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List of Japanese films of 1956
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Cinema of
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Lists of Japanese films
Pre-1910
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960s
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A list of
films
released in
Japan
in 1956 (see
1956 in film
).
Contents
See also
References
Sources
External links
Nagareru
Rodan
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
1956
Arashi
Hiroshi Inagaki
Chishū Ryū
,
Kinuyo Tanaka
Drama
Entered into the
7th Berlin International Film Festival
The Burmese Harp
Kon Ichikawa
Rentarō Mikuni
,
Shoji Yasui
War
[
1
]
Crazed Fruit
Kō Nakahira
Masahiko Tsugawa
,
Yujiro Ishihara
Drama
Christ in Bronze
Minoru Shibuya
Eiji Okada
,
Osamu Takizawa
Drama
Entered into the
1956 Cannes Film Festival
Early Spring
Yasujirō Ozu
Haruko Sugimura
,
Ryō Ikebe
Drama
[
2
]
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi
Bin Kado
Shintaro Katsu
Horror
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Ishirō Honda
Raymond Burr
,
Takashi Shimura
Science-fiction
Japanese-American co-production
The Legend of the White Serpent
Shirō Toyoda
Ryō Ikebe
,
Shirley Yamaguchi
Entered into the
6th Berlin International Film Festival
Mahiru no ankoku
Tadashi Imai
Won Best Film at the 7th
Blue Ribbon Awards
and at the 11th
Mainichi Film Awards
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Katsuhiko Tasaka
Nagareru
Mikio Naruse
Isuzu Yamada
,
Kinuyo Tanaka
Drama
Punishment Room
Kon Ichikawa
—
—
[
3
]
Rodan
Ishirō Honda
Yumi Shirakawa
Science fiction
[
4
]
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island
Hiroshi Inagaki
Toshiro Mifune
,
Kōji Tsuruta
[
5
]
[
6
]
Shuu
Mikio Naruse
Setsuko Hara
,
Kyōko Kagawa
Drama
Sisters of the Gion
Hiromasa Nomura
Michiyo Kogure
,
Tamao Nakamura
Drama
Street of Shame
Kenji Mizoguchi
Machiko Kyō
,
Ayako Wakao
Drama
[
7
]
[
8
]
Victory Is Mine
Seijun Suzuki
Kou Mishima
,
Ichirō Sugai
Action
Warning from Space
Koji Shima
Toyomi Karita
Science fiction
[
9
]
Marason zamurai
Tsukigata Hanpeita
Teinosuke Kinugasa
[
10
]
A Wife's Heart
Mikio Naruse
Toshiro Mifune
,
Hideko Takamine
Drama
The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story
Katsuhiko Tasaka
Raizo Ichikawa
,
Shintaro Katsu
Drama
See also
1956 in Japan
References
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
129.
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
156-157.
↑
"Punishment Room"
.
Turner Classic Movies
. Retrieved
12 May
2017
.
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
340.
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
342.
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
343.
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
373.
↑
Galbraith IV 1996
, p.
374.
↑
Galbraith, Stuart
(1994).
Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films
. McFarland. p.
308.
ISBN
0-89950-853-7
.
↑
"Tsukigata Hanpeita"
.
Sources
Galbraith IV, Stuart
(1996).
The Japanese Filmography
. McFarland. p.
303.
ISBN
0-89950-853-7
.
External links
Japanese films of 1956
at the
Internet Movie Database
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1956 films
American
Argentine
Bangladesh
British
Egyptian
French
Hong Kong
Indian
Bengali
Hindi
Marathi
Ollywood
Tamil
Telugu
Israeli
Italian
Japanese
Mexican
Pakistani
East Pakistan
South Korean
Soviet
Spanish
West German
v
t
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Cinema of Japan
Studios
Awards
Major seven
Kinema Junpo Awards
(since 1926)
Mainichi Film Awards
(since 1946)
Blue Ribbon Awards
(since 1950)
Hochi Film Awards
(since 1976)
Japan Academy Film Prize
(since 1978)
Yokohama Film Festival
(since 1980)
Nikkan Sports Film Awards
(since 1988)
Others
Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition
Bunshun Kiichigo Awards
Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award
Elan d'or Awards
Golden Arrow Award
Japanese Movie Critics Awards
Japanese Professional Movie Awards
Genres
Anime
Gendai-geki
Horror
Jidaigeki
Samurai cinema
Pink film
Science fiction
Cyberpunk
Kaiju
Tokusatsu
Shoshimin-eiga
Tendency film
Yakuza film
(
Gokudō
)
Films
By decade
pre-1910
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
By year
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Lists
List of highest-grossing Japanese films
List of highest-grossing films in Japan
List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
List of Japanese film directors
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