List of Japanese films of 1956 explained

A list of films released in Japan in 1956 (see 1956 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
	1956
Arashi	Hiroshi Inagaki		Drama	Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival
The Burmese Harp	Kon Ichikawa	Rentarō Mikuni, Shoji Yasui	War
Crazed Fruit	Kō Nakahira	Masahiko Tsugawa, Yujiro Ishihara
Christ in Bronze	Minoru Shibuya	Eiji Okada, Osamu Takizawa	Drama	Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Early Spring	Yasujirō Ozu		Drama
Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi	Bin Kado	Shintaro Katsu	Horror
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!				Japanese-American co-production
The Legend of the White Serpent				Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival
Mahiru no ankoku	Tadashi Imai			Won Best Film at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 11th Mainichi Film Awards
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Nagareru			Drama
Punishment Room				^[1]
Rodan	Ishirō Honda	Yumi Shirakawa	Science fiction
Shuu			Drama
Sisters of the Gion	Hiromasa Nomura		Drama
Street of Shame			Drama
Victory Is Mine	Seijun Suzuki	Kou Mishima, Ichirō Sugai
Warning from Space		Toyomi Karita		^[2]
Marason zamurai
Tsukigata Hanpeita				^[3]
A Wife's Heart			Drama
			Drama

See also

• 1956 in Japan

References

Sources

• Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart. 1996. The Japanese Filmography. McFarland. 0-89950-853-7. Stuart Galbraith IV. 303.

External links

• Japanese films of 1956 at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Punishment Room. 12 May 2017. Turner Classic Movies.
2. Book: Galbraith, Stuart. 1994. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. 0-89950-853-7. Stuart Galbraith IV. 308.
3. Web site: Tsukigata Hanpeita.