List of Japanese films of 1987

A list of films released in Japan in 1987 (see 1987 in film).

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1987
Actress Kon Ichikawa Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuko Mori, Bunta Sugawara [1]
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Eien no 1/2 Kichitaro Negishi Saburō Tokitō
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On Kazuo Hara
Flashman: Big Rally! Titan Boy!
Haikara-san ga Tōru Masamichi Satō Based on a manga
Maskman Movie
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise Hiroyuki Yamaga
Saint Seiya: Legend of the Golden Apple First of the Saint Seiya films.
Shinran: Path to Purity Rentarō Mikuni Won the Jury Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
Take me out to the Snowland Yasuo Baba Tomoyo Harada Romantic comedy
A Taxing Woman Juzo Itami Nobuko Miyamoto
Tsutomu Yamazaki
comedy Japan Academy Prize for Best Film
Time of the Apes Science fiction Filmed in 1974
Tora-san Plays Daddy Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 39th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san Goes North Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 38th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Zegen Shōhei Imamura Mitsuko Baisho Entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
  1. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 92.