Directing
Masahisa Sunohara
Born — Died
1906-04-03 — 1997-05-31
Known for
Directing
Credits
37 titles
Known for
NRKawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Port of Tears
1949
1.0Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
6.0After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
Women's House
1954
NRThis action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman hidden in a wallet, and the justice and love-hate relationship between the men involved in the case.
Roar of the City
1958
7.01950s Japanese comedy.
Third Class Executives
1952
Behind the camera
NRKawai Midori's father left the family a long time ago and since her mother passed away, she has taken care of her younger siblings by herself by working with a group of itinerant camellia oil peddlers. While she is In Izu selling camellia oil, she meets a young student, Katō Yutaka, who asks her to let him take her picture. The peddlers also meet a jazz band, and when Midori sings a song, teased by the band's star singer Nanjō Haruo, the band members are enraptured by her beautiful voice. She eventually joins the band and quickly becomes a popular jazz singer.
Birth of a Jazz Maiden
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Port of Tears
1949
1.0Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
6.0After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
Women's House
1954
NRThis action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman hidden in a wallet, and the justice and love-hate relationship between the men involved in the case.
Roar of the City
1958
7.01950s Japanese comedy.
Third Class Executives
1952
NRA dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and brothers on the other. When the villains’ carefully crafted facade is exposed, a monk who sides with the widow puts on the performance of a lifetime. A heartwarming pastoral comedy rich in human warmth.
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Japanese comedy film.
Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai
1963
NRA life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-wearing killer, which only confounds his misadventures.
Cat Changed Into Tiger
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Husband on the Run
1954
NRA hilarious comedy where newly appointed teacher Oyae shows off her unusual plays as she fights alone against a group of five bad boys.
Oyae no hatsukoi sensei
1959
NRJapanese drama film.
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951
NRIs it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry abounds, a tale of love and chivalry blossoms into a beautiful flower of emotion.
限りなき情熱
1951
NRA man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
Drunken Ghost
1958
NR1962 Japanese movie
Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Oyabaka taishō
1948
Family of Love
Family of Love
1941
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Seishun wo warera ni
1956
NR1961 Japanese movie
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
8.01958 Japanese movie
Tokyo Bus Girl
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Mama's Diary
1954
NRJapanese comedy film.
Dai nippon kosodoro den
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
おヤエの家つき女中
1959
NRThe day has come for recruits to enlist in the Japanese Marine Corps. The recruits, who have left the free world to enter this strict military life, look nervous. Monma Santaro (Frankie Sakai), who grew up in Edo and is small but smart, and Mamada Gosaku (Toshiyuki Ichimura), who was born in Tohoku and has a strong 'zuzu' dialect, have also been called up.
Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Cruel Story of a Good Man
1960
Japanese comedy film.
The Girl from Osaka
1958
NR1962 Japanese movie
Ponkotsu oyaji
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
おヤエのあんま天國
1959
1945 Japanese movie
Umi no tora
1945
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O-Yae no moguri isha
1959
A thrilling and passionate drama depicting the exploits of a hot-blooded young detective who takes on a smuggling ring that infests the big city.
Street Fight at Dawn
1953
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru
1959
NRA Ginza pickpocket, wanting to show his mother his filial piety, disguises himself as an office worker and takes her sightseeing in Tokyo, with the detective trying to arrest him posing as his Section Chief.
Ginza Jungle Girl
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
おヤエのママさん女中
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
おヤエの身替り女中
1959
NR1962 Japanese movie
Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
1962
NRIn postwar Kagoshima, a young boy lives with his sick mother and younger sister under the shadow of his late father, a disgraced army general executed after the war. Once honored as a hero, his father is now mocked by the townspeople, and the children endure both poverty and cruelty. After their mother dies, Katsu is taken away by his estranged grandfather, whose real interest lies in the military pension left behind by the family.
Osanaki mono wa uttaeru
1955
