List of Japanese films of 1979

A list of films released in Japan in 1979 (see 1979 in film).

Japanese films released in 1979

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Adventures of the Polar Cubs	Chikao Katsui		—	Animated film[1]
Alice the Movie – Utusukushiki kizuna	Takashi Tsuboshima	Shinji Tanimura, Takao Horiuchi, Toru Yazawa	Documentary	[2]
The Castle of Cagliostro	Hayao Miyazaki			Animated film[3]
Eisu wo nerae	Toru Dezak		—	Animated film[2]
Far Tomorrow	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Tomokazu Miura, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Ayumi Ishida		[2]
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July	Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass	Red Buttons, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Alan Sues, Jackie Vernon, Shelley Winters, Paul Frees, Billie Mae Richards, Hal Peary, Shelby Flint, Don Messick	Animated
Galaxy Express 999	Rintaro		—	Animated film[4]
G.I. Samurai	Kosei Saito	Sonny Chiba, Isao Natsuki, Tsunehiko Watase		[3]
Golden Partners	Kiyoshi Nishimura	Tomokazu Miura, Tatsuya Fuji, Misako Konno		[5]
Grass Labyrinth	Shuji Terayama	Juzo Itami
Hana machi no haha	Katsumi Nishikawa	Kayo Matsuo, Yuko Kotegawa, Nagisa Okuma		[3]
House of Hanging	Kon Ichikawa	Koji Ishizaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Junko Sakurada		[5]
Jigoku	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Mieko Harada, Kyōko Kishida, Ryuzo Hayashi		[6]
Jukyusai no Chizu	Mitsuo Yanagimachi	Yuji Honma, Keizo Kanie
Kamisama naze ainimo kokyoga aruno	Yasuhiro Yishimatsu	Tomiyuki Kunishiro, Carol Rickson, Takenori Nurano		[2]
Kampaku sengen	Shue Matsubayashi	Shigeharu Sada, Yuko Natori, Ichiro Zaitsu		[3]
Lady Oscar	Jacques Demy	Catriona MacColl, Barry Stokes, Christina Böhm		Japanese-French co-production[7][8]
The Last Game	Kihachi Okamoto	Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hirotaro Honda, Keiko Takeshita		[2]
The Man Who Stole the Sun	Kazuhiko Hasegawa	Kenji Sawada, Bunta Sugawara, Kimiko Ikegami		[2]
Midare karakuri	Susumu Kodama	Yūsaku Matsuda, Hiroko Shiino, Masaya Oki		[5]
Mouhozue wa tsukanai	Yoichi Azuma	Kaori Momoi, Eiji Okuda, Leo Morimoto		[9]
Nomugi Pass	Satsuo Yamamoto	Shinobu Otake, Mieko Harada, Chikako Yuri		[5]
Onmitsu doshin-O Edo sosamo	Akinori Matsuo	Hiroki Matsukata, Tetsuro Sagawa, Sanae Tsuchida		[2][3]
Piiman 80	Masami Orisaku	Hayato Tani, Yasuhiro Arai, Kimie Shingyoji		[2]
Rope and Skin	Shōgorō Nishimura	Naomi Tani	Roman porno	Naomi Tani's final film
Tenshi wo yuwaku	Toshihachi Fujita	Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Yutaka Nakajima		[3]
Toraburuman—Warauto korosuzo	Kensho Yamashita	Eiko Kawashima, Ichiro Zaitsu, Yumi Takigawa		[5]
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Tora-san, the Matchmaker	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	23rd in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Dream of Spring	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	24th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Vengeance is Mine	Shohei Imamura	Ken Ogata, Rentarō Mikuni, Chocho Miyako	Crime	[10]
Wet Weekend	Kichitaro Negishi	Junko Miyashita, Ako
Woman with Red Hair	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Junko Miyashita	Roman porno	Best Actress, Kinema Jumpo & Hochi Film Awards
Shokei Yugi
Ultraman	Akio Jissoji	Susumu Kurobe, Akiji Kobayashi, Sandayu Dokumamushi, Masanari Nihei, Hiroko Sakurai	Kaiju
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle	Noriko Anakura	Susumu Kurobe, Akiji Kobayashi, Sandayu Dokumamushi, Masanari Nihei, Hiroko Sakurai	Kaiju

See also

• 1979 in Japan
• 1979 in Japanese television

Footnotes

1. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 94.
2. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 316.
3. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 317.
4. Beck 2005, p. 91.
5. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 315.
6. Galbraith IV 1994, p. 328.
7. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 314.
8. "Lady Oscar" (in French). Cineressources.net. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
9. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 321.
10. Mannikka, Eleanor. "Vengeance Is Mine". AllMovie. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

References

• Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569762228.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

External links

• Japanese films of 1979 at the Internet Movie Database