List of Japanese films of 1989

A list of films released in Japan in 1989 (see 1989 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Sign Days	Yoichi Sai	Anna Nakagawa, Ryo Ishibashi
Black Rain	Shohei Imamura	Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara	—	[1] [2]
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma	Takashi Anno		—	Animated feature [3]
Buddies	Yasuo Furuhata	Ken Takakura, Eiji Bando, Sumiko Fuji	Melodrama	[4]
The Dancer	Masahiro Shinoda	Hiromi Go, Lisa Wolf, Brigitte Grothum	—	Japanese-West German co-production [5]
Death of a Tea Master	Kei Kumai	Eiji Okuda, Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura	—	[6] [4]
Dochini suruno	Shusuke Kaneko	Miho Nakayama, Toru Kazama, Rie Miyazawa	—	[6]
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama		—	Animated film [7]
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Daisuke Nishio	Masako Nozawa	Anime Martial Arts	The first Dragon Ball Z film
The Five Star Stories	Kazuo Yamazaki		—	Animated feature [3]
Fuyu monogatari	Hitoshi Kurauchi	Yoichi Yamada, Masumi Miyazaki, Maki Mizuno	—	[3]
Godzilla vs. Biollante	Kazuki Ōmori	Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima	—	[4]
Gunhed	Masato Harada	Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, Yujin Harada	Science fiction, action	[5]
Haroo Kiti no Shinderera	Tameo Ohanawa		—	Animated short [5]
Kamen Rider: Stay in the World
Kanojoga mizugini kigaetara	Yasuo Baba	Tomoyo Harada, Yūji Oda, Kazue Ito	—	[5]
Kiki's Delivery Service	Hayao Miyazaki		—	[8]
Kiki to Rara no Aoitori	Masami Hata		—	Animated short [5] [6]
Mai Fenikkusu	Katsumi Nishikawa	Yasuko Tomita, Bunta Sugawara, Atsushi Watanabe	—	[5]
Mai Merodii no akazukin	Hidemi Kubo		—	Animated short [5]
Mangetsu no Kuchizuke	Ryū Kaneda  [ ja ]	Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura	—	[3]
Mini-Dora SOS	Makoto Moriwaki		—	Animated short [7]
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Shaso	Toshio Masuda	Hideko Yoshida
Sweet Home	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Nobuko Miyamoto, Shingo Yamashiro, Nokko	Horror	[7]
Turboranger Movie			Action for Children
Tetsuo: The Iron Man	Shinya Tsukamoto	Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto		[9]
Tora-San Goes to Vienna	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki	Comedy	[10]
Tora-san, My Uncle	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki	Comedy	[11]
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins	Mitsuo Hikabe		—	[3]
Urutoraman–Kyofu no ruto 87	Yuzo Higuchi	Akiji Kobayashi	—	[3]
Urutoraman A–Owari choju tai Urutora kyodai	Tei Mafune	Keiji Takamine	—	[3]
Urutoraman Kizzu	Tei Mafune	Keiji Takamine	—	[5]
Utsunomiko	Kenji Yoshida		—	Animated feature [7] [3]
Violent Cop	Takeshi Kitano	Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami	Thriller	[12]
YAWARA!	Kazuo Yoshida	Yui Asaka, Keiju Kobayashi, Bunta Sugawara	—	[3]
Zatoichi	Shintaro Katsu	Shintaro Katsu, Ken Ogata, Yusaka Matsuda	—	[13]

See also

• 1989 in Japan
• 1989 in Japanese television

References

Footnotes

1. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 120.
2. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 121.
3. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 364.
4. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 367.
5. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 365.
6. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 366.
7. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 363.
8. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 247.
9. Mes 2005, p. 211.
10. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 407.
11. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 408.
12. Crow, Jonathan. "Violent Cop". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
13. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 453.

Sources

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN   0-89950-853-7.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN   0-7864-0032-3.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-1461673743.
• Mes, Tom (2005). Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto. Surrey, England: FAB Press. ISBN   1-903254-36-1.

External links

• Japanese films of 1989 at the Internet Movie Database