List of Japanese films of 1989

A list of films released in Japan in 1989 (see 1989 in film).

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
A Sign Days Yoichi Sai Anna Nakagawa, Ryo Ishibashi
Black Rain Shohei Imamura Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara — [1][2]
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma Takashi Anno — Animated feature[3]
Buddies Yasuo Furuhata Ken Takakura, Eiji Bando, Sumiko Fuji Melodrama [4]
The Dancer Masahiro Shinoda Hiromi Go, Lisa Wolf, Brigitte Grothum — Japanese-West German co-production[5]
Death of a Tea Master Kei Kumai Eiji Okuda, Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura — [6][4]
Dochini suruno Shusuke Kaneko Miho Nakayama, Toru Kazama, Rie Miyazawa — [6]
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan Tsutomu Shibayama — Animated film[7]
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone Daisuke Nishio Masako Nozawa Anime
Martial Arts		 The first Dragon Ball Z film
The Five Star Stories Kazuo Yamazaki — Animated feature[3]
Fuyu monogatari Hitoshi Kurauchi Yoichi Yamada, Masumi Miyazaki, Maki Mizuno — [3]
Godzilla vs. Biollante Kazuki Ōmori Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima — [4]
Gunhed Masato Harada Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, Yujin Harada Science fiction, action [5]
Haroo Kiti no Shinderera Tameo Ohanawa — Animated short[5]
Kamen Rider: Stay in the World
Kanojoga mizugini kigaetara Yasuo Baba Tomoyo Harada, Yūji Oda, Kazue Ito — [5]
Kiki's Delivery Service Hayao Miyazaki — [8]
Kiki to Rara no Aoitori Masami Hata — Animated short[5][6]
Mai Fenikkusu Katsumi Nishikawa Yasuko Tomita, Bunta Sugawara, Atsushi Watanabe — [5]
Mai Merodii no akazukin Hidemi Kubo — Animated short[5]
Mangetsu no Kuchizuke Ryū Kaneda [ja] Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura — [3]
Mini-Dora SOS Makoto Moriwaki — Animated short[7]
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Shaso Toshio Masuda Hideko Yoshida
Sweet Home Kiyoshi Kurosawa Nobuko Miyamoto, Shingo Yamashiro, Nokko Horror [7]
Turboranger Movie Action for Children
Tetsuo: The Iron Man Shinya Tsukamoto Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto [9]
Tora-San Goes to Vienna Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki Comedy [10]
Tora-san, My Uncle Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki Comedy [11]
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins Mitsuo Hikabe — [3]
Urutoraman–Kyofu no ruto 87 Yuzo Higuchi Akiji Kobayashi — [3]
Urutoraman A–Owari choju tai Urutora kyodai Tei Mafune Keiji Takamine — [3]
Urutoraman Kizzu Tei Mafune Keiji Takamine — [5]
Utsunomiko Kenji Yoshida — Animated feature[7][3]
Violent Cop Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami Thriller [12]
YAWARA! Kazuo Yoshida Yui Asaka, Keiju Kobayashi, Bunta Sugawara — [3]
Zatoichi Shintaro Katsu Shintaro Katsu, Ken Ogata, Yusaka Matsuda — [13]
  1. ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 120.
  2. ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 121.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Galbraith IV 2008, p. 364.
  4. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 367.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Galbraith IV 2008, p. 365.
  6. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 366.
  7. ^ a b c d Galbraith IV 2008, p. 363.
  8. ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 247.
  9. ^ Mes 2005, p. 211.
  10. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 407.
  11. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 408.
  12. ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Violent Cop". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  13. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 453.