List of Japanese films of 1983 explained

A list of films released in Japan in 1983 (see 1983 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
	1983
Aesop's Fables				Animated film
The Ballad of Narayama			Drama	Japan Academy Prize for Best Film and Palme d'Or winner at Cannes
Barefoot Gen	Masaru Mori	Issei Miyazaki	Anime War Drama
Detective Story
Dynaman Movie	Shōhei Tōjo		Sci-fi for Children
The Family Game			Drama
Female Cats	Shingo Yamashiro
Hometown	Seijirō Kōyama			Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival
Izakaya Choji
Kandagawa Pervert Wars	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Usagi Asō	Pink film
Legend of the Eight Samurai			Samurai Drama
The Makioka Sisters		Sayuri Yoshinaga Keiko Kishi Yūko Kotegawa	Drama
Meiso chizu
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence		David Bowie Takeshi Kitano Ryuichi Sakamoto	War	Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival
Miyuki			Anime
Nankyoku Monogatari		Ken Takakura Tsunehiko Watase	Docufiction Drama	Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
Rope and Breasts			Roman porno	Matsukawa's farewell appearance as SM Queen
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo			Romance Sci-fi
Tora-san Goes Religious?	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi		32nd in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Song of Love	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi		31st in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
				Mamoru Oshii's first feature film The first Urusei Yatsura film

See also

• 1983 in Japan
• 1983 in Japanese television

References

Works cited

• Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart . Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films . McFarland . 1994 . 0-89950-853-7 . Stuart Galbraith IV.

External links

• Japanese films of 1983 at the Internet Movie Database