List of Japanese films of 1972

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A list of films released in Japan in 1972 (see 1972 in film).

1972

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1972
Beads From a Petal	Noboru Tanaka	Rie Nakagawa	Roman porno	Tanaka's directorial debut
Daigoro vs. Goliath	Toshiro Iijima	Hiroshi Inuzuka	Fantasy
Girl Boss Guerilla	Norifumi Suzuki	Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike	Pinky Violent
Godzilla vs. Gigan	Jun Fukuda		Kaiju
Ichijo's Wet Lust	Tatsumi Kumashiro	Sayuri Ichijō Hiroko Isayama Kazuko Shirakawa	Roman porno	Kinema Jumpo Best Director, Screenplay & Actress
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker	Minoru Yamada	Hiroshi Fujioka Takeshi Sasaki	Tokusatsu	First original Kamen Rider movie.
Kamen Rider vs. Hell Ambassador	Minoru Yamada	Hiroshi Fujioka	Tokusatsu
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker	Minoru Yamada	Hiroshi Fujioka, Takeshi Sasaki	Tokusatsu	First original Kamen Rider movie.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance	Kenji Misumi	Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima	Martial arts
Love Hunter	Seiichirō Yamaguchi	Hidemi Hara Mari Tanaka	Roman porno	Instigated last Japanese obscenity trials against films
Lusty Sisters	Chūsei Sone	Keiko Tsuzuki Akemi Nijō	Roman porno
Naked Seven	Yasuharu Hasebe	Mari Tanaka	Roman porno	Take-off on Seven Samurai (1954)
The Rendezvous	Kōichi Saitō			Entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival
Shinobu Kawa	Kei Kumai			Entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival
Street Mobster	Kinji Fukasaku	Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Ando	Yakuza
Tabi no Omosa	Kōichi Saitō	Kumiko Akiyoshi
Tora-san's Dear Old Home	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	9th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	10th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun	Kinji Fukasaku	Sachiko Hidari, Tetsuro Tamba	War

External links

• Japanese films of 1972 at the Internet Movie Database