List of Japanese films of 1968

A list of films released in Japan in 1968 (see 1968 in film).

Japanese films released in 1968
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Absolutely Secret: Girl TortureKiyoshi KomoriNaomi TaniPink
Admiral YamamotoSeiji MaruyamaToshiro Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Toshio KurosawaN/A[1][2]
Adventure, AdventureYoshinori WadaThe DriftersN/A[3]
Affair in the SnowYoshishige Yoshida[4]
Akumyō Juhachi-ban
The BamboozlersSenkichi TaniguchiMasayuki Mori, Mako Midori, Hisano Yamaoka[5]
Black LizardKinji FukasakuAkihiro Maruyama, Isao Kimura, Keiko MatsuokaCrime, thriller[6][7]
Blackmail is My LifeKinji FukasakuHiroki MatsukataCrime[8]
Blazing ContinentShōgorō NishimuraTetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Masumi OkadaN/A[9]
Booted Babe, Busted BossJun FukudaAkira Takarada, Makoto Sato, Bibari Maeda[5]
Call of the MountainTadashi SawashimaKinya Kitaoji, Yuriko Hoshi, Kunie TanakaRomantic melodrama[3]
Death By HangingNagisa OshimaFumio Watanabe, Toshiro Ishido, Masao AdachiComedy drama[10][5]
Destroy All MonstersIshirō HondaAkira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yoshio TsuchiyaScience fiction, horror[11][12]
Devils-in-LawYasuki ChibaMichiyo Aratama, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoko Tsukasa[13]
Drifters DesoyoYusuke WatanabeThe Drifters[14]
Five Gents and a Chinese MerchantShue MatsubayashiHisaya Morishige, Daisuke Katō, Keiju Kobayashi[5]
Five Gents and Karate GrandpaShue MatsubayashiHisaya Morishige, Daisuke Katō, Keiju KobayashiComedy[13]
Front Row LifeTatsumi KumashiroHatsue TonookaKumashiro's first film
Furai ninpocho–Happo yabureTetsuhiro KawasakiKiyoshi Atsumi, Makoto Sato, Juro SasaN/A[15]
Gamera vs. VirasNoriaki YuasaScience fiction[16]
GenocideKazui NihonmatsuKeisuke Sonoi, Yusuke Kawazu, Emi Shindo[17]
Good-bye MoscowHiromichi HorikawaYūzō Kayama, Toshiko Morita, Masahiko TogashiN/A[14]
Goke, Body Snatcher from HellHajime SatoTeruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato, Hideo KoN/A[18][19]
The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the SunIsao TakahataFantasy, adventure[20]
The Green SlimeKinji FukasakuRobert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard JaeckelScience fictionAmerican-Japanese co-production[21]
The Green YearsMasanobu DemeYoko Naito, Toshio Kurosawa, Masumi OkadaDrama[12]
Hatsukoi JigokuhenSusumu HaniEntered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival
Heitai yakuza godatsu
Hippies of KawachiYasuki ChibaFrankie Sakai, Hajime Hana, Yumiko NogawaComedy[15][22]
Hot VacationMitsunobu HirayamaNorihei Miki, Kitsuko Matsuoka, Toki ShirozawaComedy[23]
How to be the Worst of Office WorkersEizo SugawaShoichi Ozawa, Reiko Dan, Toshio KurosawaComedy[22]
Hymn to a Tired ManMasaki KobayashiMakoto Fujita, Michiyo Aratama, Toshio KurosawaDrama[22]
Imaginary ParadiseTakeshi MatsumoriKei Tani, Wakako Sakai, Akira TakaradaComedy-fantasy[3]
Judge and JeopardyShiro MoritaniKeiju Kobayashi, Yoko Minarnikaze, Keiji FuruyamaDrama[22]
Kill!Kihachi OkamotoTatsuya Nakadai, Etsushi Takahashi, Atsuo NakamuraComedy, chambara[22]
KuronekoKaneto ShindoKichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei SatoHorror[24][25][5]
The Living SkeletonHiroshi MatsunoKikko Matsuoka, Yasunori Irikawa, Masumi Okada[26]
The Luck of Station Front PlazaShiro ToyodaHisaya Morishige, Junzaburo Ban, Frankie SakaiComedy[13]
The Man Without a Map
Mexican Free-for-AllTakashi TsuboshimaThe Crazy Cats, Hajime Hana, Kei Tani[14][15]
My Brother, My LoveShiro MoritaniYūzō Kayama, Yoko Naito, Wakako SakaiN/A[3]
Niitakayama Nobore-Nihontekoku no hokaiJunnosuke HiramitsuDocumentary[13]
Outlaw: Gangster VIPToshio MasudaTetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara[27]
The Profound Desire of the GodsShōhei ImamuraRentarō MikuniComedy drama[28]
RetaliationYasuharu HasebeAkira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido, Hideaki NitaniN/A[29]
Samaritan ZatoichiKenji MisumiShintaro Katsu, Yoshiko Mita, Makoto Sato[30][31][32]
Shogun's Joys of TortureTeruo IshiiYuki Kagawa Ero guro
Snake Woman's CurseNobuo NakagawaSeizaburo Kawazu, Yukie Kagawa, Shingo YamashiroHorror[33]
ThoroughbredKensuke NozakiDocumentary[14][15]
Three Resurrected DrunkardsNagisa OshimaKazuhiko Kato, Norihiko Hashida, Osamu Kitayama[34]
Time for Undutiful ChildrenKunihiko YamamotoThe Spiders[23]
Tomuraishi tachi
TournamentKon IchikawaDocumentary[3]
Two Hearts in the RainHideo OnchiToshio Kurosawa, Wakako Sakai, Ryo Tamura[14]
Ukiyo-e Cruel StoryTetsuji TakechiNoriko TatsumiPink
Volcano of Station Front PlazaTatsuo YamadaHisaya Morishige, Frankie Sakai, Junzaburo BanComedy[15]
A Woman and the Beancurd SoupHeinosuke GoshoJunko Ikeuchi, Keizo Kawasaki, Kei SatoDrama[13]
The World is Waiting for UsYoshinori WadaThe TigersComedy[14]
Yokai Monsters: One Hundred MonstersKimiyoshi Yasuda[35]
Yokai Monsters: Spook WarfareKuroda Yoshiyuki[36][37]
Young ChallengersYasuki ChibaKeiju Kobayashi, Toshio Kurosawa, Mitsuko MoriN/A[3][38]
Young Guy in RioKatsumi IwauchiYūzō Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Mie Nakao[22][12]
Zatoichi and the FugitivesKimiyoshi YasudaShintaro Katsu, Takashi Shimura, Kayao Mikimoto[39][31]
Zoku hiroku onna ro
Zoku yakuza bozuKimiyoshi YasudaMichiyo Yasuda, Sanae Nakahara, Kayo MikimotoN/A[40]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 92.
  2. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 93.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 252.
  4. "Juhyo No Yoromek". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 247.
  6. Erickson, Hal. "Black Lizard". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  7. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 120.
  8. Buchanan, Jason. "Blackmail Is My Life". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  9. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 122.
  10. Crow, Jonathan. "Death By Hanging". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  11. Binion, Cavett. "Destroy All Planets". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 251.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 246.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 248.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 249.
  16. Erickson, Hal. "Destroy All Monsters". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  17. "Genocide". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  18. "Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  19. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 197.
  20. "Prince of the Sun: Horus' Great Adventure". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  21. "Green Slime". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 250.
  23. 1 2 Galbraith IV 2008, p. 254.
  24. "Kuroneko". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  25. Binion, Cavett. "Kuroneko". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  26. "The Living Skeleton". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  27. ""Outlaw" Gangster VIP". Nikkatsu. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  28. "The Profound Desire of the Gods". Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  29. "縄張はもらった" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  30. "Samaritan Zatoichi". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  31. 1 2 Galbraith IV 1996, p. 455.
  32. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 456.
  33. Buchanan, Jason. "Snake Woman's Curse". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  34. "Three Resurrected Drunkards". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  35. Collar, Cammila. "Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  36. "Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare". AllMovie. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  37. Foster, 2008. p.168
  38. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 253.
  39. "Zatoichi and the Fugitives". Criterion Collection. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  40. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 460.

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 1461673747. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  • Foster, Michael Dylan (2008). Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. University of California Press. ISBN 0520942671. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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