List of Japanese films of 1951

A list of films released in Japan in 1951 (see 1951 in film).

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Beyond Love and Hate Senkichi Taniguchi Ryō Ikebe
Toshirō Mifune
Conclusion of Kojiro Sasaki-Duel at Ganryu Island Hiroshi Inagaki Tomoemon Otani
Toshirō Mifune		 Jidaigeki
Early Summer Yasujirō Ozu Setsuko Hara Drama
Elegy Kajiro Yamamoto Ken Uehara
Mieko Takamine
Ginza Cosmetics Mikio Naruse Kinuyo Tanaka
Ranko Hanai		 Drama
The Idiot Akira Kurosawa Masayuki Mori
Toshirō Mifune		 Drama
Koibito Kon Ichikawa Ryō Ikebe, Asami Kuji Romance
The Life of a Horsetrader Keigo Kimura Toshirō Mifune
Machiko Kyō		 Drama
Meeting of the Ghost Après-Guerre Kiyoshi Saeki Shigeo Miyata
Ryō Ikebe		 The original story of this film is "Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka"
Miss Oyu Kenji Mizoguchi Kinuyo Tanaka
Nobuko Otowa		 Drama
Nami Noboru Nakamura Shin Saburi
Yoko Katsuragi		 Drama Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
Pirates Hiroshi Inagaki Toshirō Mifune
Tomoemon Otani		 Action
Repast Mikio Naruse Ken Uehara
Setsuko Hara		 Drama Won Best Film at the 6th Mainichi Film Awards and at the 2nd Blue Ribbon Awards
The Tale of Genji Kōzaburō Yoshimura Kazuo Hasegawa
Michiyo Kogure		 Romance Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
Who Knows a Woman's Heart Kajiro Yamamoto Mieko Takamine
Ryō Ikebe		 Drama [1]
  1. ^ "Who Knows a Woman's Heart?". www.tohokingdom.com.