A list of films released in Japan in 1988 (see 1988 in film).
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
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| A Chaos of Flowers
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| Akira |
Katsuhiro Otomo |
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Science fiction |
Animated film
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| Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad |
Eriko Watanabe
Tetsuya Nakashima
Takahito Hara
Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
Narumi Yasuda, Haruko Sagara |
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| The Discarnates |
Nobuhiko Obayashi |
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Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
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| Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure |
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| Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame |
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Horror |
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| Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole |
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Horror |
Part of the Guinea Pig films series; Direct-to-video
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| Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll |
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Magical girl, family, drama |
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| Grave of the Fireflies |
Isao Takahata |
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—N/a |
Animated feature
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| Hare Tokidoki Buta |
Toshio Hirata |
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family, comedy |
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| Hope and Pain |
Yoji Yamada |
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Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
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| Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Evil Island |
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| Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion |
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| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack |
Yoshiyuki Tomino |
Toru Furuya |
Science fiction |
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| My Neighbor Totoro |
Hayao Miyazaki |
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—N/a |
Animated feature
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| Rock yo shizukani nagareyo |
Shunichi Nagasaki |
Kenichi Okamoto, Shoji Narita, Kazuya Takahashi, koyo Maeda |
Coming-of-age story |
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| Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods |
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| Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth |
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| The Silk Road |
Junya Sato |
Toshiyuki Nishida, Koichi Sato, Anna Nakagawa |
—N/a |
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| Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters |
Hideo Tanaka |
Yui Asaka, Yuka Onishi, Yuma Nakamura |
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| Tatakae!! Ramenman the Movie |
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| A Taxing Woman's Return |
Juzo Itami |
Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarō Mikuni, Toru Masuoka |
—N/a |
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| Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis |
Akio Jissoji
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| Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial |
Yoji Yamada |
Kiyoshi Atsumi |
Comedy |
40th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
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| Umi e, See You |
Koreyoshi Kurahara |
Ken Takakura, Junko Sakurada, Nenji Kobayashi |
Action, Drama |
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| Wuthering Heights |
Yoshishige Yoshida |
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Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
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| Urusei Yatsura Movie 5 – The Final Chapter |
Osamu Dezaki |
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—N/a |
Animated feature
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| Yojo no jidai
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