List of Japanese films of 1982

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A list of films released in Japan in 1982 (see 1982 in film).

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Box-office ranking

RankTitleDirectorCastBox office
1 Sailor Suit and Machine Gun Shinji Sōmai Hiroko Yakushimaru ¥2.3 billion
2High Teen Boogie Toshio Masuda Masahiko Kondō ¥1.8 billion
3The Great Japanese EmpireToshio Masuda (director) Tetsurō Tamba ¥1.4 billion
4 Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space Yoshiyuki Tomino Tōru Furuya ¥1.29 billion
5 Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil Hideo Nishimaki Nobuyo Ōyama ¥1.22 billion

List of films

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1982
A Ilha dos Amores Paulo Rocha Co-produced with Portugal and entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival
Asuka e soshite mada minu koe Ryo Kinoshita Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuro Nadaka, Shinya Owada — [1]
Bright Lake Shinobu Hashimoto Reiko Nanjo, Daisuke Ryu, Tomoko Hoshino — [2]
Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil Hideo Nishimaki —Animated feature [1]
Exchange Students Nobuhiko Obayashi Satomi Kobayashi
Fall Guy Kinji Fukasaku Morio Kazama
Keiko Matsuzaka 		Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Farewell to the Land Mitsuo Yanagimachi Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival
The Flight of Dragons Jules Bass, Katsuhisa YamadaAnimation
The Gate of Youth (Part II) Koreyoshi Kurahara Kōichi Satō
Kaoru Sugita 		Drama
The Go Masters Junya Sato , Duan Ji-Shun Rentarō Mikuni, Sun Dao-Lin, Misako Konno —Japanese-Chinese co-production [2] [3]
Goggle V Movie Sci-fi for children
Hai tiin bugi Toshio Masuda Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara — [2]
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 29th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Kaibutsu-kun–Demon no ken Hiroshi Fukutomi —Animated feature [1] [4]
The Last Unicorn Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Robert Klein, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, René Auberjonois Animated fantasy
Long Run–Rongu ran Ruiko Yoshida Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kazuko Kato, Hiromitsu Suzuki — [4]
Karate Cop Yusuke Watanabe Tetsuya Takeda, Hisayo Ariga, Noboru Nakaya — [4]
Kidnap Blues Shinpei Asai Kazuyoshi Tamori, Yosuke Yamashita, Yumiko Fujita — [3]
The Longest Tunnel Shiro Moritani Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tomokazu Miura — [3]
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounter in Space Anime for Children
Ninja Hattori-kun–Ninnin ninpo eniki no maki Hiroshi Sasagawa —Animated feature [4]
Nomugi Pass II Satsuo Yamamoto Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuro Nadaka, Shinya Owada — [1] [4]
The Southern Cross Seiji Maruyama Atsuo Nakamura, John Howard, Stuart Wilson — [4]
Tekuno porisu 21 C Masashi Matsumoto — [2]
Tora-san, the Expert Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 30th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
The Tower of Lillies Tadashi Imai Komaki Kurihara, Yuko Kotegawa, Yoshiko Tanaka — [4]
The Wizard of Oz Anime
Yaju-deka Eiichi Kudo Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival


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Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 329.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 331.
  3. 1 2 3 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 332.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 330.

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-1461673743.
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