List of Japanese films of 1959

A list of films released in Japan in 1959 (see 1959 in film).

Japanese films released in 1959
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Battle in Outer SpaceIshirō HondaRyō Ikebe, Kyoko Anzai, Minoru TakadaScience fiction[1][2]
Beauty Is GuiltyYasuzo MasumuraAyako Wakao, Fujiko YamamotoRomance[3]
Beni azami
Enchanted PrincessAyako Wakao, Raizo IchikawaFantasy[4]
The Birth of JapanHiroshi InagakiYoko Tsukasa
Fires on the PlainKon IchikawaEiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey CurtisWar drama[5]
Floating WeedsYasujirō OzuGanjirō Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi KawaguchiDrama[6]
The Ghost of YotsuyaNobuo NakagawaShigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Kazuko WakasugiN/A[7]
Good MorningYasujirō OzuKoji Shidara, Masahiko Shimazu, Chishū RyūComedy[8]
Hiroshima mon amourAlain ResnaisEmmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard FressonDramaFrench-Japanese co-production[9]
The Human ConditionMasaki KobayashiTatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, So YamamuraN/A[10]
Kiku to IsamuTadashi ImaiTanie KitabayashiWon Best Film at the 14th Mainichi Film Awards and at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards
Magic BoyAkira Daikubara, Taiji YabushitaFantasy adventureAnimated film[11]
Monkey SunKajiro YamamotoNorihei Miki, Fukutaro IchikawaFantasy[12]
My Second BrotherShohei ImamuraHiroyuki Nagato
Odd ObsessionKon IchikawaMachiko Kyō, Ganjirō Nakamura, Junko KanoN/A[13]
Samurai VendettaKazuo MoriRaizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu
Seki no yatappeSatoshi KadoKazuo Hasegawa, Shintaro KatsuChambara[14]
Unforgettable TrailKoji ShimaFujiko YamamotoDrama
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 112.
  2. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 113.
  3. https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film520895.html
  4. https://www.movie-trailer.co.uk/trailers/1959/enchanted-princess/
  5. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 166.
  6. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 168.
  7. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 182.
  8. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 312.
  9. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 216.
  10. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 221.
  11. Beck 2005, p. 158.
  12. http://www.tohokingdom.com/movies/monkey_sun.htm
  13. Beck 2005, p. 311.
  14. http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-yatappe.html

Sources
  • Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569762228.
  • 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. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
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