List of Japanese films of 1988

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A list of films released in Japan in 1988 (see 1988 in film).

Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes

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A Chaos of Flowers |  |  |  |
Akira | Katsuhiro Otomo |  | Science fiction | Animated film[1][2]
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | Eriko Watanabe
Tetsuya Nakashima
Takahito Hara
Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Narumi Yasuda, Haruko Sagara |  |
The Discarnates | Nobuhiko Obayashi |  |  | Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure |  |  |  |
Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame |  |  | Horror |
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole[3] |  |  | Horror | Part of the Guinea Pig films series; Direct-to-video
Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll[4] |  |  | Magical girl, family, drama |
Grave of the Fireflies | Isao Takahata |  | — | Animated feature[5][6]
Hare Tokidoki Buta | Toshio Hirata |  | family, comedy |
Hope and Pain | Yoji Yamada |  |  | Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Evil Island |  |  |  |
Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion |  |  |  |
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Toru Furuya | Science fiction |
My Neighbor Totoro | Hayao Miyazaki |  | — | Animated feature[6]
Rock yo shizukani nagareyo | Shunichi Nagasaki | Kenichi Okamoto, Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, koyo Maeda | Coming-of-age story | [5]
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods |  |  |  |
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth |  |  |  |
The Silk Road | Junya Sato | Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Anna Nakagawa | — | [7]
Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters | Hideo Tanaka | Yui Asaka, Yuka Onishi, Yuma Nakamura |  |
Tatakae!! Ramenman the Movie |  |  |  |
A Taxing Woman's Return | Juzo Itami | Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni, Toru Masuoka | — | [8]
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis | Akio Jissoji |  |  |  |
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 40th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Umi e, See You | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Ken Takakura, Junko Sakurada, Nenji Kobayashi | Action, Drama | [9]
Wuthering Heights | Yoshishige Yoshida |  |  | Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5 – The Final Chapter | Osamu Dezaki |  | — | Animated feature[5]
Yojo no jidai |  |  |  |

## See also

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* 1988 in Japan
* 1988 in Japanese television

## References

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### Footnotes

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1. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 96.
2. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Akira". AllMovie. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
3. ^ ザ・ギニーピッグ マンホールの中の人魚(1988). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
4. ^ Justin Sevakis (24 June 2014). "ESPer Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
5. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 359.
6. ^ a b Galbraith IV 2008, p. 360.
7. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 361.
8. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 358.
9. ^ "See You to the Sea (1988)". www.allcinema.net. Retrieved March 1, 2025.

### 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.

## External links

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* Japanese films of 1988 at the Internet Movie Database

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