A list of films released in Japan in 1956 (see 1956 in film).
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| 1956 |
| Arashi | Hiroshi Inagaki | Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama | Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival |
| The Burmese Harp | Kon Ichikawa | Rentarō Mikuni, Shoji Yasui | War |
| Crazed Fruit | Kō Nakahira | Masahiko Tsugawa, Yujiro Ishihara | Drama |
| Christ in Bronze | Minoru Shibuya | Eiji Okada, Osamu Takizawa | Drama | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
| Early Spring | Yasujirō Ozu | Haruko Sugimura, Ryo Ikebe | Drama |
| Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi | Bin Kado | Shintaro Katsu | Horror |
| Godzilla, King of the Monsters! | Ishirō Honda | Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura | Science-fiction | Japanese-American co-production |
| The Legend of the White Serpent | Shirō Toyoda | Ryo Ikebe, Shirley Yamaguchi | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Mahiru no ankoku | Tadashi Imai | Won Best Film at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the 11th Mainichi Film Awards |
| Migratory Birds of the Flowers | Katsuhiko Tasaka |
| Nagareru | Mikio Naruse | Isuzu Yamada, Kinuyo Tanaka | Drama |
| Punishment Room | Kon Ichikawa | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | [1] |
| Rodan | Ishirō Honda | Yumi Shirakawa | Science fiction | First kaiju film in color. First appearance of Rodan |
| Duel At Ganryu Island | Hiroshi Inagaki | Toshiro Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta |
| Shuu | Mikio Naruse | Setsuko Hara, Kyōko Kagawa | Drama |
| Sisters of the Gion | Hiromasa Nomura | Michiyo Kogure, Tamao Nakamura | Drama |
| Street of Shame | Kenji Mizoguchi | Machiko Kyō, Ayako Wakao | Drama |
| Victory Is Mine | Seijun Suzuki | Kou Mishima, Ichirō Sugai | Action |
| Warning from Space | Koji|Shima}} | Toyomi Karita | Science fiction | [2] |
| Marason zamurai |
| Tsukigata Hanpeita | Teinosuke Kinugasa | [3] |
| A Wife's Heart | Mikio Naruse | Toshiro Mifune, Hideko Takamine | Drama |
| The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story | Katsuhiko Tasaka | Raizo Ichikawa, Shintaro Katsu | Drama |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/513783/Punishment-Room/|title=Punishment Room|accessdate=12 May 2017|publisher=Turner Classic Movies}}
2. ^{{cite book|date=1994|title=Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0-89950-853-7|last=Galbraith|first=Stuart|authorlink=Stuart Galbraith IV|page=308}}
3. ^http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/513541/Tsukigata-Hanpeita/