title: List of Japanese films of 1956
text: # List of Japanese films of 1956
  
  A list of films released in Japan in 1956 (see 1956 in film).
  
  * Nagareru
  * Rodan
  
  | Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1956 |||||
  | Arashi | Hiroshi Inagaki | Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival |
  | The Burmese Harp | Kon Ichikawa | Rentarō Mikuni, Shoji Yasui | War | |
  | Crazed Fruit | Kō Nakahira | Masahiko Tsugawa, Yujiro Ishihara | Drama | |
  | Christ in Bronze | Minoru Shibuya | Eiji Okada, Osamu Takizawa | Drama | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
  | Early Spring | Yasujirō Ozu | Haruko Sugimura, Ryō Ikebe | Drama | |
  | Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi | Bin Kado | Shintaro Katsu | Horror | |
  | Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ishirō Honda | Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura | Science-fiction | Japanese-American co-production |
  | The Legend of the White Serpent | Shirō Toyoda | Ryō Ikebe, Shirley Yamaguchi | | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival |
  | Mahiru no ankoku | Tadashi Imai | | | Won Best Film at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 11th Mainichi Film Awards |
  | Migratory Birds of the Flowers | Katsuhiko Tasaka | | | |
  | Nagareru | Mikio Naruse | Isuzu Yamada, Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | |
  | Punishment Room | Kon Ichikawa | — | — | |
  | Rodan | Ishirō Honda | Yumi Shirakawa | Science fiction | |
  | Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta | | |
  | Shuu | Mikio Naruse | Setsuko Hara, Kyōko Kagawa | Drama | |
  | Sisters of the Gion | Hiromasa Nomura | Michiyo Kogure, Tamao Nakamura | Drama | |
  | Street of Shame | Kenji Mizoguchi | Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao | Drama | |
  | Victory Is Mine | Seijun Suzuki | Kou Mishima, Ichirō Sugai | Action | |
  | Warning from Space | Koji Shima | Toyomi Karita | Science fiction | |
  | Marason zamurai | | | |
  | Tsukigata Hanpeita | Teinosuke Kinugasa | | | |
  | A Wife's Heart | Mikio Naruse | Toshiro Mifune, Hideko Takamine | Drama | |
  | The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story | Katsuhiko Tasaka | Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu | Drama | |
  