A list of films released in Japan in 1956 (see 1956 in film).
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1956Arashi Hiroshi Inagaki Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka Drama Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film FestivalThe Burmese HarpKon IchikawaRentarō Mikuni, Shoji YasuiWarCrazed FruitKō NakahiraMasahiko Tsugawa, Yujiro IshiharaDrama Crossroads of Death Umetsugu Inoue Rentarō Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Hisano Yamaoka, Izumi Ashikawa Crime Christ in Bronze Minoru ShibuyaEiji Okada, Osamu TakizawaDramaEntered into the 1956 Cannes Film FestivalDandy Sashichi Detective Story: Six Famous Beauties Nobuo Nakagawa Tomisaburô Wakayama, Keiko Hibino, Misako Uji, Kodayû Ichikawa, Shigeru Amachi Crime Early SpringYasujirō OzuHaruko Sugimura, Ryō Ikebe DramaEra of Victory or Defeat Kyôtarô Namiki Junko Ikeuchi, Yoichi Numata, Tetsurō Tamba, Ken Utsui Crime Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi Bin Kado Shintaro Katsu Horror Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Ishirō Honda Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura Science-fiction Japanese-American co-productionKing of the Harbor Seiichirô Uchikawa Ken Utsui, Naoko Kubo, Shôji Nakayama, Takashi Wada, Utako Mitsuya, Maeda Maeda, Tetsurô Tanba Crime King of Violence Seiichirô Uchikawa Naoko Kubo, Utako Mitsuya, Shôji Nakayama, Tetsurô Tanba, Ken Utsui Crime The Legend of the White Serpent Shirō Toyoda Ryō Ikebe, Shirley Yamaguchi Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film FestivalMahiru no ankoku Tadashi Imai Won Best Film at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 11th Mainichi Film AwardsMigratory Birds of the Flowers Katsuhiko Tasaka Nagareru Mikio Naruse Isuzu Yamada, Kinuyo Tanaka Drama Punishment Room Kon Ichikawa Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Keizô Kawasaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Ayako Wakao Crime Revenge of the Pearl Queen Toshio Shimura Michiko Maeda, Ken Utsui Crime RodanIshirō HondaYumi ShirakawaScience fictionSamurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island Hiroshi Inagaki Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta Shuu Mikio Naruse Setsuko Hara, Kyōko Kagawa Drama Sisters of the Gion Hiromasa Nomura Michiyo Kogure, Tamao Nakamura Drama Street of Shame Kenji Mizoguchi Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao Drama Victory Is MineSeijun SuzukiKou Mishima, Ichirō SugaiAction Warning from SpaceToyomi KaritaScience fiction Where's Paradise? Shûe Matsubayashi Isao Kimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yoichi Numata, Chisako Hara, Yoshi Katô Crime Marason zamurai Tsukigata Hanpeita Teinosuke Kinugasa A Wife's Heart Mikio Naruse Toshiro Mifune, Hideko Takamine Drama The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story Katsuhiko Tasaka Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu Drama
See also 1956 in Japan
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External links Japanese films of 1956 at the Internet Movie Database