List of Japanese films of 1989

A list of films released in Japan in 1989 (see 1989 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Sign Days	Yoichi Sai	Anna Nakagawa, Ryo Ishibashi
Black Rain	Shohei Imamura	Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Kitamura, Etsuko Ichihara	—	[1][2]
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma	Takashi Anno		—	Animated feature[3]
Buddies	Yasuo Furuhata	Ken Takakura, Eiji Bando, Sumiko Fuji	Melodrama	[4]
The Dancer	Masahiro Shinoda	Hiromi Go, Lisa Wolf, Brigitte Grothum	—	Japanese-West German co-production[5]
Death of a Tea Master	Kei Kumai	Eiji Okuda, Toshiro Mifune, Kinnosuke Nakamura	—	[6][4]
Dochini suruno	Shusuke Kaneko	Miho Nakayama, Toru Kazama, Rie Miyazawa	—	[6]
Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan	Tsutomu Shibayama		—	Animated film[7]
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Daisuke Nishio	Masako Nozawa	Anime Martial Arts	The first Dragon Ball Z film
The Five Star Stories	Kazuo Yamazaki		—	Animated feature[3]
Fuyu monogatari	Hitoshi Kurauchi	Yoichi Yamada, Masumi Miyazaki, Maki Mizuno	—	[3]
Godzilla vs. Biollante	Kazuki Ōmori	Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima	—	[4]
Gunhed	Masato Harada	Masahiro Takashima, Brenda Bakke, Yujin Harada	Science fiction, action	[5]
Haroo Kiti no Shinderera	Tameo Ohanawa		—	Animated short[5]
Kamen Rider: Stay in the World
Kanojoga mizugini kigaetara	Yasuo Baba	Tomoyo Harada, Yūji Oda, Kazue Ito	—	[5]
Kiki's Delivery Service	Hayao Miyazaki		—	[8]
Kiki to Rara no Aoitori	Masami Hata		—	Animated short[5][6]
Mai Fenikkusu	Katsumi Nishikawa	Yasuko Tomita, Bunta Sugawara, Atsushi Watanabe	—	[5]
Mai Merodii no akazukin	Hidemi Kubo		—	Animated short[5]
Mangetsu no Kuchizuke	Ryū Kaneda [ja]	Eri Fukatsu, Yasufumi Terawaki, Akiko Matsumura	—	[3]
Mini-Dora SOS	Makoto Moriwaki		—	Animated short[7]
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Shaso	Toshio Masuda	Hideko Yoshida
Sweet Home	Kiyoshi Kurosawa	Nobuko Miyamoto, Shingo Yamashiro, Nokko	Horror	[7]
Turboranger Movie			Action for Children
Tetsuo: The Iron Man	Shinya Tsukamoto	Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Shinya Tsukamoto		[9]
Tora-San Goes to Vienna	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki	Comedy	[10]
Tora-san, My Uncle	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Chieko Misaki	Comedy	[11]
Ultraman: The Adventure Begins	Mitsuo Hikabe		—	[3]
Urutoraman–Kyofu no ruto 87	Yuzo Higuchi	Akiji Kobayashi	—	[3]
Urutoraman A–Owari choju tai Urutora kyodai	Tei Mafune	Keiji Takamine	—	[3]
Urutoraman Kizzu	Tei Mafune	Keiji Takamine	—	[5]
Utsunomiko	Kenji Yoshida		—	Animated feature[7][3]
Violent Cop	Takeshi Kitano	Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami	Thriller	[12]
YAWARA!	Kazuo Yoshida	Yui Asaka, Keiju Kobayashi, Bunta Sugawara	—	[3]
Zatoichi	Shintaro Katsu	Shintaro Katsu, Ken Ogata, Yusaka Matsuda	—	[13]

See also

• 1989 in Japan
• 1989 in Japanese television