List of Japanese films of 1957

A list of films released in Japan in 1957 (see 1957 in film).

Japanese films released in 1957

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Bokyaku no hanabira (kanketsu hen)	Toshio Sugie	Yoko Tsukasa, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mitsuko Kusabue	—	[1]
Chieko sho	Hisatora Kumagai	Setusko Hara, So Yamamura, Kyoko Aoyama	—	[1]
The Crowded Streetcar	Kon Ichikawa	Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Chishū Ryū	Drama	[2]
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp	Katsuhiko Tasaka			[3]
Ghost Ship	Teija Matsuda	Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ryutaro Otomo, Ryunosuke Tsukigata	—	[4]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!	Ishirō Honda	Raymond Burr, Momoko Kōchi, Akira Takarada		released in japan on May 29, 1957
Gojo oyaji pinboke musuko	Motoyoshi Oda	Kingoro Makino, Peggy Hayama, Ichiro Arishima	—	[5]
Gojo oyaji to doremiha musume	Motoyoshi Oda	Kingoro Yanagiya, Peggy Hayama, Ichiro Arishima	—	[1]
Hadaka no machi	Seiji Hisamatsu	Ryō Ikebe, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Awaji	—	[5]
The Hole	Kon Ichikawa	Machiko Kyō, Eiji Funakoshi	Comedy
I Am Waiting	Koreyoshi Kurahara	Yujiro Ishihara, Mie Kitahara	Drama
Jun'ai monogatari	Tadashi Imai	Shinjirō Ehara		^[citation needed]
The Lower Depths	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Ganjirō Nakamura	Drama	[6]
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty	Kyotaro Namiki	Shoji Nakayama	Horror
The Mysterians	Ishirō Honda	Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kochi	Science Fiction	[7][8]
Nijūkyū-nin no Kenka-jō	Kimiyoshi Yasuda	Raizo Ichikawa	—	^[citation needed]
On Wings of Love	Toshio Sugie	Hibari Misora, Chiemi Eri, Izumi Yukimura	Musical	[5]
An Osaka Story	Kōzaburō Yoshimura	Raizo Ichikawa, Kyōko Kagawa	Drama	^[citation needed]
Reign of Terror	Shigeaki Hidaka	Akira Takarada, Yumi Shirakawa, Kyoko Anzai	Crime	[1]
Secret Scrolls (Part I)	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Kuga	—	[9]
The Rice People	Tadashi Imai	Hitomi Nakahara, Isao Kimura	Drama	^[citation needed]
Snow Country	Shirō Toyoda	Keiko Kishi, Ryō Ikebe, Kaoru Yachigusa	Drama	[10]
Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki	Jidaigeki	[11][12]
Tokyo Twilight	Yasujirō Ozu	Setsuko Hara, Isuzu Yamada, Chishū Ryū	—	[13]
Untamed	Mikio Naruse	Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara	Drama
Wagamune no niji wa kiezu (dai ichibu)	Ishirō Honda	Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akemi Negishi	—	[1]
Wakare no chatsumi uta	Ishirō Honda	Yoshio Kosugi, Chiyoko Shimakura, Chikage Ogi	—	[1]
Yellow Crow	Heinosuke Gosho	Chikage Awashima, Yūnosuke Itō	Drama	[14]

See also

• 1958 in Japan

References

Footnotes

1. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 134.
2. https://japanesefilmfestival.net/19th/production/the-crowded-streetcar/ ^{[dead link]}
3. "Movie-times.co".
4. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 182.
5. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 135.
6. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 272.
7. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 301.
8. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 302.
9. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 350.
10. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 361.
11. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 394.
12. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 395.
13. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 402.
14. "Yellow Crow (1957)".

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.

External links

• Japanese films of 1957 at the Internet Movie Database