List of Japanese films of 1976

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A list of films released in Japan in 1976 (see 1976 in film).

Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes

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1976
Assault! Jack the Ripper | Yasuharu Hasebe | Tamaki Katsura
Yutaka Hayashi | Roman porno / "Violent Pink" |
Baka Masa Hora Masa Toppa Masa  |  |  |  |
Boso panikku: Dai gekitotsu | Kinji Fukasaku |  | Action |
Brother and Sister | Tadashi Imai | Kumiko Akiyoshi |  |
Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession | Masaru Konuma | Runa Takamura | Roman porno |
Death at an Old Mansion | Yoichi Takabayashi |  |  | Entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival
Dojoji | Kihachiro Kawamoto |  | Folklore |
Frosty's Winter Wonderland | Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass | Dennis Day, Paul Frees, Jackie Vernon, Shelley Winters | Animated |
Fumo Chitai | Satsuo Yamamoto | Hideji Otaki |  |
God Speed You! Black Emperor | Mitsuo Yanagimachi |  |  |
Gorenger: The Red Death Match |  |  |  |
Gorenger: Fire Mountain's Last Explosion |  |  |  |
Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane |  |  |  |

* Only original Gorenger movie.
* First original Super Sentai movie.

Hitogoroshi  |  |  |  |
In the Realm of the Senses | Nagisa Oshima |  |  |
The Inugamis | Kon Ichikawa |  |  | Won Best Film at the 1st Hochi Film Award
Lady Moonflower | Katsuhiko Fujii | Naomi Tani | Roman porno |
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. |  | Animated |
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days  |  |  |  |
Kimi yo funnu no kawa wo watare |  |  |  |
Kurutta yajû | Sadao Nakajima |  | Drama, Action, Crime |
Rudolph's Shiny New Year | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Billie Mae Richards, Red Skelton, Morey Amsterdam, Frank Gorshin, Paul Frees, Don Messick, Harold Peary | Animated |
Sister Street Fighter – Fifth Level Fist | Shigehiro Ozawa | Etsuko Shihomi | Martial arts |
The Classroom of Terror |  |  |  |
Tora's Pure Love | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 18th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 17th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Watashi no sex-hakusho | Chûsei Sone |  | Drama |
Watcher in the Attic | Noboru Tanaka | Junko Miyashita | Roman porno | Adaptation of an Edogawa Rampo story
Yakuza Graveyard | Kinji Fukasaku | Tetsuya Watari | Yakuza |

## See also

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* 1976 in Japan
* 1976 in Japanese television

## External links

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* Japanese films of 1976 at the Internet Movie Database

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* Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition
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