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List of Japanese films of 1978
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Lists of Japanese films
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A list of
films
released in
Japan
in 1978 (see
1978 in film
).
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Hideo Gosha
Junko Miyashita
Tatsuya Nakadai
Dainamaito dondon
Dynamite Dondon
The Demon
Yoshitaro Nomura
Ken Ogata
Shima Iwashita
Drama
Empire of Passion
Nagisa Oshima
Won Best Director at the
1978 Cannes Film Festival
The Glacier Fox
Koreyoshi Kurahara
Eiji Okada
(narrator)
Docufiction
The Incident
Yoshitaro Nomura
Keiko Matsuzaka
Japan Academy Prize
for Best Film
Invisible Man: Rape!
Isao Hayashi
Izumi Shima
Roman porno
JAKQ Dengeki Tai vs. Goranger
Sci-fi for children
First
Super Sentai
crossover.
Lady Black Rose
Shōgorō Nishimura
Naomi Tani
Roman porno
Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo
Soji Yoshikawa
Yasuo Yamada
Anime
Mottomo Kiken na Yūgi
Panic High School
Sōgo Ishii
,
Yukihiro Sawada
[
ja
]
Atsuko Asano
,
Hideaki Esumi
[
ja
]
,
Minoru Uchida
Suspense, action
Ringing Bell
Masami Hata
Minori Matsushima
Akira Kamiya
Anime
Satsujin Yūgi
Shogun's Samurai
Kinji Fukasaku
Sonny Chiba
Hiroyuki Sanada
Samurai
Rope Cosmetology
Shōgorō Nishimura
Naomi Tani
Roman porno
Rope Hell
Kōyū Ohara
Naomi Tani
Roman porno
Stage-Struck Tora-san
Yoji Yamada
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Comedy
21st in the
Otoko wa Tsurai yo
series
Talk of the Town Tora-san
Yoji Yamada
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Comedy
22nd in the
Otoko wa Tsurai yo
series
Winter's Flower
Yasuo Furuhata
Susumu Fujita
Mitsuko Baisho
Crime
Drama
See also
1978 in Japan
1978 in Japanese television
External links
Japanese films of 1978
at the
Internet Movie Database
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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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