List of Japanese films of 1988

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A list of films released in Japan in 1988 (see 1988 in film).

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
A Chaos of Flowers
Akira	Katsuhiro Otomo	Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama	Science fiction anime
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad	Eriko Watanabe Tetsuya Nakashima Takahito Hara Yukihiko Tsutsumi	Narumi Yasuda, Haruko Sagara
The Discarnates	Nobuhiko Obayashi			Entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Dun-Huang	Junya Sato	Toshiyuki Nishida	Drama	Japan Academy Prize for Best Film (1989)
Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame			Horror
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole			Horror	Part of the Guinea Pig films series; Direct-to-video
Esper Mami: Hoshizora no Dancing Doll			Magical girl, family, drama
Grave of the Fireflies	Isao Takahata		Anime war drama
Hare Tokidoki Buta	Toshio Hirata		family, comedy
Hope and Pain	Yoji Yamada			Entered into the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
Kamen Rider Black: Hurry to Evil Island
Kamen Rider Black: Fear! Evil Monster Mansion
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack	Yoshiyuki Tomino	Toru Furuya	Science fiction
My Neighbor Totoro	Hayao Miyazaki
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack from the Kazama Sisters	Hideo Tanaka	Yui Asaka, Yuka Onishi, Yuma Nakamura
Tatakae!! Ramenman the Movie
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter	Satoshi Dezaki	Fumi Hirano Toshio Furukawa	Anime Romantic comedy Science Fiction
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial	Yoji Yamada	Kiyoshi Atsumi	Comedy	40th in the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series
Wuthering Heights	Yoshishige Yoshida			Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Yojo no jidai

External links

• Japanese films of 1988 at the Internet Movie Database