Directing

Masahisa Sunohara

Born — Died

1906-04-03 — 1997-05-31

Known for

Directing

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Birth of a Jazz Maiden poster
NR

Kawai 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Port of Tears

1949

The Rainbow-Colored Flower poster
1.0

Ebihara 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

Women's House poster
6.0

After 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

Roar of the City poster
NR

This 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

Third Class Executives poster
7.0

1950s Japanese comedy.

Third Class Executives

1952

Behind the camera

Birth of a Jazz Maiden poster
NR

Kawai 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 artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Port of Tears

1949

The Rainbow-Colored Flower poster
1.0

Ebihara 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

Women's House poster
6.0

After 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

Roar of the City poster
NR

This 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

Third Class Executives poster
7.0

1950s Japanese comedy.

Third Class Executives

1952

The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog poster
NR

A 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

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai

1963

Cat Changed Into Tiger poster
NR

A 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

Husband on the Run poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Husband on the Run

1954

Oyae no hatsukoi sensei poster
NR

A 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

Akatsuki no Kyūshū poster
NR

Japanese drama film.

Akatsuki no Kyūshū

1951

限りなき情熱 poster
NR

Is 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

Drunken Ghost poster
NR

A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.

Drunken Ghost

1958

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Shashō monogatari tabi wa michidzure

1962

Oyabaka taishō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Oyabaka taishō

1948

No artwork available
NR

Family of Love

Family of Love

1941

Seishun wo warera ni poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Seishun wo warera ni

1956

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

1961

Tokyo Bus Girl poster
8.0

1958 Japanese movie

Tokyo Bus Girl

1958

Mama's Diary poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mama's Diary

1954

Dai nippon kosodoro den poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Dai nippon kosodoro den

1964

おヤエの家つき女中 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

おヤエの家つき女中

1959

Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki poster
NR

The 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

Cruel Story of a Good Man poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cruel Story of a Good Man

1960

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

The Girl from Osaka

1958

Ponkotsu oyaji poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Ponkotsu oyaji

1962

おヤエのあんま天國 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

おヤエのあんま天國

1959

No artwork available
NR

1945 Japanese movie

Umi no tora

1945

O-Yae no moguri isha poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

O-Yae no moguri isha

1959

No artwork available
NR

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

Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tsuki wa chikyū o mawatteru

1959

Ginza Jungle Girl poster
NR

A 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

おヤエのママさん女中 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

おヤエのママさん女中

1959

おヤエの身替り女中 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

おヤエの身替り女中

1959

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi

1962

Osanaki mono wa uttaeru poster
NR

In 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