List of Japanese films of 1958

A list of films released in Japan in 1958 (see 1958 in film).

Japanese films released in 1958

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Anzukko	Mikio Naruse	So Yamamura Kyōko Kagawa	Drama	[1] [ unreliable source? ]
The Ballad of Narayama	Keisuke Kinoshita	Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi	Jidaigeki	[ citation needed ]
Black Cat Mansion	Nobuo Nakagawa	Toshio Hosokawa, Midori Chikuma	—	[2]
A Boy and Three Mothers	Seiji Hisamatsu	Terumi Niki, Isuzu Yamada		[ citation needed ]
Conflagration	Kon Ichikawa	Raizo Ichikawa Tatsuya Nakadai	—	[3]
Endless Desire	Shohei Imamura	Shizuko Kasagi	Comedy	[ citation needed ]
Equinox Flower	Yasujirō Ozu	Shin Saburi Kinuyo Tanaka	Drama	[ citation needed ]
The Gay Masquerade	Daisuke Itō	Raizo Ichikawa		[ citation needed ]
Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred	Kenji Misumi	Shintaro Katsu		[ citation needed ]
Giants and Toys	Yasuzo Masumura	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Comedy	[ citation needed ]
The H-Man	Ishirō Honda	Yumi Shirakawa	Science fiction	[ citation needed ]
Herringbone Clouds ( Summer Clouds )	Mikio Naruse	Kyōko Kagawa Michiyo Aratama	Drama	[4] [ unreliable source? ]
The Hidden Fortress	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Samurai	[ citation needed ]
Hitogui Ama ("Cannibal Ama")	Yoshiki Onoda	Yōko Mihara	Shintoho ama film	[ citation needed ]
A Holiday in Tokyo	Kajiro Yamamoto	Yoshiko Yamaguchi Toshirō Mifune	Drama	[ citation needed ]
Josei S.O.S.	Hisanobu Marubayashi	Yumi Shirakawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya		[ citation needed ]
Kegareta Nikutai Seijo (Priestess with the Sullied Flesh)	Michiyoshi Doi	Miyuki Takakura  [ ja ], Mayumi Ôzora  [ ja ]	Drama	[ citation needed ]
The Loyal 47 Ronin	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa	Jidaigeki	[ citation needed ]
Naked Sun	Miyoji Ieki	Shinjirō Ehara		[ citation needed ]
Nichiren to mōko daishūrai	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa		[ citation needed ]
Night Drum	Tadashi Imai	Rentarō Mikuni, Ineko Arima	Drama	[5] [ unreliable source? ]
Nishi Ginza Station	Shohei Imamura	Frank Nagai	Drama	[6] [ unreliable source? ]
Rat Kid on Journey	Hiroshi Inagaki	Kōji Tsuruta Mitsuko Kusabue	Jidaigeki	[ citation needed ]
Rickshaw Man	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune Hideko Takamine	Drama	[ citation needed ]
The Snowy Heron	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Fujiko Yamamoto, Keizo Kawasaki		[ citation needed ]
Song for a Bride	Ishirō Honda	Mitsuko Kusabue Akemi Negishi		[ citation needed ]
The Spell of the Hidden Gold	Masazumi Kawanishi	Yasuko Nakada Kumi Mizuno	Drama	[ citation needed ]
Stolen Desire	Shohei Imamura	Osamu Takizawa		[ citation needed ]
The Temptress and the Monk	Eisuke Takizawa	Yumeji Tsukioka	Fantasy	[ citation needed ]
Theater of Life (Jinsei gekijo - Seishun hen)	Toshio Sugie	Ryō Ikebe Hisaya Morishige	Drama	[7] [ unreliable source? ]
Tora's Home Run	Motoyoshi Oda	Kingoro Yanagiya Ichiro Arishima	Comedy	[ citation needed ]
Underworld Beauty	Seijun Suzuki	Hideaki Nitani	Crime	[ citation needed ]
Varan the Unbelievable	Ishirō Honda	Kozo Nomura	Keiji	[ citation needed ]
Voice Without a Shadow	Seijun Suzuki	Hideaki Nitani	Mystery	[ citation needed ]
Yaji and Kita On the Road	Yasuki Chiba	Keiju Kobayashi Daisuke Katō	Comedy	[8] [ unreliable source? ]
Young Daughters	Kihachi Okamoto	Izumi Yukimura Daisuke Katō	Drama	[ citation needed ]
Young Breasts	Seijun Suzuki	Akira Kobayashi	Drama	[ citation needed ]
Zenta and the Three Tales: Child in the Wind				[ citation needed ]
Zenta and the Three Tales: The World of Ghosts				[ citation needed ]

See also

• 1958 in Japan

References

Footnotes

1. "Little Peach (1958)".
2. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 120.
3. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74124/Conflagration/%7Ctitle=Conflagration%7Caccessdate=12 May 2017|publisher=Turner Classic Movies
4. "Summer Clouds (1958)".
5. "FilmAffinity".
6. "Nishi Ginza Station (1958)".
7. "Wild Realm Reviews: Theater of Life".
8. "YAJI AND KITA, THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS | Film Journal International". www.filmjournal.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.

Sources

• 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.
• Foster, Michael Dylan (2008). Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0520942677.

External links

• Japanese films of 1958 at the Internet Movie Database