title: List of Japanese films of 1952
text: # List of Japanese films of 1952
  
  A list of films released in Japan in 1952 (see 1952 in film).
  
  * The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
  * Ikiru
  * The Man Who Came to Port
  
  | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Children of Hiroshima | Kaneto Shindō | Nobuko Otowa Osamu Takizawa | Drama | |
  | Dedication of the Great Buddha | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa Machiko Kyō | Jidaigeki | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival |
  | The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | Yasujirō Ozu | Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure | Drama | |
  | Foghorn | Senkichi Taniguchi | Yoshiko Yamaguchi Toshirō Mifune | | |
  | Gendai-jin | Minoru Shibuya | Ryō Ikebe Isuzu Yamada | | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival |
  | Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa | Takashi Shimura | Drama | Entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival, won Best Film at the 7th Mainichi Film Awards |
  | Jewels in our Hearts | Yasuke Chiba | | | |
  | The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | |
  | Lightning | Mikio Naruse | Hideko Takamine | | Won Best Film at the 3rd Blue Ribbon Awards |
  | Love in a Teacup | Yasuke Chiba | | | |
  | Man in the Storm | Kōzō Saeki | Kyōko Kagawa, Yaeko Mizutani, Yōichi Numata | | Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
  | The Man Who Came to Port | Ishirō Honda | Toshirō Mifune Asami Kuji | | |
  | Mother | Mikio Naruse | Kinuyo Tanaka Kyōko Kagawa | Drama | |
  | Swift Current | Senkichi Taniguchi | Toshirō Mifune Asami Kuji | | |
  | Sword for Hire | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Rentarō Mikuni, Danshiro Ichikawa | Jidai-geki | |
  | Vendetta for a Samurai | Kazuo Mori | Takashi Shimura Toshiro Mifune | | |
  