Japanese films of the 1940s
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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.
[edit] 1940s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| 1940 | ||||||
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| 1941 | ||||||
| The 47 Ronin | Kenji Mizoguchi | Samurai film | ||||
| 1942 | ||||||
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| 1943 | ||||||
| Sanshiro Sugata | Akira Kurosawa | Drama Martial arts |
Takashi Shimura's first film, Akira Kurosawa's first film | |||
| 1944 | ||||||
| The Most Beautiful | Akira Kurosawa | Ichiro Sugai | Drama | |||
| 1945 | ||||||
| Sanshiro Sugata Part II | Akira Kurosawa | Denjiro Okochi | Martial arts film | |||
| The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail | Akira Kurosawa | Hanshiro Iwai | Samurai film | |||
| 1946 | ||||||
| Those Who Make Tomorrow | Akira Kurosawa | Kenji Susukida | ||||
| No Regrets for Our Youth | Akira Kurosawa | Masao Shimizu | Drama | |||
| 1947 | ||||||
| One Wonderful Sunday | Akira Kurosawa | Isao Numasaki | Romantic comedy | |||
| Snow Trail | Senkichi Taniguchi | |||||
| These Foolish Times | Kajiro Yamamoto | |||||
| 1948 | ||||||
| Drunken Angel | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
| 1949 | ||||||
| The Quiet Duel | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
| Stray Dog | Akira Kurosawa | Toshirō Mifune | ||||
| Escape at Dawn | Senkichi Taniguchi | |||||
| Jakoman and Tetsu | Senkichi Taniguchi | |||||
| Late Spring | Yasujiro Ozu | Haruko Sugimura | Drama | |||
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