Japanese films of the 1940s
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A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1940s. For an A-Z of films see Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.
[edit] 1940s
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1940 | ||||||
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1941 | ||||||
The 47 Ronin | Kenji Mizoguchi | Samurai film | ||||
1942 | ||||||
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1943 | ||||||
Sanshiro Sugata | Akira Kurosawa | Drama Martial arts |
Takashi Shimura's first film, Akira Kurosawa's first film | |||
1944 | ||||||
The Most Beautiful | Akira Kurosawa | Ichiro Sugai | Drama | |||
1945 | ||||||
Sanshiro Sugata Part II | Akira Kurosawa | Denjiro Okochi | Martial arts film | |||
The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail | Akira Kurosawa | Hanshiro Iwai | Samurai film | |||
1946 | ||||||
Those Who Make Tomorrow | Akira Kurosawa | Kenji Susukida | ||||
No Regrets for Our Youth | Akira Kurosawa | Masao Shimizu | Drama | |||
1947 | ||||||
One Wonderful Sunday | Akira Kurosawa | Isao Numasaki | Romantic comedy | |||
Snow Trail | Senkichi Taniguchi | |||||
These Foolish Times | Kajiro Yamamoto | |||||
1948 | ||||||
Drunken Angel | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
1949 | ||||||
The Quiet Duel | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
Stray Dog | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
Escape at Dawn | Senkichi Taniguchi | |||||
Jakoman and Tetsu | Senkichi Taniguchi | |||||
Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | Haruko Sugimura | Drama |
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