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A list of films produced in Japan in 1938 (see 1938 in film).

Film releases

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Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref
1 January The Skull Coin Yoshiro Tsuji Kanjūrō Arashi, Kensaku Hara, Takashi Shimura Jidaigeki
2 January Shanghai Fumio Kamei Documentary, War
7 January Five Scouts Tomotaka Tasaka Hikaru Hoshi, Ichirō Izawa War, adventure Winner of the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year.[1]
22 January Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki Kunio Watanabe Utaemon Ichikawa, Ryūtarō Ōtomo, Shin Tokudaiji Jidaigeki
1 February Subterranean Heat Eisuke Takizawa Mitsugu Fujii, Chieko Takehisa, Sadao Maruyama Jidaigeki
2 February The Giant Mansaku Itami Setsuko Hara, Yoshio Kosugi, Denjirō Ōkōchi Historical drama
17 February Queen of the Wind Yasushi Sasaki Kaneko Fujiwara, Kiyoko Hara, Kōichi Itō, Fumiko Katsuragi Drama
20 February Nanking Keiji Matsuzaki Documentary, War
1 March The Abe Clan Hisatora Kumagai Jidaigeki
11 March Rainbow Hill' Toshio Ōtani Hideko Takamine, Akira Kishii, Chizuko Kanda Comedy
15 March Kurama Tengu Masahiro Makino, Sadatsugu Matsuda Kanjūrō Arashi, Kunitaro Bando, Tokumaro Dan, Takashi Shimura Jidaigeki
17 March Crybaby Apprentice Shirō Toyoda Mitsugu Fujii, Isamu Yamaguchi, Reiji Ichiki, Yumeko Aizome Drama
18 March King Kong Appears in Edo Soya Kumagai Eizaburo Matsumoto (Possibly) Japan's first kaiju film.
31 March Chushingura Masahiro Makino, Tomiyasu Ikeda Chiezō Kataoka, Tsumasaburō Bandō, Kanjūrō Arashi, Takashi Shimura Jidaigeki
1 April So Goes My Love Yasujirō Shimazu Shūji Sano, Sanae Takasugi, Mieko Takamine Drama
5 April King Kong Appears in Edo: The Episode of Gold Sôya Kumagai Action
14 April Hotaru no hikari Yasushi Sasaki Michiko Kuwano, Sanae Takasugi, Mieko Takamine Romance, Drama
1 May Tojuro’s Love Kajirō Yamamoto Kazuo Hasegawa, Takako Irie, Kamatari Fujiwara, Osamu Takizawa, Hideko Takamine Drama
18 May Children of the Sun Yutaka Abe Den Obinata, Yumeko Aizome, Kōji Mitsui, Izumi Hara Drama
1 June Ōma no tsuji Eisuke Takizawa Chōjūrō Kawarasaki, Suemon Nakamura, Matsunosuke Onoe Jidaigeki
11 June Pastoral Symphony Satsuo Yamamoto Setsuko Hara, Ryo Sayama, Minoru Takada Drama
15 June Fallen Blossoms Tamizō Ishida Ranko Hanai, Reiko Minakami, Rikie Sanjō Horror [2]
17 June Taiko’s Rising in the World Hiroshi Inagaki Kanjūrō Arashi, Ryūnosuke Tsukigata, Gorō Kawabe Jidaigeki
21 June Enoken's Hokaibo Torajirō Saitō Ken'ichi Enomoto, Mitsuko Hirokawa, Shojiro Ogasawara Comedy
1 July Mother and Child Minoru Shibuya Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Shin Saburi Drama
7 July The Masseurs and a Woman Hiroshi Shimizu Mieko Takamine, Shin Tokudaiji, Shinichi Himori, Shin Saburi Drama [3]
21 July Kaidan Oiwa Yakusha Kanji Suganuma, Jun Ozaki Kiyoshi Sawada, Fujiko Fukamizu, Michisaburō Segawa Horror, Drama
21 August Composition Class Kajirō Yamamoto Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka, Shiro Mizutani Drama [4]
15 September The Tree of Love Hiromasa Nomura Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Uehara, Shin Saburi, Kenji Oyama, Mitsuko Mito Romance, drama [5]
21 September A Pebble by the Wayside Tomotaka Tasaka Akihiko Katayama, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Hisako Takihana Drama [6]
29 September Family Diary Hiroshi Shimizu Ken Uehara, Michiko Kuwano, Shin Saburi [7]
29 September Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro Mikio Naruse Kazuo Hasegawa, Isuzu Yamada, Katamari Fujiwara Drama [8]
6 October Ah, My Home Town Kenji Mizoguchi Fumiko Yamaji, Masao Shimizu, Seiichi Kato — [9]
3 November The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen Kiyohiko Ushihara Sumiko Suzuki, Mitsuko Mori, Kinue Utagawa Horror [10]
9 November Nightingale Shirō Toyoda Yōtarō Katsumi, Ko Mihashi, Haruko Sugimura Drama
30 November Chocolate and Soldiers Takeshi Sato Kamatari Fujiwara, Kiyoshi Hosoi, Yuko Ichinose, Hideko Takamine War, Drama
1 December Yaji and Kita's Travelling Diary Masahiro Makino Chiezō Kataoka, Kyoji Sugi, Takashi Shimura Comedy, Adventure
29 December Enoken's Surprising Life Kajirō Yamamoto Ken'ichi Enomoto, Noboru Kiritachi, Mitsuko Hirokawa, Denjirō Ōkōchi Comedy
31 December Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin Kazuo Mori Sumiko Suzuki, Kinue Utagawa, Omenosuke Ichikawa Horror

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1938年度キネマ旬報ベストテン". Cinema1987.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  2. ^ "花ちりぬ". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ^ "按摩と女". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ^ "綴方教室". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  5. ^ "愛染かつら　前篇". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  6. ^ "路傍の石". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ^ "家庭日記". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  8. ^ "鶴八鶴次郎". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 95.
  10. ^ "怪猫謎の三味線". JMDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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