List of Japanese films of 1930
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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 Suzuki | Keiko 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 | [1] | |
| 7 March | Marching On | Kiyohiko Ushihara | Denmei Suzuki, Kinuyo Tanaka | War drama | [2] | |
| 14 March | Yoshie Fujiwara’s Hometown | Kenji Mizoguchi | Yoshie 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 | [3] | |
| 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 | [4] | |
| 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 ki | Heinosuke Gosho | Kinuyo 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 | ||
