List of Japanese films of 1988

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A list of films released in Japan in 1988 (see 1988 in film).

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TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
A Chaos of Flowers
Akira Katsuhiro Otomo Science fictionAnimated film [1] [2]
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad Eriko Watanabe
Tetsuya Nakashima
Takahito Hara
Yukihiko Tsutsumi 		Narumi Yasuda, Haruko Sagara
The Discarnates Nobuhiko Obayashi Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame Horror
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole [3] Horror Part of the Guinea Pig films series; Direct-to-video
Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll [4] Magical girl, family, drama
Grave of the Fireflies Isao Takahata —Animated feature [5] [6]
Hare Tokidoki Buta Toshio Hirata family, comedy
Hope and Pain Yoji Yamada Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Evil Island
Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Yoshiyuki Tomino Toru Furuya Science fiction
My Neighbor Totoro Hayao Miyazaki —Animated feature [6]
Rock yo shizukani nagareyo Shunichi Nagasaki Kenichi Okamoto, Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, koyo Maeda Coming-of-age story [5]
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
The Silk Road Junya Sato Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Anna Nakagawa — [7]
Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters Hideo Tanaka Yui Asaka, Yuka Onishi, Yuma Nakamura
Tatakae!! Ramenman the Movie
A Taxing Woman's Return Juzo Itami Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni, Toru Masuoka — [8]
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 40th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Wuthering Heights Yoshishige Yoshida Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5 – The Final Chapter Osamu Dezaki —Animated feature [5]
Yojo no jidai

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 96.
  2. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "Akira". AllMovie . Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ↑ ザ・ギニーピッグ マンホールの中の人魚(1988). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. ↑ Justin Sevakis (24 June 2014). "ESPer Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll". Anime News Network . Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 359.
  6. 1 2 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 360.
  7. ↑ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 361.
  8. ↑ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 358.

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