List of Japanese films of 1988

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A list of films released in Japan in 1988 (see 1988 in film).

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
A Chaos of Flowers
Akira Katsuhiro Otomo Science fiction Animated film[1][2]
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad Eriko Watanabe
Tetsuya Nakashima
Takahito Hara
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Narumi Yasuda, Haruko Sagara
The Discarnates Nobuhiko Obayashi Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame Horror
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole[3] Horror Part of the Guinea Pig films series; Direct-to-video
Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll[4] Magical girl, family, drama
Grave of the Fireflies Isao Takahata Animated feature[5][6]
Hare Tokidoki Buta Toshio Hirata family, comedy
Hope and Pain Yoji Yamada Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Evil Island
Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Yoshiyuki Tomino Toru Furuya Science fiction
My Neighbor Totoro Hayao Miyazaki Animated feature[6]
Rock yo shizukani nagareyo Shunichi Nagasaki Kenichi Okamoto, Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, koyo Maeda Coming-of-age story [5]
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
The Silk Road Junya Sato Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Anna Nakagawa [7]
Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters Hideo Tanaka Yui Asaka, Yuka Onishi, Yuma Nakamura
Tatakae!! Ramenman the Movie
A Taxing Woman's Return Juzo Itami Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni, Toru Masuoka [8]
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Yoji Yamada Kiyoshi Atsumi Comedy 40th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Wuthering Heights Yoshishige Yoshida Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Urusei Yatsura Movie 5 – The Final Chapter Osamu Dezaki Animated feature[5]
Yojo no jidai

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Galbraith IV 1996, p. 96.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Akira". AllMovie. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  3. ^ ザ・ギニーピッグ マンホールの中の人魚(1988). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ Justin Sevakis (24 June 2014). "ESPer Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll". Anime News Network. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Galbraith IV 2008, p. 359.
  6. ^ a b Galbraith IV 2008, p. 360.
  7. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 361.
  8. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 358.

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.

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