A list of films released in Japan in 1959 (see 1959 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle in Outer Space | Ryō Ikebe, Kyoko Anzai, Minoru Takada | Science fiction | ||
| Beauty Is Guilty | Romance | [1] | ||
| Beni azami | ||||
| Enchanted Princess | Fantasy | [2] | ||
| The Birth of Japan | Hiroshi Inagaki | Yoko Tsukasa | ||
| Fires on the Plain | Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis | War drama | ||
| Floating Weeds | Ganjirō Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi | Drama | ||
| Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Kazuko Wakasugi | ||||
| Good Morning | Koji Shidara, Masahiko Shimazu, Chishū Ryū | Comedy | ||
| Hiroshima mon amour | Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson | Drama | French-Japanese co-production | |
| Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, So Yamamura | ||||
| Kiku to Isamu | Tadashi Imai | Won Best Film at the 14th Mainichi Film Awards and at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards | ||
| Magic Boy | Fantasy adventure | Animated film | ||
| Monkey Sun | Fantasy | [3] | ||
| My Second Brother | Shohei Imamura | Hiroyuki Nagato | ||
| Odd Obsession | ||||
| Samurai Vendetta | ||||
| Seki no yatappe | [4] | |||
| Unforgettable Trail | Koji Shima | Drama | ||