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A list of films released in Japan in 1983 (see 1983 in film).

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1983
Aesop's Fables Norio Hikone — Animated film[1]
The Ballad of Narayama Shohei Imamura Ken Ogata
Sumiko Sakamoto		 Drama Japan Academy Prize for Best Film and Palme d'Or winner at Cannes
Barefoot Gen Masaru Mori Issei Miyazaki Anime
War
Drama
Detective Story
Dynaman Movie Shōhei Tōjo Jyunichi Haruta
Sayoko Hagiwara		 Sci-fi for Children
The Family Game Yoshimitsu Morita Yūsaku Matsuda, Juzo Itami Drama
Female Cats Shingo Yamashiro Ai Saotome Roman porno
Hometown Seijirō Kōyama Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival
Izakaya Choji
Kandagawa Pervert Wars Kiyoshi Kurosawa Usagi Asō Pink film
Legend of the Eight Samurai Kinji Fukasaku Hiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroyuki Sanada		 Samurai
Drama
The Makioka Sisters Kon Ichikawa Sayuri Yoshinaga
Keiko Kishi
Yūko Kotegawa		 Drama
Meiso chizu
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Nagisa Oshima David Bowie
Takeshi Kitano
Ryuichi Sakamoto		 War Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival
Miyuki Kazuyuki Izutsu Anime
Nankyoku Monogatari Koreyoshi Kurahara Ken Takakura
Tsunehiko Watase		 Docufiction
Drama		 Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
Rope and Breasts Masaru Konuma Nami Matsukawa Roman porno Matsukawa's farewell appearance as SM Queen
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo Nobuhiko Obayashi Tomoyo Harada Romance
Sci-fi
Tora-san Goes Religious? Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 32nd in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Song of Love Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 31st in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Urusei Yatsura: Only You Mamoru Oshii Fumi Hirano
Toshio Furukawa		 Anime
Romantic comedy
Science fiction		 Mamoru Oshii's first feature film
The first Urusei Yatsura film

See also

References

  1. ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 94.

Works cited

External links

1983 films
Cinema of Japan
Lists of films by country
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