List of Japanese films of 1952
# List of Japanese films of 1952

A list of films released in Japan in 1952 (see 1952 in film).

* The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
* Ikiru
* The Man Who Came to Port

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Children of Hiroshima | Kaneto Shindō | Nobuko Otowa Osamu Takizawa | Drama | |
| Dedication of the Great Buddha | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa Machiko Kyō | Jidaigeki | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | Yasujirō Ozu | Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure | Drama | |
| Foghorn | Senkichi Taniguchi | Yoshiko Yamaguchi Toshirō Mifune | | |
| Gendai-jin | Minoru Shibuya | Ryō Ikebe Isuzu Yamada | | Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival |
| Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa | Takashi Shimura | Drama | Entered into the 4th Berlin International Film Festival, won Best Film at the 7th Mainichi Film Awards |
| Jewels in our Hearts | Yasuke Chiba | | | |
| The Life of Oharu | Kenji Mizoguchi | Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | |
| Lightning | Mikio Naruse | Hideko Takamine | | Won Best Film at the 3rd Blue Ribbon Awards |
| Love in a Teacup | Yasuke Chiba | | | |
| Man in the Storm | Kōzō Saeki | Kyōko Kagawa, Yaeko Mizutani, Yōichi Numata | | Entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Man Who Came to Port | Ishirō Honda | Toshirō Mifune Asami Kuji | | |
| Mother | Mikio Naruse | Kinuyo Tanaka Kyōko Kagawa | Drama | |
| Swift Current | Senkichi Taniguchi | Toshirō Mifune Asami Kuji | | |
| Sword for Hire | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Rentarō Mikuni, Danshiro Ichikawa | Jidai-geki | |
| Vendetta for a Samurai | Kazuo Mori | Takashi Shimura Toshiro Mifune | | |
