List of Japanese films of 1965

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A list of films released in Japan in 1965 (see 1965 in film).

Box-office ranking

Rank	Title	Director	Cast	Box office
1	Red Beard	Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune	¥3.6 hundred million
2	Abashiri Prison 4	Teruo Ishii	Ken Takakura	¥2.9 hundred million
3	Kantō Hatashijō	Shigehiro Ozawa	Kōji Tsuruta	¥2.5 hundred million
4	Abashiri Prison 3	Teruo Ishii	Ken Takakura	¥2.4 hundred million
5	Nihon Kyōkaku den 3	Masahiro Makino	Ken Takakura	¥2.4 hundred million

List of films

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1965
Abashiri Prison	Teruo Ishii	Ken Takakura	Yakuza	First successful Yakuza film First in Abashiri Prison series
Akumyō Muteki
Akumyō Nobori
Blood and Rules
Ereki no Wakadaishō
Frankenstein vs. Baragon	Ishirō Honda	Nick Adams Kumi Mizuno	Sci-fi Horror
Gamera	Noriaki Yuasa	Eiji Funakoshi	Sci-fi	The first Gamera film. Last kaiju film in black and white.
Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
Invasion of Astro-Monster	Ishirō Honda	Akira Takarada Nick Adams Kumi Mizuno	Sci-fi
Life of Matsu the Untamed
Red Beard	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune	Drama
Samurai Spy	Masahiro Shinoda		Samurai film
Secrets Behind the Wall	Kōji Wakamatsu			Entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival
Stories of Bastards: Born Under a Bad Star	Seijun Suzuki	Ryozo Kasahara	Action
Story of a Prostitute	Seijun Suzuki	Yumiko Nogawa	Drama
Sword of the Beast	Hideo Gosha		Samurai film
Suruga yūkyōden: Dokyō garasu
Tattooed Life	Seijun Suzuki	Hideki Takahashi	Drama
The Hoodlum Soldier
Tokyo Olympiad	Kon Ichikawa		Documentary
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man
Zatoichi's Revenge

External links

• Japanese films of 1965 at the Internet Movie Database