List of Japanese films of 1973

Template:Short description Template:Expand list This is a list of films released in Japan in 1973. In 1973, there were 2530 movie theatres in Japan, with 1332 showing only domestic films and 556 showing both domestic and imported films.Template:Sfn In total, there were 405 Japanese films released in 1973.Template:Sfn In total, domestic films grossed 19,458 million yen in 1973.Template:Sfn

Japanese films released in 1973

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Akaitori nigeta		Yoshio Harada, Kaori Momoi, Masaaki Daimon	—	Template:Sfn
Battles Without Honor and Humanity		Bunta Sugawara, Hiroki Matsukata, Nobuo Kaneko	—
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima		Bunta Sugawara, Sonny Chiba, Meiko Kaji	—
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War		Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase	—
Belladonna of Sadness			—	Animated film
Bishamonten bojo		Hideo Sunazuka, Hisaya Morishige, Junzaburo Ban	—	Template:Sfn
Esu o nerae! Tenisu okoku no Shinderera			—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
Female Convict Scorpion: Beast Stable		Meiko Kaji, Mikio Narita, Koji Nanbara	—
Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song		Meiko Kaji, Masakazu Tamura, Toshiyuki Hosokawa	—
Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture	Teruo Ishii	Reiko Ike	Pinky Violent	Template:Fact
Flying At 'Ya, Android Kikaider	Hidetoshi Kitamura	Daisuke Ban	Tokusatsu	Template:Fact
Godzilla vs. Megalon		Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Robert Dunham	—	Template:Sfn
Gokiburi deka		Tetsuya Watari, Takeo Jii, Masaaki Daimon	—	Template:Sfn
Golgo 13 (film)
Hangyako no hoshu		Yujiro Ishihara, Tetsuya Watari, Mieko takamine	—	Template:Sfn
Hanzo the Razor – The Snare		Shintaro Katsu, Kō Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa	—	Template:Sfn
Hatachi no genten		Yuriko Sumi, Takeo Jii, Masaaki Daimon	—	Template:Sfn
Jyanguru Kurobe			—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
Kagaku ninja tai Gacchaman–Densi kaiju Renjiraa			—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
Kagaku ninja tai Gacchaman–Hinotori tai hikuma			—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
Kamen Rider V3	Minoru Yamada	Hiroshi Miyauchi	Tokusatsu	Template:Fact
Kamen Rider V3 vs. the Destron Monsters	Minoru Yamada	Hiroshi Miyauchi	Tokusatsu	Template:Fact
Koju hosho		Hisaya Morishige, Etsuko Ichimura, Akira Kawaguchi	—	Template:Sfn
Kokosei burai hikae–Kanjiru u~Muramasa		Masaaki Daimon, Yachiyo Otori, Toru Abe	—	Template:Sfn
Kokosei burai hikae–Tsuki no Muramasa		Masaaki Daimon, Yuriko Hishimi, Sayoko Kato	—	Template:Sfn
Konketsuji Rika–Hama gure komoriuta		Rika Aoki, Jiro Kawarazaki, Kunie Tanaka	—	Template:Sfn
Konketsuji Rika–Hitori yuku sasuraitabi		Rika Aoki, Ryunosuke Minegishi, Kaoru Hama	—	Template:Sfn
Lady Snowblood		Meiko Kaji, Akira Nishimura, Toshio Kurosawa	Chanbara	Template:Sfn
Little Adventurer–Sotsugyo ryoko		Mark Lester, Gerald Lancaster, Zhen Zhen	Family	Template:Sfn
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons		Tomisaburo Wakayama, Michio Yasuda, Akihiro Tomikawa	—	Template:Sfn
Long Journey into Love		Komaki Kurihara, Go Kato, Kyoko Maya	—	Template:Sfn
Mushukunin Mikogami no Jokichi–Tasogare ni senko ga tonda		Yoshio Harada, Isao Natsuyagi, Michiyo Yasuda	—	Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Mute Samurai				Template:Fact
Ningen kakumei		Tetsuro Tamba, Shinsuke Ashida, Michiyo Aratama	—	Template:Sfn
Nippon kyokaden–Dai ichibu No azami/Dai nibu Aoi botan		Yoko Maki, Tetsuya Watari, Kinya Kitaoji	—	Template:Sfn
Nippon sanjushi–Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki		Keiju Kobayashi, Yusuke Okada, Mickey Yasukawa	—	Template:Sfn
Ōkami no monshō		Taro Shigaki, Toshio Kurosawa, Akiko Aki	—	Template:Sfn
Omocha ya Ken-Chan–Yoso de wa iko		Yasuyuki Miyawaki, Tomoko Nagaharu, Masaaki Maeda	—	Template:Sfn
Ōshō		Shintaro Katsu, Tamao Nakamura, Mikiko Otanashi	—	Template:Sfn
Panda • kopanda–Amefuri sakasu			—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
		Kenichi Hagiwara, Sayoko Ninomiya, Masako Yagi	—	Template:Sfn
Rainboo Man–Satsujin Purofesshyonaru		Yasukuni Mizutani, Masao Murata, Megumi Ito	—	Template:Sfn
Retreat Through the Wet Wasteland		Yuri Yamashina, Takeo Chii	—
Rise, Fair Sun		Tatsuya Nakadai, Kiny Kitaoji, Keiko Sekine	—	Template:Sfn
Saeteru yatsuya		Kiyotaka Mitsuki, Ichiro Ogura, Rumi Matsumoto	—	Template:Sfn
Sakura no daimon		Tomisaburo Wakayama, Minoru Oki, Hiroshi Sekiguchi	—	Template:Sfn
Samurai jyaiantsu–Hoeru banbaban			—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
Sarariiman jingi		Osami Nabe, Kunie Tanaka, Raita Ryu	—	Template:Sfn
Senso o shiranai kodomatachi		Yoshiki Shimamura, Sayoko Kato, Wakako Sakai	—	Template:Sfn
Sex & Fury		Reiko Ike, Christina Lindberg, Masataka Naruse	Action
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom		Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike	Thriller
Tidal Wave		Keiju Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Tetsuro Tamba	—	Template:Sfn
Tobidase! Seishun		Takenori Murano, Shoji Ishibashi, Ichiro Arishima	—	Template:Sfn
Tora-san Loves an Artist		Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki	—	Template:Sfn
Tora-san's Forget Me Not		Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki	—	Template:Sfn
Tsugaru Folk Song	Kōichi Saitō			Template:Fact
Twilight Years		Hisaya Morishige, Hideko Takamine, Takahiro Tamura	—	Template:Sfn
Urutoraman Tarou–Moero! Urutora 6 kyodai		Saburo Shinoda, Takahiko Tono, Shusuke Tsumura	—	Template:Sfn
Urutoraman Tarou–Urutora no haha wa taiyo no yo ni		Saburo Shinoda, Akira Nagoya, Takahiko Higashino	—	Template:Sfn
The World of Geisha	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Junko Miyashita	Roman porno	Kinema Junpo's 6th best Japanese film of the year
Yaju gari		Hiroshi Fujioka, Junzaburo Ban, Mayumi Nagisa	—	Template:Sfn
Yama nezumi Rokkii Chyakku–Ganbare Chatara	, Tadamichi Koga		—	Animated shortTemplate:Sfn
Za • Gokiburi		Hiroshi Fujioka, Junzaburo Ban, Mayumi Nagisa	—	Template:Sfn
Zatoichi's Conspiracy		Shintaro Katsu, Eiji Okada, Kei Satō	—	Template:Sfn

See also

• 1973 in Japan
• 1973 in Japanese television

External links

• Japanese films of 1973 at the Internet Movie Database