List of Japanese films of the 1940s explained

A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1940s. For an A-Z of films see . Also see cinema of Japan.

width=21%	Title	width=16%	Director	width=22%	Cast	width=13%	Genre	width=28%	Notes
	1940
Kaze no Matasaburo	Koji Shima	Akikhiko Katayama	Drama
Nobuko	Hiroshi Shimizu		Drama
Shina no yoru	Osamu Fushimizu
Travelling Actors			Comedy	^[1]
	1941
The 47 Ronin		Chojuro Kawarasaki
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family		Mieko Takamine	Drama
Hideko the Bus-Conductor			Drama
Ornamental Hairpin	Hiroshi Shimizu		Drama	^[2]
	1942
Hawai Mare oki kaisen	Kajiro Yamamoto
There Was a Father			Drama
	1943
Sanshiro Sugata	Akira Kurosawa			Akira Kurosawa's first film
Momotarō no Umiwashi	Mitsuyo Seo		Propaganda Animation
	1944
Army	Keisuke Kinoshita	Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka	Drama
Miyamoto Musashi				^[3]
The Most Beautiful	Akira Kurosawa	Ichirō Sugai	Propaganda drama
	1945
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail
Sanshiro Sugata Part II	Akira Kurosawa	Denjiro Okochi
	1946
Aru yo no Tonosama	Teinosuke Kinugasa
A Descendant of Taro Urashima			Drama	^[4]
Josei no Shori			Drama	^[5]
Minshū no Teki	Tadashi Imai		Drama
No Regrets for Our Youth	Akira Kurosawa	Masao Shimizu
Those Who Make Tomorrow	Akira Kurosawa	Kenji Susukida
Utamaro and His Five Women
	1947
Ima Hitotabi no	Heinosuke Gosho
The Love of Sumako, the Actress			Drama	^[6]
One Wonderful Sunday	Akira Kurosawa	Isao Numasaki
The Record of a Tenement Gentleman		Chouko Iida, Hohi Aoki	Drama
Snow Trail	Senkichi Taniguchi
These Foolish Times	Kajiro Yamamoto		Comedy	^[7]
	1948
Drunken Angel	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Crime drama
A Hen in the Wind			Drama
President and a female clerk	Hideo Ôba	Taiji Tonoyama	Comedy	music by Akira Ifukube
	1949
Aoi sanmyaku			Comedy drama
Jakoman and Tetsu	Senkichi Taniguchi			^[8]
Jigoku no kifujin		Michiyo Kogure, Eitaro Ozawa, Ichiro Ryuzaki
	Keisuki Sasaki
Late Spring	Yasujirō Ozu	Haruko Sugimura	Drama
The Quiet Duel	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune
Stray Dog	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Crime drama
Zoku aoi sanmyaku			Comedy drama	^[9]

References

Sources

• Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart . The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography . October 29, 2013 . 2008 . . 978-1461673743.

External links

• Japanese film at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Movie-times.co.
2. Web site: Japan Navigator: Japanese film: "Ornamental Hairpin" (1941) and other films by Shimizu Hiroshi . www.japannavigator.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120214113725/http://www.japannavigator.com/2012/01/japanese-film-ornamental-hairpin-1941.html . 2012-02-14.
3. Web site: Miyamoto Musashi (1944). https://web.archive.org/web/20170522182301/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bea2f4d. dead. May 22, 2017.
4. Web site: MUBI: Watch and Discover Movies.
5. Web site: Josei No Shori (1946). https://web.archive.org/web/20170522182516/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6be25977. dead. May 22, 2017.
6. http://www.villagevoice.com/movies/the-love-of-the-actress-sumako-joy-sumako-no-koi-1947-6616557
7. Web site: These Foolish Times (1947).
8. Web site: Toshiro Mifune: Films by Year, Page 1.
9. Web site: Blue Mountains, Part II (1949).