List of Japanese films of 1958

A list of films released in Japan in 1958 (see 1958 in film).

Japanese films released in 1958
Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Anzukko	Mikio Naruse	So Yamamura Kyōko Kagawa	Drama	^[1]^{[unreliable source?]}
The Ballad of Narayama	Keisuke Kinoshita	Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi	Jidaigeki	^{[citation needed]}
Black Cat Mansion	Nobuo Nakagawa	Toshio Hosokawa, Midori Chikuma	—	^[2]
A Boy and Three Mothers	Seiji Hisamatsu	Terumi Niki, Isuzu Yamada		^{[citation needed]}
Conflagration	Kon Ichikawa	Raizo Ichikawa Tatsuya Nakadai	—	^[3]
Endless Desire	Shohei Imamura	Shizuko Kasagi	Comedy	^{[citation needed]}
Equinox Flower	Yasujirō Ozu	Shin Saburi Kinuyo Tanaka	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
The Gay Masquerade	Daisuke Itō	Raizo Ichikawa		^{[citation needed]}
Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred	Kenji Misumi	Shintaro Katsu		^{[citation needed]}
Giants and Toys	Yasuzo Masumura	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Comedy	^{[citation needed]}
The H-Man	Ishirō Honda	Yumi Shirakawa	Science fiction	^{[citation needed]}
Herringbone Clouds (Summer Clouds)	Mikio Naruse	Kyōko Kagawa Michiyo Aratama	Drama	^[4]^{[unreliable source?]}
The Hidden Fortress	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Samurai	^{[citation needed]}
Hitogui Ama ("Cannibal Ama")	Yoshiki Onoda	Yōko Mihara	Shintoho ama film	^{[citation needed]}
A Holiday in Tokyo	Kajiro Yamamoto	Yoshiko Yamaguchi Toshirō Mifune	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
Josei S.O.S.	Hisanobu Marubayashi	Yumi Shirakawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya		^{[citation needed]}
The Loyal 47 Ronin	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa	Jidaigeki	^{[citation needed]}
Naked Sun	Miyoji Ieki	Shinjirō Ehara		^{[citation needed]}
Nichiren to mōko daishūrai	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa		^{[citation needed]}
Night Drum	Tadashi Imai	Rentarō Mikuni, Ineko Arima	Drama	^[5]^{[unreliable source?]}
Nishi Ginza Station	Shohei Imamura	Frank Nagai	Drama	^[6]^{[unreliable source?]}
Rat Kid on Journey	Hiroshi Inagaki	Kōji Tsuruta Mitsuko Kusabue	Jidaigeki	^{[citation needed]}
Rickshaw Man	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune Hideko Takamine	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
The Snowy Heron	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Fujiko Yamamoto, Keizo Kawasaki		^{[citation needed]}
Song for a Bride	Ishirō Honda	Mitsuko Kusabue Akemi Negishi		^{[citation needed]}
The Spell of the Hidden Gold	Masazumi Kawanishi	Yasuko Nakada Kumi Mizuno	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
Stolen Desire	Shohei Imamura	Osamu Takizawa		^{[citation needed]}
The Temptress and the Monk	Eisuke Takizawa	Yumeji Tsukioka	Fantasy	^{[citation needed]}
Theater of Life (Jinsei gekijo - Seishun hen)	Toshio Sugie	Ryō Ikebe Hisaya Morishige	Drama	^[7]^{[unreliable source?]}
Tora's Home Run	Motoyoshi Oda	Kingoro Yanagiya Ichiro Arishima	Comedy	^{[citation needed]}
Underworld Beauty	Seijun Suzuki	Hideaki Nitani	Crime	^{[citation needed]}
Varan the Unbelievable	Ishirō Honda	Kozo Nomura	Keiji	^{[citation needed]}
Voice Without a Shadow	Seijun Suzuki	Hideaki Nitani	Mystery	^{[citation needed]}
Yaji and Kita On the Road	Yasuki Chiba	Keiju Kobayashi Daisuke Katō	Comedy	^[8]^{[unreliable source?]}
Young Daughters	Kihachi Okamoto	Izumi Yukimura Daisuke Katō	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
Young Breasts	Seijun Suzuki	Akira Kobayashi	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
Zenta and the Three Tales: Child in the Wind				^{[citation needed]}
Zenta and the Three Tales: The World of Ghosts				^{[citation needed]}

References

Footnotes

^ "Little Peach (1958)".
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 120.
^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74124/Conflagration/%7Ctitle=Conflagration%7Caccessdate=12 May 2017|publisher=Turner Classic Movies
^ "Summer Clouds (1958)".
^ "FilmAffinity".
^ "Nishi Ginza Station (1958)".
^ "Wild Realm Reviews: Theater of Life".
^ "YAJI AND KITA, THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS | Film Journal International". www.filmjournal.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.

Sources

Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
Foster, Michael Dylan (2008). Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520942677.

External links

Japanese films of 1958 at the Internet Movie Database

[1] "Little Peach (1958)".

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996120-2] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 120.

[3] ttp://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74124/Conflagration/%7Ctitle=Conflagration%7Caccessdate=12 May 2017|publisher=Turner Classic Movies

[4] "Summer Clouds (1958)".

[5] "FilmAffinity".

[6] "Nishi Ginza Station (1958)".

[7] "Wild Realm Reviews: Theater of Life".

[8] "YAJI AND KITA, THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS | Film Journal International". www.filmjournal.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018.

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