| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|
| Adventures of the Polar Cubs | Chikao Katsui | | —N/a | Animated film[1] |
| Alice the Movie – Utusukushiki kizuna | Takashi Tsuboshima | Shinji Tanimura,Takao Horiuchi,Toru Yazawa [ja] | Documentary | [2] |
| The Castle of Cagliostro | Hayao Miyazaki | | | Animated film[3] |
| Eisu wo nerae | Toru Dezak | | —N/a | Animated film[2] |
| Far Tomorrow | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Tomokazu Miura,Tomisaburo Wakayama,Ayumi Ishida | | [2] |
| Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Arthur Rankin Jr.,Jules Bass | Red Buttons,Ethel Merman,Mickey Rooney,Alan Sues,Jackie Vernon,Shelley Winters,Paul Frees,Billie Mae Richards,Hal Peary,Shelby Flint,Don Messick | Animated | |
| Galaxy Express 999 | Rintaro | | —N/a | Animated film[4] |
| G.I. Samurai | Kosei Saito | Sonny Chiba,Isao Natsuki,Tsunehiko Watase | | [3] |
| Golden Partners | Kiyoshi Nishimura | Tomokazu Miura,Tatsuya Fuji,Misako Konno | | [5] |
| Grass Labyrinth | Shuji Terayama | Juzo Itami | | |
| Hana machi no haha | Katsumi Nishikawa | Kayo Matsuo,Yuko Kotegawa,Nagisa Okuma | | [3] |
| The House of Hanging | Kon Ichikawa | Koji Ishizaka,Yoshiko Sakuma,Junko Sakurada | | [5] |
| Jigoku [cy;ja] | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Mieko Harada,Kyōko Kishida,Ryuzo Hayashi [ja;tl] | | [6] |
| Jukyusai no Chizu | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | Yuji Honma [ja],Keizo Kanie | | |
| Kamisama naze ainimo kokyoga aruno | Yasuhiro Yishimatsu | Tomiyuki Kunishiro,Carol Rickson,Takenori Nurano | | [2] |
| Kampaku sengen | Shue Matsubayashi | Shigeharu Sada,Yuko Natori [ja],Ichiro Zaitsu [ja] | | [3] |
| Lady Oscar | Jacques Demy | Catriona MacColl,Barry Stokes,Christine Böhm | | Japanese-French co-production[7][8] |
| The Last Game [jp] | Kihachi Okamoto | Toshiyuki Nagashima,Hirotarō Honda,Keiko Takeshita | | [2] |
| The Man Who Stole the Sun | Kazuhiko Hasegawa | Kenji Sawada,Bunta Sugawara,Kimiko Ikegami | | [2] |
| Midare karakuri | Susumu Kodama | Yūsaku Matsuda,Hiroko Shiino,Masaya Oki | | [5] |
| Mouhozue wa tsukanai | Yoichi Azuma | Kaori Momoi,Eiji Okuda,Leo Morimoto [arz;ja;zh] | | [9] |
| Nomugi Pass | Satsuo Yamamoto | Shinobu Otake,Mieko Harada,Chikako Yuri [ja] | | [5] |
| Onmitsu doshin-O Edo sosamo | Akinori Matsuo | Hiroki Matsukata,Tetsuro Sagawa,Sanae Tsuchida | | [2][3] |
| Piiman 80 | Masami Orisaku | Hayato Tani,Yasuhiro Arai [ja],Kimie Shingyoji | | [2] |
| Rope and Skin | Shōgorō Nishimura | Naomi Tani | Roman porno | Naomi Tani's final film |
| Tenshi wo yuwaku [ja] | Toshihachi Fujita | Momoe Yamaguchi,Tomokazu Miura,Yutaka Nakajima | | [3] |
| Toraburuman—Warauto korosuzo | Kensho Yamashita | Eiko Kawashima,Ichiro Zaitsu [ja],Yumi Takigawa | | [5] |
| The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf | | | | |
| Tora-san, the Matchmaker | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 23rd in theOtoko wa Tsurai yo series |
| Tora-san's Dream of Spring | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 24th in theOtoko wa Tsurai yo series |
| Vengeance is Mine | Shohei Imamura | Ken Ogata,Rentarō Mikuni,Chocho Miyako [arz;ja] | Crime | [10] |
| Wet Weekend | Kichitaro Negishi | Junko Miyashita,Ako | | |
| Woman with Red Hair | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Junko Miyashita | Roman porno | Best Actress, Kinema Jumpo & Hochi Film Awards |
| Shokei Yugi | | | |
| Ultraman | Akio Jissoji | Susumu Kurobe,Akiji Kobayashi,Sandayu Dokumamushi,Masanari Nihei,Hiroko Sakurai | Kaiju |
| Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle | Noriko Anakura | Susumu Kurobe,Akiji Kobayashi,Sandayu Dokumamushi,Masanari Nihei,Hiroko Sakurai | Kaiju |