List of Japanese films of 1936

A list of films produced in Japan in 1936 (see 1936 in film).

Film releases

Opening	Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
13 February	Theater of Life: Youth Version	Tomu Uchida		Drama
27 February	Mr. Thank You	Hiroshi Shimizu	Ken Uehara, Michiko Kuwano, Mayumi Tsukiji, Kaoru Futaba	Comedy, drama, road movie		^[1]
19 March	College is a Nice Place	Yasujirō Ozu		Comedy
3 April	Family Meeting	Yasujirō Shimazu	Shin Saburi	Drama
14 April	I Am a Cat	Kajirō Yamamoto		Comedy
14 April	Great Bodhisattva Pass 2	Hiroshi Inagaki		Drama
30 April	Priest of Darkness	Sadao Yamanaka	Setsuko Hara	Historical drama		^[2]
14 May	Woman in the Mist	Heinosuke Gosho		Drama
28 May	Osaka Elegy	Kenji Mizoguchi	Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura	Drama
1 June	Man of the House	Mikio Naruse		Drama
18 June	Akanishi Kakita	Mansaku Itami		Historical drama		^[3]
21 June	Brother and Sister	Sotoji Kimura		Drama
29 August	Men vs. Women	Yasujirō Shimazu		Comedy, Musical
11 September	The Road I Travel with You	Mikio Naruse		Drama
15 September	The Only Son	Yasujirō Ozu	Chishū Ryū	Drama		^[4]
15 October	Sisters of the Gion	Kenji Mizoguchi	Isuzu Yamada	Drama	Winner of the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.^[5]
1 November	Morning's Tree-Lined Street	Mikio Naruse	Sachiko Chiba, Heihachirō Ōkawa, Ranko Akagi	Drama		^[6]
30 November	The New Road: Akemi	Heinosuke Gosho		Drama
16 December	The New Road: Ryota	Heinosuke Gosho		Drama