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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	Ishirō Honda	Ryō Ikebe, Kyoko Anzai, Minoru Takada	Science fiction	^[1]^[2]
Beauty Is Guilty	Yasuzo Masumura	Ayako Wakao, Fujiko Yamamoto	Romance	^[3]^{[unreliable source?]}
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Enchanted Princess		Ayako Wakao, Raizo Ichikawa	Fantasy	^[4]^{[unreliable source?]}
The Birth of Japan	Hiroshi Inagaki	Yoko Tsukasa
Fires on the Plain	Kon Ichikawa	Eiji Funakoshi, Osamu Takizawa, Mickey Curtis	War drama^{[failed verification]}	^[5]
Floating Weeds	Yasujirō Ozu	Ganjirō Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Hiroshi Kawaguchi	Drama^{[failed verification]}	^[6]
The Ghost of Yotsuya	Nobuo Nakagawa	Shigeru Amachi, Noriko Kitazawa, Kazuko Wakasugi	—	^[7]
Good Morning	Yasujirō Ozu	Koji Shidara, Masahiko Shimazu, Chishū Ryū	Comedy^{[failed verification]}	^[8]
Hiroshima mon amour	Alain Resnais	Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson	Drama^{[failed verification]}	French-Japanese co-production^[9]
The Human Condition	Masaki Kobayashi	Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, So Yamamura	—	^[10]
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	Akira Daikubara, Taiji Yabushita		Fantasy adventure	Animated film^[11]
Monkey Sun	Kajiro Yamamoto	Norihei Miki, Fukutaro Ichikawa	Fantasy	^[12]^{[unreliable source?]}
My Second Brother	Shohei Imamura	Hiroyuki Nagato		^{[citation needed]}
Odd Obsession	Kon Ichikawa	Machiko Kyō, Ganjirō Nakamura, Junko Kano	—	^[13]
Samurai Vendetta	Kazuo Mori	Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu
Seki no yatappe	Satoshi Kado	Kazuo Hasegawa, Shintaro Katsu	Chambara	^[14]^{[unreliable source?]}
Unforgettable Trail	Koji Shima	Fujiko Yamamoto	Drama	^{[unreliable source?]}

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 112.
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 113.
^ "Beauty is Guilty (1959)".
^ "Enchanted Princess (1959) - Official HD Trailer".
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 166.
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 168.
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 182.
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 312.
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 216.
^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 221.
^ Beck 2005, p. 158.
^ "Monkey Sun".
^ Beck 2005, p. 311.
^ "Reviews: Seki no Yatappe [and] Nihiki no yojimbo".

Sources[edit]

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 978-1461673743. Retrieved October 29, 2013.

External links[edit]

Japanese films of 1959 at the Internet Movie Database

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996112-1] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 112.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996113-2] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 113.

[3] "Beauty is Guilty (1959)".

[4] "Enchanted Princess (1959) - Official HD Trailer".

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996166-5] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 166.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996168-6] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 168.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996182-7] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 182.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996312-8] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 312.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996216-9] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 216.

[FOOTNOTEGalbraith_IV1996221-10] Galbraith IV 1996, p. 221.

[FOOTNOTEBeck2005158-11] Beck 2005, p. 158.

[12] "Monkey Sun".

[FOOTNOTEBeck2005311-13] Beck 2005, p. 311.

[14] "Reviews: Seki no Yatappe [and] Nihiki no yojimbo".

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