| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| All Is Well | | Toshiro Mifune, Asami Kuji, Akira Takarada | | |
| All is Well Part 2 | | Toshiro Mifune, Asami Kuji, Akira Takarada | | |
| The Eternal Breasts | Kinuyo Tanaka | Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryoji Hayama | Drama, biopic | |
| Floating Clouds | | Hideko Takemine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada | Drama | |
| A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love | Teinosuke Kinugasa | Kazuo Hasegawa
Ayako Wakao, Raizo Ichikawa | Drama | |
| Godzilla Raids Again | | Hiroshi Koizumi, Minoru Chiaki, Takashi Shimura | | |
| Half Human | | Momoko Kouchi, Akira Takarada | | |
| Hatsukoi wautsu | | Kyoko Aoyama, Akira Takarada, Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoro Yanagiya | | |
| Hatsuwarai sokonuke tabi niki | | Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoro Yanagiya, Tony Tani | | |
| The Heart | Kon Ichikawa | Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama | Drama | |
| I Live in Fear | | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki | Drama | |
| | Ryō Ikebe, Yoko Tsukasa, Chishū Ryū | | |
| Jyazu musume kanpai | | Chiemi Eri, Izumi Yukimura, Junzaburo Ban | | |
| Love Never Fails | | Akira Kubo, Kyoko Aoyama, Yoichi Tachikawa | Drama | |
| Lovetide | | Ryō Ikebe, Hiroshi Koizumi, Fubuki Koshiji | | |
| | Kōji Tsuruta, Toshiro Mifune, Mariko Okada | Crime thriller | |
| Ningyo Sashichi torimonocho - Mekura okami | | Hiroshi Koizumi, Jun Tazaki, Takashi Shimura | | |
| No Response from Car 33 | | Ryō Ikebe, Yoko Tsukasa, Takashi Shimura | Crime drama | |
| No Time for Tears | | Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, Mariko Okada | Drama | |
| Owarai torimonocho - Hatchant hatsutegara | | Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoror Yanagiya, Roppa Furukawa | | |
| The Phantom Horse | Koji Shima | Ayako Wakao, Yoshiro Kitahara | Drama | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival |
| Princess Yang Kwei-Fei | Kenji Mizoguchi | Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori | Historical drama | |
| | Ryō Ikebe, Izumi Yukimura, Kamatari Fujiwara | | |
| Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | | Toshirō Mifune, Kōji Tsuruta | | |
| Taira Clan Saga | Kenji Mizoguchi | Raizo Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura | Drama | |
| | Ineko Arima, Jun Negami, Mieko Takamine | | |
| Tomorrow's Happiness | | Ken Uehara, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yoshiko Kuga | | |
| Yancha musume gyojoki | | Kyoko Aoyama, Kenichi "Enoken" Enomoto, Kingoro Yanagiya | | |
| Yokihi | Kenji Mizoguchi | Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori | Drama | |
| Yuki no hono | | Yoko Tsukasa, So Yamamura, Akira Takarada | | |