List of Japanese films of 1970

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A list of films released in Japan in 1970 (see 1970 in film).

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TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
The All-Out Game Akira Okazaki Kimisaburo Onogawa, Saburo Shindo, Kei Wakakura — [1]
Alleycat Rock: Female Boss Yasuharu Hasebe Meiko Kaji, Akiko Wada, Kōji Wada — [2] [3]
The Ambitious Daisuke Ito Kinnosuke Nakaura, Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi — [4] [5]
Atakku No. 1 Eiji Okabe , Fumio Kurokawa ——Animated feature [5]
Atakku No. 1 - Namida no kaiten resibu Eiji Okabe , Fumio Kurokawa ——Animated feature [6]
Atakku No. 1 - Namida no sekai senshuken Masaaki Okuma ——Animated feature [7]
Batsugun joshi kousei-16 sai wa kanjichau Takeshi Matsumori Yoko Naito, Kyoko Yoshizawa, Toshio Kurosawa Melodrama [8]
Batsugun joshikousei-Sotto shitoite 16 sai Takeshi Matsumori Kyoko Yoshizawa, Toshio Kurosawa, Yosuke Natsuki Comedy [9]
Blind Woman's Curse Teruo Ishii Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satō Crime [10] [11]
City of Beasts Jun Fukuda Toshio Kurosawa, Rentarō Mikuni, Noriko Takahashi — [12]
The Creature Called Man Kiyoshi Nishimura Yūzō Kayama, Jiro Tamiya, Mariko Kaga — [5]
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive Hirokazu Ichimura Yoko Matsuyama, Yuki Meguro, Shinji Hotta — [13]
Cruel Female Love Suicide Shōgorō Nishimura Annu Mari, Sanae Ohori, Jirō Okazaki — [14]
Dodes'ka-den Akira Kurosawa Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Kazuo Kato Drama [15] [16]
Duel at Ezo Kengo Furusawa Yūzō Kayama, Rentarō Mikuni, Mitsuko Baisho — [4]
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan Shue Matsubayashi Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Katō, Hiroshi Sekiguchi — [4]
Five Gents and a Kuniang Shue Matsubayashi Hisaya Morishige, Keiju Kobayashi, Daisuke Katō — [5]
Forbidden Affair Masanobu Deme Shima Iwashita, Shiro Mifune, Takashi Kanda — [8]
Gamera vs. Jiger Noriaki Yuasa Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Varis, Katherine Murphy Action, science fiction [17] [18]
Gakuensai no yoru-Amai keikun Hiromichi Horikawa Keiko Torii, Naoki Tachibana, Yoshiro Uchida Drama [9]
Get Your Sky! Young Guy! Tsugunobu Kotani Yūzō Kayama, Wakako Sakai, Kunie Tanaka Musical romance [6] [8]
Hira hira shain-Yuhi-kun Katsushin Ishida Osami Nabe, Toshio Kurosawa, Mie Hama Comedy [8]
Hira hira shain-Yuhi-kun-Garu hanto no maki Katsushin Ishida Osami Nabe, Yuki Shirono, Tonpei Hidari — [7]
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess Shohei Imamura Emiko Akaza, Etusko Akaza, Chieko AkazaDocumentary [12] [19]
Kigeki dokkiri daitoso Katsumi Iwauchi Masaaki Sakai, Noriyuki Inoue, Bunjaku Han Comedy [8] [9]
Kigeki ganbare! Nihon danji Katsushin Ishida Takuya Fujioka, Shoichi Ozawa, Yumi Shirakawa Comedy [12]
Kigeki makete tamakura Takashi Tsuboshima Kei Tani, Mie Hama, Hideo Sunazuka Comedy [19]
Kigeki migimuke hidari! Yoichi Maeda Masaaki Sakai, Noriyuki Inoue, The Tigers Comedy [7]
Kigeki otoko urimasu Kiyoshi Nishimura Takuya Fujioka, Mitsuko Kusabue, Sanae Nakahara Comedy [8]
Konchyu monogatari-Minashigo Hattchi Ippei Kuri ——Animated short [7]
Kureejii no nagurikomi shimizu minato Takashi Tsuboshima Hitoshi Ueki, Kei Tani, Hajime Hana — [4]
Kyojin no Hoshi-Dairigu boru Tadao Nagahama ——Animated feature [5]
Kyojin no Hoshi-Shuku mei no taiketsu Tadao Nagasawa ——Animated feature [6]
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Kaneto Shindo Daijiro Harada, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi — [20]
Love's Great Risk Susumu Hani Pinky and Killers, Shigeru Oya, Naomi Sagara Musical comedy [19]
Machibuse Hiroshi Inagaki Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu, Kinnosuke Nakamura — [21]
The Militarists Hiromichi Horikawa Keiju Kobayashi, Yūzō Kayama, Toshiro Mifune — [6]
Minikui ahiro no ko Kazuhiko Watanabe ——Puppet animated short film [6]
Nippon ichi no no warunori otoko Takashi Tsuboshima Hitoshi Ueki, Cha Kato, Kei Tani — [7]
Nippon ichi no yakuza otoko Kengo Furusawa Hitoshi Ueki, Yoko Tsukasa, Yukiko Kobayashi Comedy [19]
Odd Affinity Kaneto Shindo Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Jiro Omaru — [19]
Oiroke dochu-Kimyo na Nakama Susumu Kodama Yosuke Natsuki, Yoichi Hayashi, Reiko Dan Comedy [8]
Oiroke konikku-Fushigina nakama Susumu Kodama Yosuke Natsuki, Yoichi Hayashi, Judy Ong Comedy [12]
Rebel Against Glory Ko Nakahira Toshio Kurosawa, Chieko Matsubara, Kunie Tanaka Action [5]
Sain wa V Susumu Takebayashi Kaai Okada, Jin Nakayama, Mari Nakayama Melodrama [19]
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester Christmas
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan Masahiro Shinoda Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Shōichi Ozawa — [22]
Sex Jack [23] Kōji Wakamatsu Michio Akiyama, Mizako Kaga, Tamaki Katori
Sore ga otoko no ikiru michi Jun Fukuda Makoto Fujita, Takuya Fujioka, Chitose Kobayashi Comedy [9] [7]
Space Amoeba Ishirō Honda Akira Kubo, Atsuko Takahashi, Yukiko Kobayashi — [24] [25] [26]
Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter Yasuharu Hasebe Meiko Kaji, Rikiya Yasuoka, Tatsuya Fuji Crime [27] [28]
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo Toshiya Fujita Meiko Kaji, Bunjaku Han, Takeo Chii — [29] [30]
Take Care, Little Red Riding Hood Shiro Moritani Yusuke Okada, Kazuyo Mori, Tetsuo Tomigawa DramaPuppet animated short film [6]
Terror in the Streets Michio Yamamoto Wakako Sakai, Katsutoshi Arata, Kenji Imai Horror [19]
Tora! Tora! Tora! Richard Fleischer , Toshio Masuda, Kinji Fukasaku Martin Balsam, Jason Robards, Sō Yamamura WarJapanese-American co-production [31] [15] [32]
Tora-san, His Tender Love Azuma Morisaki Kiyoshi Atsumi, Michiyo Aratama, Shin Morikawa — [33]
Tora-san's Grand Scheme Shun'ichi Kobayashi Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Komaki Kurihara — [34]
Tora-san's Runaway Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Aiko Nagayama — [35] [36]
Two Halves Yukio Aoshima Yukio Aoshima, Chinatsu Nakayama, Jiro Sakagami Comedy [12]
The Vampire Doll Michio Yamamoto Kayo Matsuo, Yukiko Kobayashi Horror [37]
Where Spring Comes Late Yoji Yamada Chieko Baisho, Hisashi Igawa, Chishū Ryū — [38]
Will to Conquer Seiji Maruayama Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tatsuya Nakadai — [3] [8]
Women Smell of Night Takashi Nomura Akira Kobayashi, Ryohei Uchida, Noriko Maki — [39]
Yasashii raion Takashi Yanase ——Animated short [5]
Yawara no hoshi Tatsuo Yamada Kenichi Sakuragi, Yukiko Kimura, Yoko Hayama Melodrama [7]
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival Kenji Misumi Shintaro Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ohara — [40]
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo Kihachi Okamoto Shintaro Katsu, Toshiro Mifune, Shin Kishida Action, adventure [41] [42]
Zeni Geba Yoshinori Wada KaraJuro, Kenbo Kaminarimon, Takeshi Katō — [9]

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Footnotes

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  2. ↑ "女番長野良猫ロック" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Galbraith IV 1994, p. 440.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 265.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 266.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 269.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 272.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 270.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 271.
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  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 267.
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  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 268.
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