List of Japanese films of 1958

A list of films released in Japan in 1958 (see 1958 in film).

Japanese films released in 1958

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Anzukko	Mikio Naruse	So Yamamura Kyōko Kagawa	Drama
The Ballad of Narayama	Keisuke Kinoshita	Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi	Jidaigeki
Black Cat Mansion	Nobuo Nakagawa	Toshio Hosokawa, Midori Chikuma	—N/a
A Boy and Three Mothers	Seiji Hisamatsu	Terumi Niki, Isuzu Yamada
Conflagration	Kon Ichikawa	Raizo Ichikawa Tatsuya Nakadai	—N/a
Endless Desire	Shohei Imamura	Shizuko Kasagi	Comedy
Equinox Flower	Yasujirō Ozu	Shin Saburi Kinuyo Tanaka	Drama
The Gay Masquerade	Daisuke Itō	Raizo Ichikawa
Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred	Kenji Misumi	Shintaro Katsu
Giants and Toys	Yasuzo Masumura	Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Comedy
The H-Man	Ishirō Honda	Yumi Shirakawa	Science fiction
Herringbone Clouds (Summer Clouds)	Mikio Naruse	Kyōko Kagawa Michiyo Aratama	Drama
The Hidden Fortress	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Samurai
Hitogui Ama ("Cannibal Ama")	Yoshiki Onoda	Yōko Mihara	Shintoho ama film
A Holiday in Tokyo	Kajiro Yamamoto	Yoshiko Yamaguchi Toshirō Mifune	Drama
The Invisible Wall	Hideo Ōba	Keiji Sada, Yachiyo Ōtori, Shinji Takano, Yukiji Asaoka	Crime Mystery
Josei S.O.S.	Hisanobu Marubayashi	Yumi Shirakawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kegareta Nikutai Seijo (Priestess with the Sullied Flesh)	Michiyoshi Doi	Miyuki Takakura, Mayumi Ôzora	Drama
The Lowest Man	Yasuzō Masumura	Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Kyôko Kishida, Keiko Arijima	Crime
The Loyal 47 Ronin	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa	Jidaigeki
Naked Sun	Miyoji Ieki	Shinjirō Ehara	Drama
Nichiren to mōko daishūrai	Kunio Watanabe	Kazuo Hasegawa	Drama
Night Drum	Tadashi Imai	Rentarō Mikuni, Ineko Arima	Drama
Nishi Ginza Station	Shohei Imamura	Frank Nagai	Drama
Points and Lines	Tsuneo Kobayashi	Hiroshi Minami, Isao Yamagata, Mieko Yamagata, Yoshi Katô, Takashi Shimura	Mystery
The Precipice	Yasuzô Masumura	Kenji Sugawara, Fujiko Yamamoto, Hitomi Nozoe, Keizô Kawasaki, Kyû Sazanka, Ken Uehara	Drama
Queen Bee	Tetsu Taguchi	Naoko Kubo, Shôji Nakayama, Shigeru Amachi, Yōko Mihara	Crime
Rat Kid on Journey	Hiroshi Inagaki	Kōji Tsuruta Mitsuko Kusabue	Jidaigeki
Rickshaw Man	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune Hideko Takamine	Drama
The Snowy Heron	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Fujiko Yamamoto, Keizo Kawasaki
Song for a Bride	Ishirō Honda	Mitsuko Kusabue Akemi Negishi
The Spell of the Hidden Gold	Masazumi Kawanishi	Yasuko Nakada Kumi Mizuno	Drama
Stolen Desire	Shohei Imamura	Osamu Takizawa
The Temptress and the Monk	Eisuke Takizawa	Yumeji Tsukioka	Fantasy
Theater of Life (Jinsei gekijo - Seishun hen)	Toshio Sugie	Ryō Ikebe Hisaya Morishige	Drama
Tora's Home Run	Motoyoshi Oda	Kingoro Yanagiya Ichiro Arishima	Comedy
Underworld Beauty	Seijun Suzuki	Hideaki Nitani	Crime
Varan the Unbelievable	Ishirō Honda	Kozo Nomura	Keiji
Voice Without a Shadow	Seijun Suzuki	Hideaki Nitani	Mystery
Yaji and Kita On the Road	Yasuki Chiba	Keiju Kobayashi Daisuke Katō	Comedy
Young Daughters	Kihachi Okamoto	Izumi Yukimura Daisuke Katō	Drama
Young Breasts	Seijun Suzuki	Akira Kobayashi	Drama
Zenta and the Three Tales: Child in the Wind
Zenta and the Three Tales: The World of Ghosts

See also

• 1958 in Japan

References

Sources

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
• Foster, Michael Dylan (2008). Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520942677.

External links

• Japanese films of 1958 at the Internet Movie Database