List of Japanese films of the 1930s

An incomplete list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1930s. For an alphabetical list of films see Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
1930
Aiyoku no kiHeinosuke GoshoKinuyo Tanaka, Ichiro Yuki
The Army AdvancesKiyohiko UshiharaDenmei Suzuki, Kinuyo TanakaWar drama[1]
FurusatoKenji MizoguchiYoshie Fujiwara
Shizue Natsukawa		Japan's second feature-length talkie (after Taii no Musume (The Captain's Daughter))
Love Is StrengthMikio NaruseHiroko Kawasaki, Teruo MoriDrama
That Night's WifeYasujirō OzuTokihiko Okada, Emiko YagumoComedy[2]
Tojin OkichiKenji MizoguchiKaichi Yamamoto, Koji ShimaDrama
Walk CheerfullyYasujirō OzuSatoko Date, Hiroko KawasakiDrama[3]
What Made Her Do It?Shigeyoshi SuzukiKeiko Takatsu, Rintaro Fujima
1931
The Lady and the BeardYasujirō OzuTokihiko Okada, Hiroko KawasakiRomantic comedy[4]
The Neighbor's Wife and MineHeinosuke GoshoAtsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo TanakaJapan's first commercially successful talkie
Tokyo ChorusYasujirō OzuTokihiko OkadaDrama
1932
ChūshinguraTeinosuke KinugasaTomio Aoki, Juzaburo Bando, Kōtarō Bandō
First Steps AshoreYasujirō ShimazuUreo Egawa, Shin'ichi Himori, Chōko Iida
I Was Born, But...Yasujirō OzuTatsuo SaitōComedy drama
Kokushi musoMansaku ItamiShuichiro Atsumi, Junzaburō Ban, Chiezō Kataoka
Manmo kenkoku no reimeiKenji MizoguchiTakako Irie, Eiji Nakano, Taisuke Matsumoto
NasanunakaMikio NaruseYoshiko Okada, Shin'yō Nara, Yukiko TsukubaDrama
Spring Comes from the LadiesYasujirō OzuJiro Shirota, Tatsuo Saitō, Yukiko Inoue
Until the Day We Meet AgainYasujirō OzuYoshiko Okada, Joji Oka, Shin'yō Nara
UzumakiHiroshi InnamiShizuko Mori, Taisuke Matsumoto, Kenji Yuri
Where Now Are the Dreams of YouthYasujirō OzuUreo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo SaitōDrama[5]
1933
Apart from YouMikio NaruseMitsuko Yoshikawa, Akio IsonoDrama
Dragnet GirlYasujirō OzuKinuyo TanakaCrime
The Life of BangakuSadao YamanakaLost film [6]
Nightly DreamsMikio NaruseSumiko Kurishima, Teruko KojimaDrama[7]
Passing FancyYasujirō OzuTakeshi Sakamoto
Wasei Kingu KonguTatsuo SaitōYasuko Koizumi
The Water MagicianKenji Mizoguchi Takako Irie, Tokihiko Okada, Ichirō Sugai
1934
Aizō TōgeKenji MizoguchiIsuzu Yamada, Denmei Suzuki, Komako Hara
A Mother Should be LovedYasujirō OzuDen Ohinata, Hideo MitsuiDrama
Our Neighbour Miss YaeYasujirō ShimazuDrama[8]
A Story of Floating WeedsYasujirō OzuTakeshi SakamotoDrama
Street Without EndMikio NaruseSetsuko Shinobu, Akio IsonoDrama[9]
1935
The Girl in the RumourMikio NaruseSachiko Chiba, Kamatara FujiwaraDrama[10]
An Inn in TokyoYasujirō OzuTakeshi Sakamoto, Yoshiko Okada
KimikoMikio Naruse
The Million Ryo PotSadao YamanakaDenjiro OkochiComedy
Orizuru OsenKenji MizoguchiIsuzu Yamada
The Village-Tattooed ManSadao Yamanaka
Wife! Be Like a Rose!Mikio NaruseSachiko Chiba, Sadao MaruyamaFirst Japanese film to get a foreign release [11]
1936
The Only SonYasujirō OzuChishū RyūDrama
Osaka ElegyKenji MizoguchiIsuzu Yamada
Yoko Umemura		Drama
Sisters of the GionKenji MizoguchiIsuzu YamadaDrama
1937
AvalancheMikio Naruse[12]
The Daughter of the SamuraiMansaku Itami
Arnold Fanck		Setsuko Hara
Sesshu Hayakawa		DramaJapanese/German production
Humanity and Paper BalloonsSadao YamanakaChojuro KawarazakiDrama
Kagirinaki ZenshinTomu UchidaIsamu Kosugi
What Did the Lady Forget?Yasujirō OzuTatsuo Saitō, Sumiko KurishimaComedy drama
1938
Ah, My Home TownKenji MizoguchiFumiko Yamaji, Masao Shimizu, Seiichi KatoN/A[13]
Five ScoutsTomotaka TasakaHikaru Hoshi
Ichirō Izawa
King Kong Appears in EdoSoya KumagaiEizaburo Matsumoto(Possibly) Japan's first kaiju film.
1939
Numana heigakkoTadashi ImaiDrama[14]
The Story of the Last ChrysanthemumsKenji MizoguchiKakuo MoriRomantic drama
TsuchiTomu Uchida
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References

Footnotes
  1. https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film513489.html
  2. https://www.timeout.com/london/film/that-nights-wife#tab_panel_2
  3. http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/walk-cheerfully-1930
  4. http://www.filmsdefrance.com/review/the-lady-and-the-beard-1931.html
  5. http://www.filmsdefrance.com/review/where-now-are-the-dreams-of-youth-1932.html
  6. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2003/09/14/books/uncovering-lost-worlds-of-japanese-film/
  7. http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b78e182dc
  8. https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/1061?locale=en
  9. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/KagirinakiHodo1934.html
  10. https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film229336.html
  11. http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/wife-be-like-a-rose
  12. http://ismovieslist.com/movie/244146/avalanche-1937.html
  13. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 95.
  14. http://www.dedicatedwriters.com/biographies/Tadashi-Imai-34086.html

Sources
  • 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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