List of Japanese films of 1980

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A list of films released in Japan in 1980 (see 1980 in film).

Box-office ranking

Rank Title Director Box office
1 Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa ¥2.7 billion[1]
2 Virus Kinji Fukasaku ¥2.4 billion[1]
3 The Battle of Port Arthur Toshio Masuda ¥1.8 billion[1]
4 Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur Hiroshi Fukutomi ¥1.55 billion[1]
5 Be Forever Yamato Toshio Masuda ¥1.35 billion[1]

List of films

Japanese films released in 1980
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
The Beast to Die — [citation needed]
Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy Masayuki Akehi Fuyumi Shiraishi — [citation needed]
Denziman Movie — [citation needed]
Disciples of Hippocrates Kazuki Ōmori Masato Furuoya, Ran Ito, Akira Emoto — [2]
Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur Hiroshi Fukutomi Animated feature[3]
Dreamy Fifteen Shinji Sōmai Shingo Tsurumi, Toshinori Omi, Mariko Ishihara — [4]
Foster Daddy, Tora! Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi — [citation needed]
Gamera: Super Monster Noriaki Yuasa Mach Fumiake — [5]
Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara Jidai-geki [6]
Kaigende no yoru Kosaku Yamashita Kōji Tsuruta, Takao Ito, Kanako Higuchi — [4]
Kamen Rider: Eight Rider vs. Galaxy King — [citation needed]
Magnitude 7.9 Kenjiro Omori Hiroshi Katsuno, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yumi Takigawa Disaster film [4][7]
Makoto-chan Tsutomu Shibayama — Animated feature[4]
Ningyo ga kureta Sakuragai Sakuro Yasu Sumiko Kakizaki, Tsunehiro Arai, Kyoko Iwaki — [3]
Ienakiko Toru Izusaki — Animated feature[3]
An Ocean to Cross Kei Kumai Katsuo Nakmura, Masaaki Daimon, Mitsuo Hamada — [3]
The Old Capital Kon Ichikawa Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura — [8]
Onna no Hosomichi: Nureta Kaikyo Kazunari Takeda Miyako Yamaguchi, Megumi Ogawa, Kan Mikami Erotic drama [9]
Panda no sekai–Fanfan to nakama tachi Shiro Nanmura Documentary [6]
Pinocchio's Christmas Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. Todd Porter, George S. Irving, Alan King, Bob McFadden, Allen Swift, Paul Frees Animated
Rape Hunter Nerawareta Onna [citation needed]
The Return of the King Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Orson Bean, John Huston, William Conrad, Roddy McDowall, Theodore Bikel Animated musical fantasy
Shōgun Jerry London Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Shimada — American-Japanese co-production[7][8]
Space Firebird 2772 Kazuko Nakamura, Noburo Ishiguro — Animated feature[3]
Tora's Tropical Fever Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy [citation needed]
Twelve Months Kimio Yabuki Shinobu Otake, Ai Kanzaki, Tokuko Sugiyama Animation [citation needed]
Virus Kinji Fukasaku Masao Kusakari, Sonny Chiba Drama [6][4]
Yūgure made Kazuo Kuroki Kaori Momoi, Juzo Itami, Mariko Kaga — [7]
Zigeunerweisen Seijun Suzuki Toshiya Fujita, Yoshio Harada — [10][11]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kako haikyū shūnyū jōi sakuhin 1980-nen" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 152.
  3. ^ a b c d e Galbraith IV 2008, p. 321.
  4. ^ a b c d e Galbraith IV 2008, p. 323.
  5. ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 311.
  6. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 322.
  7. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 324.
  8. ^ a b Galbraith IV 2008, p. 325.
  9. ^ おんなの細道 濡れた海峡 (1980). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  10. ^ "Zigeunerweizen (1980)". Asian Film Foundation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  11. ^ ツィゴイネルワイゼン (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved April 6, 2017.

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
  • 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.

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