List of Japanese films of the 1930s

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An incomplete list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1930s. For an alphabetical list of films see Category:Japanese films. Also see cinema of Japan.

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1930
The Army AdvancesKiyohiko UshiharaDenmei Suzuki
Kinuyo Tanaka
Aiyoku no kiHeinosuke GoshoKinuyo Tanaka
Ichiro Yuki
What Made Her Do It?Shigeyoshi SuzukiKeiko Takatsu
Rintaro Fujima
FurusatoKenji MizoguchiYoshie Fujiwara
Shizue Natsukawa		 Japan's second feature-length talkie (after Taii no Musume (The Captain's Daughter))
1931
The Neighbor's Wife and MineHeinosuke Gosho Japan's first commercially successful talkie
Tokyo Chorus Yasujirō Ozu Tokihiko Okada Drama
1932
ChûshinguraTeinosuke Kinugasa Tomio Aoki, Juzaburo Bando, Kôtarô Bandô
First Steps AshoreYasujirō Shimazu Ureo Egawa, Shin'ichi Himori, Chôko Iida
I Was Born, But...Yasujirō OzuTatsuo SaitoComedy drama
Kokushi musoMansaku Itami Shuichiro Atsumi, Junzaburô Ban, Chiezo Kataoka
Manmo kenkoku no reimeiKenji Mizoguchi Takako Irie, Eiji Nakano, Taisuke Matsumoto
NasanunakaMikio Naruse Yoshiko Okada, Shin'yô Nara, Yukiko Tsukuba Drama
Spring Comes from the LadiesYasujirô Ozu Jiro Shirota, Tatsuo Saitô, Yukiko Inoue
Until the Day We Meet AgainYasujirô Ozu Yoshiko Okada, Joji Oka, Shin'yô Nara
UzumakiHiroshi Innami Shizuko Mori, Taisuke Matsumoto, Kenji Yuri
Where Now Are the Dreams of YouthYasujirō Ozu Ureo Egawa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tatsuo Saitô
1933
Dragnet Girl Yasujirô Ozu Kinuyo Tanaka Crime
The Life of BangakuSadao Yamanaka
Nightly DreamsMikio Naruse
Passing FancyYasujirō Ozu
Wasei Kingu KonguTorajiro Saito
The Water Magician Kenji Mizoguchi Takako Irie, Tokihiko Okada, Ichirō Sugai
1934
Aizō TōgeKenji Mizoguchi Isuzu Yamada, Denmei Suzuki, Komako Hara
A Story of Floating WeedsYasujirō Ozu
Our Neighbour Miss YaeYasujirō Shimazu
1935
The Girl in the RumourMikio Naruse
An Inn in Tokyo Yasujirō Ozu Takeshi Sakamoto
The Million Ryo PotSadao Yamanaka
KimikoMikio Naruse
Orizuru OsenKenji Mizoguchi Isuzu Yamada
The Village-Tattooed ManSadao Yamanaka
Wife! Be Like a Rose!Mikio Naruse
1936
The Only Son Yasujirō Ozu Chishū Ryū Drama
Osaka ElegyKenji MizoguchiIsuzu Yamada
Yoko Umemura		Drama
Sisters of the GionKenji Mizoguchi
1937
AvalancheMikio Naruse
Humanity and Paper BalloonsSadao YamanakaChojuro KawarazakiDrama
Kagirinaki ZenshinTomu UchidaIsamu Kosugi
The Daughter of the SamuraiMansaku Itami
Arnold Fanck		Setsuko Hara
Sesshu Hayakawa		DramaJapanese/German production
1938
Five ScoutsTomotaka TasakaHikaru Hoshi
Ichirō Izawa
King Kong Appears in Edo (Possibly) Japan's first kaiju film.
1939
The Story of the Last ChrysanthemumsKenji MizoguchiKakuo MoriRomantic drama
TsuchiTomu Uchida

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