# List of Japanese films of 1982

A list of films released in Japan in 1982 (see 1982 in film).

## Box-office ranking

| Rank | Title | Director | Cast | Box office |
| 1 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Shinji Sōmai | Hiroko Yakushimaru | ¥2.3 billion |
| 2 | High Teen Boogie | Toshio Masuda | Masahiko Kondō | ¥1.8 billion |
| 3 | The Great Japanese Empire | Toshio Masuda (director) | Tetsurō Tamba | ¥1.4 billion |
| 4 | Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Tōru Furuya | ¥1.29 billion |
| 5 | Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil | Hideo Nishimaki | Nobuyo Ōyama | ¥1.22 billion |

## List of films

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1982 |||||
| A Ilha dos Amores | Paulo Rocha | | | Co-produced with Portugal and entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
| Asuka e soshite mada minu koe | Ryo Kinoshita | Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuro Nadaka, Shinya Owada | — | |
| Bright Lake | Shinobu Hashimoto | Reiko Nanjo, Daisuke Ryu, Tomoko Hoshino | — | |
| Doraemon: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil | Hideo Nishimaki | | — | Animated feature |
| Exchange Students | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Satomi Kobayashi | | |
| Fall Guy | Kinji Fukasaku | Morio Kazama Keiko Matsuzaka | | Japan Academy Prize for Best Film |
| Farewell to the Land | Mitsuo Yanagimachi | | | Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Flight of Dragons | Jules Bass, Katsuhisa Yamada | | Animation | |
| The Gate of Youth (Part II) | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Kōichi Satō Kaoru Sugita | Drama | |
| The Go Masters | Junya Sato, Duan Ji-Shun | Rentarō Mikuni, Sun Dao-Lin, Misako Konno | — | Japanese-Chinese co-production |
| Goggle V Movie | | | Sci-fi for children | |
| Hai tiin bugi | Toshio Masuda | Masahiko Kondo, Yoshio Nomura, Toshihiko Tahara | — | |
| Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 29th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series |
| Kaibutsu-kun–Demon no ken | Hiroshi Fukutomi | | — | Animated feature |
| The Last Unicorn | Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass | Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Robert Klein, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, René Auberjonois | Animated fantasy | |
| Long Run–Rongu ran | Ruiko Yoshida | Toshiyuki Nagashima, Kazuko Kato, Hiromitsu Suzuki | — | |
| Karate Cop | Yusuke Watanabe | Tetsuya Takeda, Hisayo Ariga, Noboru Nakaya | — | |
| Kidnap Blues | Shinpei Asai | Kazuyoshi Tamori, Yosuke Yamashita, Yumiko Fujita | — | |
| The Longest Tunnel | Shiro Moritani | Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tomokazu Miura | — | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounter in Space | | | Anime for Children | |
| Ninja Hattori-kun–Ninnin ninpo eniki no maki | Hiroshi Sasagawa | | — | Animated feature |
| Nomugi Pass II | Satsuo Yamamoto | Keiko Takeshita, Tatsuro Nadaka, Shinya Owada | — | |
| The Southern Cross | Seiji Maruyama | Atsuo Nakamura, John Howard, Stuart Wilson | — | |
| Tekuno porisu 21 C | Masashi Matsumoto | | — | |
| Tora-san, the Expert | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | 30th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series |
| The Tower of Lillies | Tadashi Imai | Komaki Kurihara, Yuko Kotegawa, Yoshiko Tanaka | — | |
| The Wizard of Oz | | | Anime | |
| Yaju-deka | Eiichi Kudo | | | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |