List of Japanese films of 1975

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A list of films released in Japan in 1975 (see 1975 in film).

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1975
Banned Book: Flesh Futon Nobuaki Shirai Hajime Tanimoto
Terumi Azuma
Roman porno
Cops vs. Thugs Kinji Fukasaku Bunta Sugawara Yakuza Won two Blue Ribbon Awards in 1976: Best Director (Fukasaku) and Best Actor (Sugawara)
Cruelty: Black Rose Torture Katsuhiko Fujii Naomi Tani
Terumi Azuma
Roman porno Tani & Azuma's second teaming
First use of the "Black Rose" nickname for Tani
Dersu Uzala Akira Kurosawa Maxim Munzuk,
Yury Solomin
Drama A Soviet-Japanese coproduction that won the 1975 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in addition to the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival
Gorenger the Movie mocatsu Movie version of Gorenger episode 6
Gorenger: The Blue Fortress Tokusatsu Movie version of Gorenger episode 15
Graveyard of Honor Kinji Fukasaku Tetsuya Watari YakuzaWon the 1976 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Director
Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid Tomoharu Katsumata Anime Adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid
Kamen Rider Amazon Toru Okazaki Tokusatsu Movie version of Kamen Rider Amazon episode 16.
Kamen Rider Stronger Shigeru Araki Tokusatsu Movie version of Kamen Rider Stronger episode 7.
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute Shohei Imamura Documentary
Newlywed Hell Akira Katō Naomi Tani
Terumi Azuma
Roman porno
Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin Katsuhiko Fujii Naomi Tani
Terumi Azuma
Roman porno
The Bullet Train Junya Satō
The Return of the Sister Street Fighter Kazuhiko Yamaguchi Etsuko Shihomi Martial Arts
The Shiranui Sea Noriaki Tsuchimoto Documentary
Terror of Mechagodzilla Ishirō Honda Kaiju

Last Showa era Godzilla film
The last full film that Honda would direct

Tokyo Emmanuelle Akira Katō Kumi Taguchi Roman porno
Tora-san's Rise and Fall Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 15th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san, the Intellectual Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 16th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
A Woman Called Sada Abe Noboru Tanaka Junko Miyashita Roman porno

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