# List of Japanese films of 1974

A list of films released in Japan in 1974 (see 1974 in film).
Japanese films released in 1974 :
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army | Shohei Tojo, Sompote Sands | Ko Kaeoduendee Yodchay Meksuwan | | |
| Abayo Dachi Kō | | | | |
| Akumei–Nawabari arashi | Yasuzo Masumura | Shintaro Katsu, Kinya Kitaoji, Kiwako Taichi | — | |
| Akumyō: Shima Arashiaka | | | | |
| Aoba shigereru | Kihachi Okamoto | Masao Kusakari, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Yoshitaka Tanba | — | |
| Ali the Man: Ali, the Fighter | Rick Baxter, William Greaves | Muhammad Ali | Documentary | Japanese-American co-production |
| Arupusu no shojo haiji–Mou hitori no kazoku | Isao Takahata | | | Animated short |
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Kinji Fukasaku | Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Toshio Kurosawa | — | |
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode | Kinji Fukasaku | Bunta Sugawara, Kinya Kitaoji, Hiroki Matsukata | — | |
| Bitterness of Youth | Tatsumi Kamiyo | Kenichi Hagiwara, Kaori Momoi, Fumi Dan | — | |
| Castle of Sand | Yoshitarō Nomura | | | |
| Demon Spies | Takashi Tsuboshima | Masaomi Kondo, Keiko Aramaki, Ryunosuke Minegishi | Chambara, horror | |
| ESPY | Jun Fukuda | Hiroshi Fujioka, Kaoru Yumi, Masao Kusakari | Fantasy, thriller | |
| Evil of Dracula | Michio Yamamoto | Toshio Kurosawa, Kunie Tanaka, Mariko Mochizuki | — | |
| The Family | Satsuo Yamamoto | Shin Saburi, Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuya Nakadai | — | |
| Female Ninja Magic: 100 Trampled Flowers | Chūsei Sone | Junko Miyashita | Roman porno | |
| Flower and Snake | Masaru Konuma | Naomi Tani | — | |
| Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla | Jun Fukuda | Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima | — | |
| Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? | Yoshio Inoue | Shintaro Katsu, Kō Nishimura, Mako Midori | — | |
| Haroo! Fingaa 5 | Susumu Fukuhara | Finger 5 | Documentary | Short film |
| Himiko | Masahiro Shinoda | Shima Iwashita | Drama | |
| The Homeless | Kōichi Saitō | Shintaro Katsu, Ken Takakura. Meiko Kaji | — | |
| Isoge! Wakamono–Tomorrow Never Waits | Tsugunobu Kotani | Koji Kata, Masao Orimo, Toshiya Egi | — | |
| Izu no odoriko | Katsumi Nishikawa | Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Hitoshi Nakayama | — | |
| Kamen Rider X | — | — | — | |
| Kamen Rider X: The Five Riders vs. King Dark | — | — | — | |
| Kanda kawa | Masanobu Deme | Keiko Sekine, Masao Kursakari, Tokue Hanazawa | — | |
| Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon | Mitsuo Murayama | | — | |
| Kigeki Damashi no jingi | Jun Fukuda | Kei Tani, Shiro Kishibe, Jiro Sakagami | — | |
| Koi wa midori no kaze no naka | Miyoharu Ieki | Yusuke Sato, Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Mita | — | |
| Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance | Toshiya Fujita | Meiko Kaji, Yoshio Harada, Juzo Itami | — | |
| Last Swordsman | Masanobu Deme | Shigeru Koyama, Jiro Kawaraski, Masao Kusakari | — | |
| Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell | Yoshiyuki Kuroda | Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Junko Hitomi | — | |
| Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy | Takashi Tsuboshima | Yuki Meguro, Kunie Tanaka, Shiro Ito | — | |
| Moscow, My Love | Kenji Yoshida, Aleksandr Mitta | Komaki Kurihara, Oleg Vidov, Makoto Sato | — | Japanese-Soviet co-production |
| Mr. Giants–The Eternal Number on the Player's Jersey | Kauzo Kawabe | Shigeo Nagashima | Documentary | |
| New Battles Without Honor and Humanity | | | | |
| Nyobo o hayajine saseru | Susumu Kodama | Yosuke Natsuki, Miyoko Akaza, Michiko Tsukasa | — | |
| Pastoral: To Die in the Country | Shūji Terayama | Kantaro Suga | Drama | |
| Prophecies of Nostradamus | Toshio Masuda | Tetsuro Tamba, Kaoru Yumi, Toshio Kurosawsa | Fantasy | |
| Return of the Street Fighter | Shigehiro Ozawa | Sonny Chiba, Yoko Ichiji | Martial Arts | |
| Ryōma Ansatsu | | | | |
| Samurai jyaiantsu–Sessho gawara no ketto | Tadao Nagahara | | — | Animated short |
| Sandakan No. 8 | Kei Kumai | Komaki Kurihara, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoko Takahashi | — | |
| School of the Holy Beast | Norifumi Suzuki | Yumi Takigawa | — | |
| Seishun no umi | Aihiko Okamoto | Daijiro Harada, Hidenari Aoki, Fujio Tokita | — | |
| Shiawase | Hideo Onchi | Yuriko Sumi, Yusuke Okada, Nobuko Otowa | — | |
| Shinzo ningen Kyashan–Fujimi no choseusha | Hiroshi Sasagawa | | — | Animated short |
| Sister Street Fighter | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Etsuko Shihomi, Sonny Chiba | Action | |
| Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread | — | Yasuaki Kurata | Action | |
| The Street Fighter | Shigehiro Ozawa | Sonny Chiba, Gerald Yamada | Action | |
| Tomodachi | | | | |
| Tora-san's Lovesick | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | |
| Tora-san's Lullaby | Yoji Yamada | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Comedy | |
| Three Old Women | Noboru Nakamura | Aiko Mimasu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure | — | |
| Urutoraman Taro–Chi o su hana wa shojo no sei | Eizo Yamagina | Saburo Shinoda, Takahiro Tono, Hidehiro Tsumura | — | |
| Wife to be Sacrificed | Masaru Konuma | Naomi Tani | — | |
| Yahu shisubeshi–Fukushu no mekanikku | Eizo Sudo | Hiroshi Fujioka, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari | — | |
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving | Animated | |
| Zao Zessho | Kunihiko Yammamoto | Yoko Takahashi, Akira Oda, Yoshitaka Tanba | — | |