List of Japanese films of 1953

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A list of films released in Japan in 1953 (see 1953 in film).

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  Gate of Hell

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  Tokyo Story

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  Ugetsu

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1953
A Couple	Mikio Naruse	Ken Uehara Yoko Sugi	Romance
The Eagle of the Pacific	Ishirō Honda
Entotsu no mieru basho	Heinosuke Gosho			Entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival
Gate of Hell	Teinosuke Kinugasa	Kazuo Hasegawa Machiko Kyō	Drama	Won the Palme d'Or grand prize award at the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, the 1954 New York Film Critics Award for "Best Foreign Language Film", and a 1955 Academy Honorary Award for "Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1954".
Gion bayashi	Kenji Mizoguchi	Michiyo Kogure Ayako Wakao	Drama
An Inlet of Muddy Water	Tadashi Imai	Chikage Awashima Yoshiko Kuga	Drama	Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, won Best Film at the 4th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 8th Mainichi Film Awards
The Last Embrace	Masahiro Makino	Yoshiko Yamaguchi Toshirō Mifune	Romance
Kimi no Na wa	Hideo Oba	Keiji Sada Keiko Kishi	Romance
Koibumi	Kinuyo Tanaka	Masayuki Mori Yoshiko Kuga	Drama	Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival
My Wonderful Yellow Car	Senkichi Taniguchi
Tokyo Story	Yasujiro Ozu	Chishū Ryū	Drama
Ugetsu	Kenji Mizoguchi	Machiko Kyō Masayuki Mori	Romance

External links

• Japanese films of 1953 at the Internet Movie Database