A list of films released in Japan in 1972 (see 1972 in film).
| Title | Japanese | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aozameta Nichiyobi | Ruriko Asaoka, Go Wakabayashi, Akira Yamauchi | |||||
| Bara no hyoteki | Yūzō Kayama, Cheng Chong, Eiji Okada | |||||
| Beads From a Petal | Rie Nakagawa | [1] | ||||
| Eternal Cause | Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki | |||||
| Yoshio Harada, Atsuo Nakamura, Ryoko Nakano | ||||||
| Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion | Meiko Kaji, Isao Natsuyagi, Fumio Watanabe | [2] | ||||
| Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe | [3] | |||||
| Girl Boss Guerilla | Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike | Pinky Violent | ||||
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Zan Fujita | |||||
| Hajimete no ai | Yusuke Okada, Yoko Shimada, Daisuke Katō | |||||
| Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice | Shintaro Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi | Action | ||||
| Heapin sakasu | Kiyoshi Misaki, Yuko Enatsu, Kimiko Kasai | |||||
| Hyakumannin no daigasho | Go Wakabayashi, Wakako Sakai, Shiro Osaka | |||||
| Ichijo's Wet Lust | Sayuri Ichijō, Hiroko Isayama, Kazuko Shirakawa | [4] | ||||
| Kaette kita Urutoraman–Jiro-kun kaiju ni noru | Jiro Dan, Jun Neagari, Shunsuke Ikeda | |||||
| Kaiju funsen–Daigoro tai Goriasu | ||||||
| Kamen Raidâ tai Shokkâ | Hiroshi Fujioka, Takeshi Sasaki | |||||
| Kamen Raidā Tai Jigoku-taishi | Hiroshi Fujioka | |||||
| Kashinoki Mokku | Animated short film | |||||
| Kashinoki Mokku–Boku wa nakanai | Animated short film | |||||
| Kigeki–Dorobokazoku–Tenka o toru | Hitoshi Ueki, Eiko Minami, Kei Tani | |||||
| Koi no natsu–L'été des amours | Yōko Nogiwa, Tomoko Ogawa, Kei Yamamoto | |||||
| Kokosei burai hikae | Masaya Oki, Junko Natsu, Eiko Yanami | |||||
| Konchyu monogatari–Minashigo Hattachi–Mama ni dakarete | Animated short film | |||||
| Konketsuji Rika | Rika Aoki, Kazuko Nagamoto, Masami Muheta | Action | ||||
| Tomisaburo Wakayama, Yoichi Hayashi, Michie Azuma | ||||||
| Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe | Chambara | |||||
| Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matuso, Akiji Kobayashi | ||||||
| Tomisaburo Wakayama, Go Kato, Yuko Hama | ||||||
| Love Hunter | Hidemi Hara, Mari Tanaka | |||||
| Lusty Sisters | Keiko Tsuzuki, Akemi Nijō | [5] | ||||
| Miraaman | Nobuyuki Ishida, Junya Usami, Takako Sawai | |||||
| Panada • kopanda | Animated film | |||||
| Naked Seven | Mari Tanaka | [6] | ||||
| Nippon sanjushi–Osaraba Tokyo no maki | Keiju Kobayashi, Yusuke Okada, Mickey Yasukawa | |||||
| Return of the Soldier | Shintaro Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Michiyo Yasuda | |||||
| Seifuku no mune no kokoniwa | Hiroshi Ishikawa, Keiko Torii, Izumi Ayukawa | |||||
| 忍ぶ川 | Komaki Kurihara, Go Kato, Yasushi Nagata | Drama | ||||
| Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen | ||||||
| So no hito wa hono no yoni | Shima Iwashita, Yusuke Okada, Ichiro Araki | |||||
| Street Mobster | Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Ando | |||||
| Tabi no Omosa | Kumiko Akiyoshi | |||||
| Tenno Kogo Ryoheika | Documentary | |||||
| Tensai Baka-bon | Megumi Hayashibara | Animated short film | ||||
| Tensai Baka-bon–Wakare wa tsukai mononanoda | Animated short film | |||||
| Tora-san's Dear Old Home | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | ||||
| Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | ||||
| Under the Flag of the Rising Sun | 軍旗はためく下に | Sachiko Hidari, Tetsuro Tamba, Kanemon Nakamura | Drama | |||
| Yukemuri 110-ban–Iruka no daisho | Hisaya Morishige, Junzaburo Ban, Keiko Sekine | |||||
| Zatoichi at Large | Shintaro Katsu, Hisaya Morishige, Naoko Otani | |||||
| Zatoichi in Desperation | Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Yoshizawa | |||||
| Wolfman vs. Baragon | 狼男 対 地底怪獣 | Shizuo Nakajima [1] | N/A | Kaiju-short |