List of Japanese films of 1974

A list of films released in Japan in 1974 (see 1974 in film).

Japanese films released in 1974
Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army	Shohei Tojo, Sompote Sands	Ko Kaeoduendee Yodchay Meksuwan		^{[citation needed]}
Abayo Dachi Kō				^{[citation needed]}
Akumei–Nawabari arashi	Yasuzo Masumura	Shintaro Katsu, Kinya Kitaoji, Kiwako Taichi	—	^[1]
Akumyō: Shima Arashiaka				^{[citation needed]}
Aoba shigereru	Kihachi Okamoto	Masao Kusakari, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Yoshitaka Tanba	—	^[2]
Ali the Man: Ali, the Fighter	Rick Baxter, William Greaves	Muhammad Ali	Documentary	Japanese-American co-production^[2]
Arupusu no shojo haiji–Mou hitori no kazoku	Isao Takahata			Animated short^[1]^[3]
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics	Kinji Fukasaku	Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Toshio Kurosawa	—	^[4]
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode	Kinji Fukasaku	Bunta Sugawara, Kinya Kitaoji, Hiroki Matsukata	—	^[5]
Bitterness of Youth	Tatsumi Kamiyo	Kenichi Hagiwara, Kaori Momoi, Fumi Dan	—	^[6]
Castle of Sand	Yoshitarō Nomura			^{[citation needed]}
Demon Spies	Takashi Tsuboshima	Masaomi Kondo, Keiko Aramaki, Ryunosuke Minegishi	Chambara, horror	^[7]^[3]
ESPY	Jun Fukuda	Hiroshi Fujioka, Kaoru Yumi, Masao Kusakari	Fantasy, thriller	^[8]
Evil of Dracula	Michio Yamamoto	Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka, Mariko Mochizuki	—	^[6]
The Family	Satsuo Yamamoto	Shin Saburi, Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuya Nakadai	—	^[7]
Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers	Chūsei Sone	Junko Miyashita	Roman porno
Flower and Snake	Masaru Konuma	Naomi Tani	—	^[9]
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla	Jun Fukuda	Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima	—	^[3]
Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold?	Yoshio Inoue	Shintaro Katsu, Kō Nishimura, Mako Midori	—	^[7]
Haroo! Fingaa 5	Susumu Fukuhara	Finger 5	Documentary	Short film^[3]
Himiko	Masahiro Shinoda	Shima Iwashita	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
The Homeless	Kōichi Saitō	Shintaro Katsu, Ken Takakura. Meiko Kaji	—	^[2]
Isoge! Wakamono–Tomorrow Never Waits	Tsugunobu Kotani	Koji Kata, Masao Orimo, Toshiya Egi	—	^[6]
Izu no odoriko	Katsumi Nishikawa	Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Hitoshi Nakayama	—	^[8]
Kamen Rider X	—	—	—	^{[citation needed]}
Kamen Rider X: The Five Riders vs. King Dark	—	—	—	^{[citation needed]}
Kanda kawa	Masanobu Deme	Keiko Sekine, Masao Kursakari, Tokue Hanazawa	—	^[1]
Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon	Mitsuo Murayama		—	^{[citation needed]}
Kigeki Damashi no jingi	Jun Fukuda	Kei Tani, Shiro Kishibe, Jiro Sakagami	—	^[1]
Koi wa midori no kaze no naka	Miyoharu Ieki	Yusuke Sato, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Mita	—	^[8]
Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance	Toshiya Fujita	Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Juzo Itami	—	^[6]
Last Swordsman	Masanobu Deme	Shigeru Koyama, Jiro Kawaraski, Masao Kusakari	—	^[8]
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell	Yoshiyuki Kuroda	Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi	—	^[1]
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy	Takashi Tsuboshima	Yuki Meguro, Kunie Tanaka, Shiro Ito	—	^[2]
Moscow, My Love	Kenji Yoshida, Aleksandr Mitta	Komaki Kurihara, Oleg Vidov, Makoto Sato	—	Japanese-Soviet co-production^[6]
Mr. Giants–The Eternal Number on the Player's Jersey	Kauzo Kawabe	Shigeo Nagashima	Documentary	^[3]
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity				^{[citation needed]}
Nyobo o hayajine saseru	Susumu Kodama	Yosuke Natsuki, Miyoko Akaza, Michiko Tsukasa	—	^[6]
Pastoral: To Die in the Country	Shūji Terayama	Kantaro Suga	Drama	^{[citation needed]}
Prophecies of Nostradamus	Toshio Masuda	Tetsuro Tamba, Kaoru Yumi, Toshio Kurosawsa	Fantasy	^[6]^[2]
Return of the Street Fighter	Shigehiro Ozawa	Sonny Chiba, Yoko Ichiji	Martial Arts	^{[citation needed]}
Ryōma Ansatsu				^{[citation needed]}
Samurai jyaiantsu–Sessho gawara no ketto	Tadao Nagahara		—	Animated short^[3]
Sandakan No. 8	Kei Kumai	Komaki Kurihara, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoko Takahashi	—	^[2]^[8]
School of the Holy Beast	Norifumi Suzuki	Yumi Takigawa	—	^[10]
Seishun no umi	Aihiko Okamoto	Daijiro Harada, Hidenari Aoki, Fujio Tokita	—	^[2]
Shiawase	Hideo Onchi	Yuriko Sumi, Yusuke Okada, Nobuko Otowa	—	^[1]
Shinzo ningen Kyashan–Fujimi no choseusha	Hiroshi Sasagawa		—	Animated short^[3]
Sister Street Fighter	Kazuhiko Yamaguchi	Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba	Action	^[11]
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread	—	Yasuaki Kurata	Action	^[12]
The Street Fighter	Shigehiro Ozawa	Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada	Action	^[13]
Tomodachi				^{[citation needed]}
Tora-san's Lovesick	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	^{[citation needed]}
Tora-san's Lullaby	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	^{[citation needed]}
Three Old Women	Noboru Nakamura	Aiko Mimasu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure	—	^[1]
Urutoraman Taro–Chi o su hana wa shojo no sei	Eizo Yamagina	Saburo Shinoda, Takahiro Tono, Hidehiro Tsumura	—	^[3]
Wife to be Sacrificed	Masaru Konuma	Naomi Tani	—	^[14]
Yahu shisubeshi–Fukushu no mekanikku	Eizo Sudo	Hiroshi Fujioka, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari	—	^[6]
The Year Without a Santa Claus	Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.	Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving	Animated
Zao Zessho	Kunihiko Yammamoto	Yoko Takahashi, Akira Oda, Yoshitaka Tanba	—	^[8]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 296.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 298.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 295.
^ Battles Without Honor and Humanity (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 10. FCD1185.
^ Battles Without Honor and Humanity (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 12. FCD1185.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 297.
^ ^a ^b ^c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 294.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 299.
^ "花と蛇" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Buchanan, Jason. "School of the Holy Beast". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Guarisco, Donald. "Sister Street Fighter". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Buchanan, Jason. "Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread]". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ Fountain, Clarke. "The Street Fighter". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ "生贄夫人" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

Sources

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.

External links

Japanese films of 1974 at the Internet Movie Database

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008296-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 296.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008298-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Galbraith IV 2008, p. 298.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008295-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 295.

[bwhah-arrow-10-4] Battles Without Honor and Humanity (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 10. FCD1185.

[bwhah-arrow-12-5] Battles Without Honor and Humanity (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 12. FCD1185.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008297-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 297.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008294-7] Galbraith IV 2008, p. 294.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV2008299-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 299.

[9] "花と蛇" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[10] Buchanan, Jason. "School of the Holy Beast". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[11] Guarisco, Donald. "Sister Street Fighter". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[12] Buchanan, Jason. "Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread]". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[13] Fountain, Clarke. "The Street Fighter". AllMovie. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[14] "生贄夫人" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

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