A list of films released in Japan in 1983 (see 1983 in film).
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1983Aesop's Fables Animated film The Ballad of Narayama Shohei Imamura Ken OgataSumiko Sakamoto DramaJapan Academy Prize for Best Film and Palme d'Or winner at Cannes Barefoot Gen Masaru Mori Issei MiyazakiAnimeWarDramaDetective Story Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil Tsutomu Shibayama Nobuyo ŌyamaAnimeDynaman Movie Shōhei TōjoJyunichi HarutaSayoko Hagiwara Sci-fi for ChildrenThe Family Game Yoshimitsu Morita Yūsaku Matsuda, Juzo Itami Drama Female CatsShingo YamashiroAi Saotome Roman porno Hometown Seijirō Kōyama Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film FestivalIzakaya Choji Kandagawa Pervert WarsKiyoshi KurosawaUsagi AsōPink film Legend of the Eight Samurai Kinji Fukasaku Hiroko YakushimaruHiroyuki Sanada SamuraiDrama The Makioka Sisters Kon Ichikawa Sayuri YoshinagaKeiko KishiYūko Kotegawa DramaMeiso chizu Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Oshima David Bowie Takeshi Kitano Ryuichi Sakamoto WarEntered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival Miyuki Kazuyuki Izutsu Anime Nankyoku Monogatari Koreyoshi Kurahara Ken TakakuraTsunehiko Watase DocufictionDramaEntered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival Rope and Breasts Masaru Konuma Nami Matsukawa Roman pornoMatsukawa's farewell appearance as SM Queen Toki o Kakeru Shōjo Nobuhiko Obayashi Tomoyo Harada RomanceSci-fiTora-san Goes Religious?Yoji YamadaKiyoshi AtsumiComedy 32nd in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo seriesTora-san's Song of LoveYoji YamadaKiyoshi AtsumiComedy 31st in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series Urusei Yatsura: Only You Mamoru Oshii Fumi HiranoToshio Furukawa AnimeRomantic comedyScience fiction Mamoru Oshii's first feature film The first Urusei Yatsura film
See also 1983 in Japan 1983 in Japanese television
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External links Japanese films of 1983 at the Internet Movie Database