List of Japanese films of 1959

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A list of films released in Japan in 1959 (see 1959 in film).

Japanese films released in 1959
Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Battle in Outer Space	Honda, IshirōIshirō Honda	Ryo Ikebe, Kyoko Anzai, Minoru Takada	Science fiction	^[1]^[2]
Beauty Is Guilty
Beni azami
Enchanted Princess
The Birth of Japan	Hiroshi Inagaki	Yoko Tsukasa	Fantasy Adventure
Fires on the Plain	Ichikawa, KonKon Ichikawa	Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis	N/A	^[3]
Floating Weeds	Ozu, YasujiroYasujiro Ozu	Ganjiro Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi	N/A	^[4]
Ghost of Yotsuya !The Ghost of Yotsuya	Nakagawa, NobuoNobuo Nakagawa	Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Kazuko Wakasugi	N/A	^[5]
Good Morning	Ozu, YasujiroYasujiro Ozu	Koji Shidara, Masahiko Shimazu, Chishu Ryu	N/A	^[6]
Hiroshima mon amour	Resnais, AlainAlain Resnais	Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson	N/A	French-Japanese co-production^[7]
Human Condition !The Human Condition	Kobayashi, MasakiMasaki Kobayashi	Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, So Yamamura	N/A	^[8]
Kiku to Isamu	Tadashi Imai	Tanie Kitabayashi		Won Best Film at the 14th Mainichi Film Awards and at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards
Magic Boy	Daikubara, AkiraAkira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita		Fantasy adventure	Animated film^[9]
Monkey Sun
My Second Brother	Shohei Imamura	Hiroyuki Nagato		Entered into the 10th Berlin International Film Festival
Odd Obsession	Ichikawa, KonKon Ichikawa	Machiko Kyo, Ganjiro Nakamura, Junko Kano	N/A	^[10]
Samurai Vendetta	Kazuo Mori
Seki no yatappe
Unforgettable Trail	Koji Shima			Entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival

References

Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1569762228.
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 1461673747. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

1959 films

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