List of Japanese films of 1951

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A list of films released in Japan in 1951 (see 1951 in film).

File:Hakuchi_poster.jpg|The Idiot

File:Oyu-sama_poster.jpg|Miss Oyu

File:Haha_wo_shitaite_poster.jpg|Yearning for Mother

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
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Beyond Love and Hate	Senkichi Taniguchi	Ryō Ikebe Toshirō Mifune
Conclusion of Kojiro Sasaki-Duel at Ganryu Island	Hiroshi Inagaki	Tomoemon Otani Toshirō Mifune	Jidaigeki
Early Summer	Yasujirō Ozu	Setsuko Hara	Drama
Elegy	Kajiro Yamamoto	Ken Uehara Mieko Takamine
Ginza Cosmetics	Mikio Naruse	Kinuyo Tanaka Ranko Hanai	Drama
The Idiot	Akira Kurosawa	Masayuki Mori Toshirō Mifune	Drama
Koibito	Kon Ichikawa	Ryō Ikebe, Asami Kuji	Romance
The Life of a Horsetrader	Keigo Kimura	Toshirō Mifune Machiko Kyō	Drama
Meeting of the Ghost Après-Guerre	Kiyoshi Saeki	Shigeo Miyata Ryō Ikebe		The original story of this film is "Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka"
Miss Oyu	Kenji Mizoguchi	Kinuyo Tanaka Nobuko Otowa	Drama
Nami	Noboru Nakamura	Shin Saburi Yoko Katsuragi	Drama	Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
Pirates	Hiroshi Inagaki	Toshirō Mifune Tomoemon Otani	Action
Repast	Mikio Naruse	Ken Uehara Setsuko Hara	Drama	Won Best Film at the 6th Mainichi Film Awards and at the 2nd Blue Ribbon Awards
The Tale of Genji	Kōzaburō Yoshimura	Kazuo Hasegawa Michiyo Kogure	Romance	Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
Who Knows a Woman's Heart	Kajiro Yamamoto	Mieko Takamine Ryō Ikebe	Drama	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tohokingdom.com/movies/who_knows_a_womans_heart.htm\|title=Who Knows a Woman's Heart?\|website=www.tohokingdom.com}}

See also

1951 in Japan

References

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External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&countries=jp&sort=alpha&title_type=feature&year=1951,1951 Japanese films of 1951] at the Internet Movie Database

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