi Koizumi, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura | — | [4]
Half Human | Ishirō Honda | Momoko Kouchi, Akira Takarada | — | [5]
Hatsukoi wautsu | Kenta Kimoto | Kyoko Aoyama, Akira Takarada, Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoro Yanagiya | — | [1]
Hatsuwarai sokonuke tabi niki | Nobuo Aoyagi | Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoro Yanagiya, Tony Tani | — | [1]
The Heart | Kon Ichikawa | Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama | Drama |
I Live in Fear | Akira Kurosawa | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki | Drama | [6][7]
The Immortal Pitcher | Hideo Suzuki | Ryō Ikebe, Yoko Tsukasa, Chishū Ryū | — | [2]
Jyazu musume kanpai | Umetsugu Inoue | Chiemi Eri, Izumi Yukimura, Junzaburo Ban | — | [2]
Love Never Fails | Shiro Toyoda | Akira Kubo, Kyoko Aoyama, Yoichi Tachikawa | Drama | [4]
Lovetide | Ishirō Honda | Ryō Ikebe, Hiroshi Koizumi, Fubuki Koshiji |  | [1]
A Man Among Men | Kaijiro Yamamoto | Kōji Tsuruta, Toshiro Mifune, Mariko Okada | Crime thriller | [1]
Ningyo Sashichi torimonocho - Mekura okami | Masahiro Makino | Hiroshi Koizumi, Jun Tazaki, Takashi Shimura | — | [2]
No Response from Car 33 | Senkichi Taniguchi | Ryō Ikebe, Yoko Tsukasa, Takashi Shimura | Crime drama | [8]
No Time for Tears | Seiji Maruyama | Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Mariko Okada | Drama | [4]
Owarai torimonocho - Hatchant hatsutegara | Nobuo Aoyagi | Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoror Yanagiya, Roppa Furukawa | — | [2]
The Phantom Horse | Koji Shima | Ayako Wakao, Yoshiro Kitahara | Drama | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Princess Yang Kwei-Fei | Kenji Mizoguchi | Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori | Historical drama |
The Rookie Manager | Hideo Suzuki | Ryō Ikebe, Izumi Yukimura, Kamatari Fujiwara | — | [2]
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta | — | [9]
Taira Clan Saga | Kenji Mizoguchi | Raizo Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura | Drama |
A Spring of Happiness | Masanori Kakei | Ineko Arima, Jun Negami, Mieko Takamine | — | [2]
Tomorrow's Happiness | Shunkai Mizuho | Ken Uehara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yoshiko Kuga | — | [2]
Yancha musume gyojoki | Kunio Watanabe | Kyoko Aoyama, Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoro Yanagiya | — | [1]
Yokihi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori | Drama | [10]
Yuki no hono | Jin Usami | Yoko Tsukasa, So Yamamura, Akira Takarada | — | [2]

## See also

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* 1955 in Japan

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 108.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Galbraith IV 2008, p. 109.
3. ^ "The Eternal Breasts (1955)".
4. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 110.
5. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 113.
6. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 115.
7. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 116.
8. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 111.
9. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 112.
10. ^ "Yokihi (1955)". Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.

### Bibliography

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* Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.

## External links

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* Japanese films of 1955 at the Internet Movie Database

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