A list of films produced in Japan in 1930 (see 1930 in film).
Film releases Opening Title Director Cast Genre Notes Ref 5 January A Primer on Marriage Yasujirō Ozu Tatsuo Saitō, Sumiko Kurishima Comedy Considered lost 26 January Modern Cat Riot Jôji Fukunishi Horror Considered lost 6 February What Made Her Do It?Shigeyoshi SuzukiKeiko Takatsu, Rintaro Fujima Partially lost 14 February Pure Love Mikio Naruse Mitsuko Takao, Shoichi Kofujita, Takeda Hideo Drama Considered lost 1 March Walk Cheerfully Yasujirō Ozu Satoko Date, Hiroko Kawasaki Drama 7 March Marching On Kiyohiko Ushihara Denmei Suzuki, Kinuyo Tanaka War drama 14 March Yoshie Fujiwara’s HometownKenji MizoguchiYoshie Fujiwara, Shizue Natsukawa Japan's second feature-length talkie (after Taii no Musume (The Captain's Daughter)) 11 April I Flunked, But... Yasujirō Ozu Tatsuo Saitō, Kaoru Futaba, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomio Aoki Comedy 26 April Reijin Yasujirō Shimazu Sumiko Kurishima, Yukichi Iwata, Kaoru Futaba, Shin'yō Nara Romance, Tendency film 2 May Hard Times Mikio Naruse Tomio Aoki, Hiroko Kawasaki, Tokuji Kobayashi, Tatsuo Saitō, Takeshi Sakamoto Drama 9 May Behold This Mother Tomotaka Tasaka Drama 9 May Kiro ni tachite Hiroshi Shimizu Drama 15 May Ōoka Cases Devil’s Image - Part One Daisuke Itō Denjirō Ōkōchi Jidaigeki 29 May Detective Umon’s Diary, Story No. 6 Kumahiko Nishina Jidaigeki 1 July Tojin Okichi Kenji Mizoguchi Kaichi Yamamoto, Koji Shima Drama Considered mostly lost 6 July That Night's Wife Yasujirō Ozu Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo Comedy 15 July Suronin Chuya Daisuke Itō Jidaigeki 27 July The Revengeful Spirit of Eros Yasujirō Ozu Tatsuo Saitō Horror 29 August Love Is Strength Mikio Naruse Hiroko Kawasaki, Teruo Mori Drama 3 October The Luck Which Touched the Leg Yasujirō Ozu Tatsuo Saitō, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Tomio Aoki Drama Considered lost 17 October Senpū jidai Seika Shiba Kangyô Nakamura, Sumiko Suzuki, Minoru Kusama, Tsuruko Matsueda, Fumiko Yamaji, Tokumaro Dan, Kazue Mikasa 10 November Aiyoku no kiHeinosuke GoshoKinuyo Tanaka, Ichiro Yuki Jidaigeki 15 November Youth, Why Do You Cry? Kiyohiko Ushihara Hideo Fujino, Denmei Suzuki, Yukiko Tsukuba Drama 12 December Young Lady Yasujirō Ozu Sumiko Kurishima, Tokihiko Okada, Tatsuo Saitō, Kinuyo Tanaka Comedy
See also 1930 in Japan
References
External links
Japanese Movie Database's 1939 list