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.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940Kaze no MatasaburoKoji Shima Akikhiko Katayama Drama NobukoHiroshi Shimizu Drama Shina no yoruOsamu Fushimizu Kazuo Hasegawa, Shirley Yamaguchi Propaganda Travelling Actors Mikio Naruse Kamatari Fujiwara, Kan Yanagiya Comedy 1941The 47 RoninKenji Mizoguchi Chojuro Kawarasaki Samurai film Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family Yasujirō Ozu Mieko Takamine Drama Hideko the Bus-Conductor Mikio Naruse Hideko Takamine, Kamatari Fujiwara Drama Ornamental HairpinHiroshi Shimizu Saito Tatsuo, Tanaka Kinuyo Drama 1942Hawai Mare oki kaisenKajiro Yamamoto Susumu Fujita, Setsuko Hara Propaganda There Was a Father Yasujirō Ozu Mitsuko Mito, Chishū Ryū Drama 1943Sanshiro SugataAkira Kurosawa Denjiro Okochi, Susumu Fujita DramaMartial arts Akira Kurosawa's first filmMomotarō no UmiwashiMitsuyo Seo Propaganda Animation 1944Ano hata o ute Gerardo de Leon, Yutaka Abe Roma Aguirre, Norma Blancaflor, Angel Esmeralda, Shigenoba Kawazu, Fernando Poe, Sr., Leopoldo Salcedo, Ichirô Tsukida, Denjirō Ōkōchi Drama War co-production with Philippines ArmyKeisuke KinoshitaChishū Ryū, Kinuyo TanakaDramaMiyamoto Musashi Kenji Mizoguchi Chojuro Kawarasaki, Kinuyo Tanaka Jidaigeki The Most BeautifulAkira KurosawaIchirō SugaiPropaganda drama 1945 The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail Akira Kurosawa Susumu Fujita Samurai film Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei Mitsuyo Seo Propaganda Animation Sanshiro Sugata Part IIAkira KurosawaDenjiro OkochiMartial arts film 1946Aru yo no TonosamaTeinosuke Kinugasa Drama A Descendant of Taro Urashima Mikio Naruse Susumu Fujita, Nobuo Nakamura Drama Josei no Shori Kenji Mizoguchi Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano Drama Minshū no TekiTadashi ImaiSusumu Fujita, Akitake Kōno DramaNo Regrets for Our YouthAkira KurosawaMasao ShimizuDrama Those Who Make TomorrowAkira KurosawaKenji Susukida Utamaro and His Five Women Kenji Mizoguchi Kinuyo Tanaka Biopic 1947Ima Hitotabi noHeinosuke Gosho Drama The Love of Sumako, the Actress Kenji Mizoguchi Kinuyo Tanaka, So Yamamura Drama villagevoice.com One Wonderful SundayAkira KurosawaIsao NumasakiRomantic comedy The Record of a Tenement Gentleman Yasujirō Ozu Chōko Iida, Hohi Aoki Drama Snow TrailSenkichi Taniguchi Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura Crime Three-Fingered Detective Sadatsugu Matsuda Setsuko Hara, Reiko Hatsune, Chiezō Kataoka, Akiko Kazami Horror These Foolish TimesKajiro Yamamoto Roppa Furukawa, Kenichi Enomoto Comedy 1948Drunken AngelAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune Crime A Hen in the Wind Yasujirō Ozu Kinuyo Tanaka Drama President and a female clerkHideo ÔbaTaiji TonoyamaComedymusic by Akira Ifukube A Woman in the Typhoon Area Hideo Ōba Sô Yamamura, Setsuko Hara, Takashi Kanda, Kamon Kawamura Crime 1949Aoi sanmyaku Tadashi Imai Setsuko Hara, Ryō Ikebe Comedy Drama Jakoman and TetsuSenkichi Taniguchi Toshiro Mifune Action Drama Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki Keisuki Sasaki Keiji Sada, Masao Inoue Drama Lady from HellMichiyo Kogure, Eitaro Ozawa, Ichiro Ryuzaki Action Drama Late SpringYasujirō OzuHaruko SugimuraDramaThe Quiet DuelAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune Drama Stray DogAkira KurosawaToshirō Mifune Crime Zoku aoi sanmyaku Tadashi Imai Setsuko Hara, Ryō Ikebe Comedy drama
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External links Japanese film at the Internet Movie Database