List of Japanese films of 1957

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A list of films released in Japan in 1957 (see 1957 in film).

Japanese films released in 1957 Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Bokyaku no hanabira (kanketsu hen) | Toshio Sugie | Yoko Tsukasa, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mitsuko Kusabue | — | [1]
Chieko sho | Hisatora Kumagai | Setusko Hara, So Yamamura, Kyoko Aoyama | — | [1]
The Crowded Streetcar | Kon Ichikawa | Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Chishū Ryū | Drama | [2]
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp | Katsuhiko Tasaka |  |  | [3]
Ghost Ship | Teija Matsuda | Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ryutaro Otomo, Ryunosuke Tsukigata | — | [4]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ishirō Honda | Raymond Burr, Momoko Kōchi, Akira Takarada |  | released in japan on May 29, 1957
Gojo oyaji pinboke musuko | Motoyoshi Oda | Kingoro Makino, Peggy Hayama, Ichiro Arishima | — | [5]
Gojo oyaji to doremiha musume | Motoyoshi Oda | Kingoro Yanagiya, Peggy Hayama, Ichiro Arishima | — | [1]
Hadaka no machi | Seiji Hisamatsu | Ryō Ikebe, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Awaji | — | [5]
The Hole | Kon Ichikawa | Machiko Kyō, Eiji Funakoshi | Comedy |
I Am Waiting | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara | Crime |
Jun'ai monogatari | Tadashi Imai | Shinjirō Ehara |  | [citation needed]
The Lower Depths | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjirō Nakamura | Drama | [6]
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty | Kyotaro Namiki | Shoji Nakayama | Horror |
The Mysterians | Ishirō Honda | Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kochi | Science Fiction | [7][8]
Nijūkyū-nin no Kenka-jō | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Raizo Ichikawa | — | [citation needed]
On Wings of Love | Toshio Sugie | Hibari Misora, Chiemi Eri, Izumi Yukimura | Musical | [5]
An Osaka Story | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Raizo Ichikawa, Kyōko Kagawa | Drama | [citation needed]
Reign of Terror | Shigeaki Hidaka | Akira Takarada, Yumi Shirakawa, Kyoko Anzai | Crime | [1]
Secret Scrolls (Part I) | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga | — | [9]
The Rice People | Tadashi Imai | Hitomi Nakahara, Isao Kimura | Drama | [citation needed]
Snow Country | Shirō Toyoda | Keiko Kishi, Ryō Ikebe, Kaoru Yachigusa | Drama | [10]
Throne of Blood | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki | Jidaigeki | [11][12]
Tokyo Twilight | Yasujirō Ozu | Setsuko Hara, Isuzu Yamada, Chishū Ryū | — | [13]
Untamed | Mikio Naruse | Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara | Drama |
Wagamune no niji wa kiezu (dai ichibu) | Ishirō Honda | Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akemi Negishi | — | [1]
Wakare no chatsumi uta | Ishirō Honda | Yoshio Kosugi, Chiyoko Shimakura, Chikage Ogi | — | [1]
Yellow Crow | Heinosuke Gosho | Chikage Awashima, Yūnosuke Itō | Drama | [14]

## See also

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* 1957 in Japan

## References

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ a b c d e f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 134.
2. ^ https://japanesefilmfestival.net/19th/production/the-crowded-streetcar/ [dead link]
3. ^ "Movie-times.co".
4. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 182.
5. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 135.
6. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 272.
7. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 301.
8. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 302.
9. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 350.
10. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 361.
11. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 394.
12. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 395.
13. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 402.
14. ^ "Yellow Crow (1957)".

### Sources

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* Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
* Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

## External links

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* Japanese films of 1957 at the Internet Movie Database

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