List of Japanese films of 1973

This is a list of films released in Japan in 1973. In 1973, there were 2530 movie theatres in Japan, with 1332 showing only domestic films and 556 showing both domestic and imported films.[1] In total, there were 405 Japanese films released in 1973.[2] In total, domestic films grossed 19,458 million yen in 1973.[2]



Japanese films released in 1973
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Akaitori nigetaToshihachi FujitaYoshio Harada, Kaori Momoi, Masaaki Daimon—[3]
Battles Without Honor and HumanityKinji FukasakuBunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko—[4]
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in HiroshimaKinji FukasakuBunta Sugawara, Sonny Chiba, Meiko Kaji—[5]
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarKinji FukasakuBunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase—[6]
Belladonna of SadnessEiichi Yamamoto—Animated film[7]
Bishamonten bojoMichiyoshi DoiHideo Sunazuka, Hisaya Morishige, Junzaburo Ban—[8]
Esu o nerae! Tenisu okoku no ShindereraOsamu Dezaki—Animated short[9]
Female Convict Scorpion: Beast StableShunya ItōMeiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Koji Nanbara—[10]
Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge SongYasuharu HasebeMeiko Kaji, Masakazu Tamura, Toshiyuki Hosokawa—[11]
Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and TortureTeruo IshiiReiko IkePinky Violent
Flying At 'Ya, Android KikaiderHidetoshi KitamuraDaisuke BanTokusatsu
Godzilla vs. MegalonJun FukudaKatsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Robert Dunham—[12]
Gokiburi dekaTsugunobu KotaniTetsuya Watari, Takeo Jii, Masaaki Daimon—[13]
Golgo 13 (film)
Hangyako no hoshuYukihiro SawadaYujiro Ishihara, Tetsuya Watari, Mieko takamine—[3]
Hanzo the Razor – The SnareYasuzo MasumuraShintaro Katsu, Kō Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa—[14]
Hatachi no gentenKenjiro OmoriYuriko Sumi, Takeo Jii, Masaaki Daimon—[15]
Jyanguru KurobeOsamu Dezaki—Animated short[3]
Kagaku ninja tai Gacchaman–Densi kaiju RenjiraaHisayuki Toriumi—Animated short[9]
Kagaku ninja tai Gacchaman–Hinotori tai hikumaHisayuki Toriumi—Animated short[16]
Kamen Rider V3Minoru YamadaHiroshi MiyauchiTokusatsu
Kamen Rider V3 vs. the Destron MonstersMinoru YamadaHiroshi MiyauchiTokusatsu
Koju hoshoKazuo InoueHisaya Morishige, Etsuko Ichimura, Akira Kawaguchi—[15]
Kokosei burai hikae–Kanjiru u~MuramasaMio EzakiMasaaki Daimon, Yachiyo Otori, Toru Abe—[13]
Kokosei burai hikae–Tsuki no MuramasaMio EzakiMasaaki Daimon, Yuriko Hishimi, Sayoko Kato—[8]
Konketsuji Rika–Hama gure komoriutaKozaburo YoshimuraRika Aoki, Jiro Kawarazaki, Kunie Tanaka—[13]
Konketsuji Rika–Hitori yuku sasuraitabiKo NakahiraRika Aoki, Ryunosuke Minegishi, Kaoru Hama—[8]
Lady SnowbloodToshiya FujitaMeiko Kaji, Akira Nishimura, Toshio KurosawaChanbara[15]
Little Adventurer–Sotsugyo ryokoMasanobu DemeMark Lester, Gerald Lancaster, Zhen ZhenFamily[17]
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsKenji MisumiTomisaburo Wakayama, Michio Yasuda, Akihiro Tomikawa—[14]
Long Journey into LoveMasanobu DemeKomaki Kurihara, Go Kato, Kyoko Maya—[16]
Mushukunin Mikogami no Jokichi–Tasogare ni senko ga tondaKazuo IkehiroYoshio Harada, Isao Natsuyagi, Michiyo Yasuda—[8][16]
Mute Samurai
Ningen kakumeiToshio MasudaTetsuro Tamba, Shinsuke Ashida, Michiyo Aratama—[14]
Nippon kyokaden–Dai ichibu No azami/Dai nibu Aoi botanTai KatoYoko Maki, Tetsuya Watari, Kinya Kitaoji—[15]
Nippon sanjushi–Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no makiKihachi OkamotoKeiju Kobayashi, Yusuke Okada, Mickey Yasukawa—[17]
Ōkami no monshōMasashi MatsumotoTaro Shigaki, Toshio Kurosawa, Akiko Aki—[14]
Omocha ya Ken-Chan–Yoso de wa ikoYoshitaka SoneYasuyuki Miyawaki, Tomoko Nagaharu, Masaaki Maeda—[14]
ŌshōHiromichi HorikawaShintaro Katsu, Tamao Nakamura, Mikiko Otanashi—[8]
Panda • kopanda–Amefuri sakasuIsao Takahata—Animated short[3]
The Petrified ForestMasahiro ShinodaKenichi Hagiwara, Sayoko Ninomiya, Masako Yagi—[14]
Rainboo Man–Satsujin PurofesshyonaruTaku NaganoYasukuni Mizutani, Masao Murata, Megumi Ito—[16]
Retreat Through the Wet WastelandYukihiro SawadaYuri Yamashina, Takeo Chii—[18]
Rise, Fair SunKei KumaiTatsuya Nakadai, Kiny Kitaoji, Keiko Sekine—[15]
Saeteru yatsuyaYasuhiro YoshimatsuKiyotaka Mitsuki, Ichiro Ogura, Rumi Matsumoto—[8]
Sakura no daimonKenji MisumiTomisaburo Wakayama, Minoru Oki, Hiroshi Sekiguchi—[8]
Samurai jyaiantsu–Hoeru banbabanTadao Nagahara—Animated short[9]
Sarariiman jingiTsugunobu KotaniOsami Nabe, Kunie Tanaka, Raita Ryu—[15]
Senso o shiranai kodomatachiMasashi MatsumotoYoshiki Shimamura, Sayoko Kato, Wakako Sakai—[8]
Sex & FuryNoribumi SuzukiReiko Ike, Christina Lindberg, Masataka NaruseAction[19]
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law ClassroomNoribumi SuzukiMiki Sugimoto, Reiko IkeThriller[20]
Tidal WaveShiro MoritaniKeiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Tetsuro Tamba—[21]
Tobidase! SeishunMasahiro TakaseTakenori Murano, Shoji Ishibashi, Ichiro Arishima—[3]
Tora-san Loves an ArtistYoji YamadaKiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki—[22]
Tora-san's Forget Me NotYoji YamadaKiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki—[23]
Tsugaru Folk SongKōichi Saitō
Twilight YearsShiro ToyodaHisaya Morishige, Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura—[17]
Urutoraman Tarou–Moero! Urutora 6 kyodaiKazuo SagawaSaburo Shinoda, Takahiko Tono, Shusuke Tsumura—[9]
Urutoraman Tarou–Urutora no haha wa taiyo no yo niEizo YamagiwaSaburo Shinoda, Akira Nagoya, Takahiko Higashino—[16]
The World of GeishaTatsumi KumashiroJunko MiyashitaRoman pornoKinema Junpo's 6th best Japanese film of the year
Yaju gariEizo SugawaHiroshi Fujioka, Junzaburo Ban, Mayumi Nagisa—[15]
Yama nezumi Rokkii Chyakku–Ganbare ChataraMasaharu Endo, Tadamichi Koga—Animated short[9]
Za • GokiburiTsugunobu KotaniHiroshi Fujioka, Junzaburo Ban, Mayumi Nagisa—[9]
Zatoichi's ConspiracyKimiyoshi YasudaShintaro Katsu, Eiji Okada, Kei Satō—[24]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 467.
  2. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 469.
  3. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 288.
  4. Battles Without Honor and Humanity (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 4. FCD1185.
  5. Hiroshima Death Match (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 6. FCD1185.
  6. Proxy War (book). Arrow Films. 2015. p. 8. FCD1185.
  7. Fountain, Clarke. "Belladonna". AllMovie. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  8. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 289.
  9. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 293.
  10. Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection (book). Arrow Video. 2016. p. 9. FCD1338/AV060.
  11. Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection (book). Arrow Video. 2016. p. 11. FCD1338/AV060.
  12. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 193.
  13. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 290.
  14. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 291.
  15. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 292.
  16. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 290.
  17. Galbraith IV 2008, p. 287.
  18. "濡れた荒野を走れ" (in Japanese). Nikkatsu. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  19. Guarisco, Donald. "Sex & Fury". AllMovie. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  20. Seibert, Perry. "Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom". AllMovie. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  21. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 374.
  22. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 407.
  23. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 412.
  24. Galbraith IV 1996, p. 458.

Sources
  • 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.
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