List of Japanese films of 1957

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A list of films released in Japan in 1957 (see 1957 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1957
An Osaka Story	Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Nijūkyū-nin no Kenka-jō	Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Ghost-Cat of Yonaki
I Am Waiting	Koreyoshi Kurahara		Crime Drama	Produced by the Nikatsu film company
Jun'ai monogatari	Tadashi Imai			Won the Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin
The Lower Depths	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Drama
The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty			Crime drama
The Mysterians	Ishirō Honda	Kenji Sahara	Science fiction
Ninjutsu (Yagyu Secret Scrolls Part II)	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune Kōji Tsuruta	Jidaigeki
The Rice People	Tadashi Imai	Hitomi Nakahara Isao Kimura	Drama	Entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival, won Best Film at the 8th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 12th Mainichi Film Awards
Snow Country	Shirō Toyoda	Ryo Ikebe Keiko Kishi	Romance	Entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
Throne of Blood	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune Isuzu Yamada	Jidaigeki	Called Kumonosu-jō (蜘蛛巣城), meaning Spiderweb Castle, in Japan.
Tokyo Twilight	Yasujiro Ozu	Setsuko Hara Chishu Ryu	Drama
Yellow Crow	Heinosuke Gosho	Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô

External links

• Japanese films of 1957 at the Internet Movie Database