# List of Japanese films of 1972

A list of films released in Japan in 1972 (see 1972 in film).
Japanese films released in 1972 :
| Title | Japanese | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Aozameta Nichiyobi | | Shiro Moritani | Ruriko Asaoka, Go Wakabayashi, Akira Yamauchi | — | |
| Bara no hyoteki | | Kiyoshi Nishimura | Yūzō Kayama, Cheng Chong, Eiji Okada | — | |
| Beads From a Petal | | Noboru Tanaka | Rie Nakagawa | — | |
| Eternal Cause | | Tadashi Imai | Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki | — | |
| The Fearless Avenger | | Kazuo Ikehiro | Yoshio Harada, Atsuo Nakamura, Ryoko Nakano | — | |
| Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion | | Shunya Itō | Meiko Kaji, Isao Natsuyagi, Fumio Watanabe | — | |
| Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 | | Shunya Itō | Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe | — | |
| Girl Boss Guerilla | | Norifumi Suzuki | Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike | Pinky Violent | |
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | | Jun Fukuda | Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tomoko Umeda, Zan Fujita | — | |
| Hajimete no ai | | Shiro Moritani | Yusuke Okada, Yoko Shimada, Daisuke Katō | — | |
| Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice | | Kenji Misumi | Shintaro Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi | Action | |
| Heapin sakasu | | Kiyoshi Nishimura | Kiyoshi Misaki, Yuko Enatsu, Kimiko Kasai | — | |
| Hyakumannin no daigasho | | Eizo Sugawa | Go Wakabayashi, Wakako Sakai, Shiro Osaka | — | |
| Ichijo's Wet Lust | | Tatsumi Kumashiro | Sayuri Ichijō, Hiroko Isayama, Kazuko Shirakawa | — | |
| Kaette kita Urutoraman–Jiro-kun kaiju ni noru | | Eizo Yamagiwa | Jiro Dan, Jun Neagari, Shunsuke Ikeda | — | |
| Kaiju funsen–Daigoro tai Goriasu | | Toshiro Iijima | Hiroshi Inuzuka, Shinsuke Minami, Hachiro Misumi | — | |
| Kamen Raidâ tai Shokkâ | | Minoru Yamada | Hiroshi Fujioka, Takeshi Sasaki | — | |
| Kamen Raidā Tai Jigoku-taishi | | Minoru Yamada | Hiroshi Fujioka | — | |
| Kashinoki Mokku | | Ippei Kuri | — | — | Animated short film |
| Kashinoki Mokku–Boku wa nakanai | | Ippei Kuri | — | — | Animated short film |
| Kigeki–Dorobokazoku–Tenka o toru | | Takashi Tsuboshima | Hitoshi Ueki, Eiko Minami, Kei Tani | — | |
| Koi no natsu–L'été des amours | | Hideo Onchi | Yōko Nogiwa, Tomoko Ogawa, Kei Yamamoto | — | |
| Kokosei burai hikae | | Mio Ezaki | Masaya Oki, Junko Natsu, Eiko Yanami | — | |
| Konchyu monogatari–Minashigo Hattachi–Mama ni dakarete | | Seitaro Hara | — | — | Animated short film |
| Konketsuji Rika | | Ko Nakahira | Rika Aoki, Kazuko Nagamoto, Masami Muheta | Action | |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril | | Buichi Saito | Tomisaburo Wakayama, Yoichi Hayashi, Michie Azuma | — | |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe | Chambara | |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx | | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matuso, Akiji Kobayashi | — | |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades | | Kenji Misumi | Tomisaburo Wakayama, Go Kato, Yuko Hama | — | |
| Love Hunter | | Seiichirō Yamaguchi | Hidemi Hara, Mari Tanaka | — | |
| Lusty Sisters | | Chūsei Sone | Keiko Tsuzuki, Akemi Nijō | — | |
| Miraaman | | Ishirō Honda | Nobuyuki Ishida, Junya Usami, Takako Sawai | — | |
| Panada • kopanda | | Isao Takahata | | — | Animated film |
| Naked Seven | | Yasuharu Hasebe | Mari Tanaka | — | |
| Nippon sanjushi–Osaraba Tokyo no maki | | Kihachi Okamoto | Keiju Kobayashi, Yusuke Okada, Mickey Yasukawa | — | |
| The Rendezvous | | Kōichi Saitō | — | — | |
| Return of the Soldier | | Yasuzo Masumura | Shintaro Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Michiyo Yasuda | — | |
| Seifuku no mune no kokoniwa | | Kunihiko Watanabe | Hiroshi Ishikawa, Keiko Torii, Izumi Ayukawa | — | |
| The Long Darkness | 忍ぶ川 | Kei Kumai | Komaki Kurihara, Go Kato, Yasushi Nagata | Drama | |
| Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen | | | | | |
| So no hito wa hono no yoni | | Nasanobu Deme | Shima Iwashita, Yusuke Okada, Ichiro Araki | — | |
| Street Mobster | | Kinji Fukasaku | Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Ando | — | |
| Tabi no Omosa | | Kōichi Saitō | Kumiko Akiyoshi | | |
| Tenno Kogo Ryoheika | | Hisatake Yasuho | | Documentary | |
| Tensai Baka-bon | | Hiroshi Saito | Megumi Hayashibara | — | Animated short film |
| Tensai Baka-bon–Wakare wa tsukai mononanoda | | Hiroshi Saito | — | — | Animated short film |
| Tora-san's Dear Old Home | | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | |
| Tora-san's Dream-Come-True | | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | |
| Under the Flag of the Rising Sun | 軍旗はためく下に | Kinji Fukasaku | Sachiko Hidari, Tetsuro Tamba, Kanemon Nakamura | Drama | |
| Yukemuri 110-ban–Iruka no daisho | | Kazuo Inoue | Hisaya Morishige, Junzaburo Ban, Keiko Sekine | — | |
| Zatoichi at Large | | Issei Mori | Shintaro Katsu, Hisaya Morishige, Naoko Otani | — | |
| Zatoichi in Desperation | | Shintaro Katsu | Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Yoshizawa | — | |
| Wolfman vs. Baragon | 狼男 対 地底怪獣 | Shizuo Nakajima | N/A | Kaiju-short | Unreleased Fan film |