List of Japanese films of the 1940s

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
1940
Nobuko	Hiroshi Shimizu
Kaze no Matasaburo	Koji Shima
1941
The 47 Ronin	Kenji Mizoguchi		Samurai film
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family	Yasujirō Ozu	Mieko Takamine	Drama
Ornamental Hairpin	Hiroshi Shimizu		Drama
1942
Hawai Mare oki kaisen	Kajiro Yamamoto		Propaganda
Momotarō no Umiwashi	Mitsuyo Seo		Propaganda Animation
1943
Sanshiro Sugata	Akira Kurosawa		Drama Martial arts	Akira Kurosawa's first film
1944
Army	Keisuke Kinoshita	Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka	Drama
The Most Beautiful	Akira Kurosawa	Ichirō Sugai	Propaganda 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 II	Akira Kurosawa	Denjiro Okochi	Martial arts film
1946
Aru yo no Tonosama	Teinosuke Kinugasa
Minshū no Teki	Tadashi Imai	Susumu Fujita, Akitake Kōno, Kogiku Hanayagi	Drama
No Regrets for Our Youth	Akira Kurosawa	Masao Shimizu	Drama
Those Who Make Tomorrow	Akira Kurosawa	Kenji Susukida
Utamaro and His Five Women	Kenji Mizoguchi	Kinuyo Tanaka	Biopic
1947
Ima Hitotabi no	Heinosuke Gosho
One Wonderful Sunday	Akira Kurosawa	Isao Numasaki	Romantic comedy
The Record of a Tenement Gentleman	Yasujirō Ozu	Chouko Iida, Hohi Aoki	Drama
Snow Trail	Senkichi Taniguchi
These Foolish Times	Kajiro Yamamoto
1948
Drunken Angel	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune
A Hen in the Wind	Yasujirō Ozu	Kinuyo Tanaka	Drama
1949
Jakoman and Tetsu	Senkichi Taniguchi
Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki
Late Spring	Yasujirō Ozu	Haruko Sugimura	Drama
The Quiet Duel	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune
Stray Dog	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune

External links

• Japanese film at the Internet Movie Database