Cinema ofJapan Lists of Japanese films Pre-1910 1910s 1920s 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 19341935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940s 1950s 1950 1951 1952 1953 19541955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 19641965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 19741975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 19841985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 20142015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 20242025 2026 2027 A list of films released in Japan in 1978 (see 1978 in film). TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes 1978 Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronHideo GoshaJunko MiyashitaTatsuya Nakadai Dainamaito dondon Dynamite Dondon The DemonYoshitaro NomuraKen OgataShima IwashitaDrama Empire of PassionNagisa OshimaWon Best Director at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival The Glacier FoxKoreyoshi KuraharaEiji Okada (narrator)Docufiction The IncidentYoshitaro NomuraKeiko MatsuzakaJapan Academy Prize for Best Film Invisible Man: Rape!Isao HayashiIzumi ShimaRoman porno JAKQ Dengeki Tai vs. GorangerSci-fi for childrenFirst Super Sentai crossover. Lady Black RoseShōgorō NishimuraNaomi TaniRoman porno Lupin III: The Mystery of MamoSoji YoshikawaYasuo YamadaAnime Mottomo Kiken na Yūgi Panic High SchoolSōgo Ishii, Yukihiro SawadaAtsuko Asano, Hideaki Esumi, Minoru UchidaSuspense, action Ringing BellMasami HataMinori MatsushimaAkira KamiyaAnime Satsujin Yūgi Shogun's SamuraiKinji FukasakuSonny ChibaHiroyuki SanadaSamurai Rope CosmetologyShōgorō NishimuraNaomi TaniRoman porno Rope HellKōyū OharaNaomi TaniRoman porno Stage-Struck Tora-sanYoji YamadaKiyoshi AtsumiComedy21st in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series Talk of the Town Tora-sanYoji YamadaKiyoshi AtsumiComedy22nd in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series Winter's FlowerYasuo FuruhataSusumu FujitaMitsuko BaishoCrimeDrama See also 1978 in Japan 1978 in Japanese television External links Japanese films of 1978 at the Internet Movie Database
