Portrait of Sunao Katabuchi

Directing

Sunao Katabuchi

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, busiest in 1986 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cardcaptor Sakura
Cardcaptor Sakura
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sunao Katabuchi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Showbiz
    0.0, average 1.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Biographical
    0.0, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Japanese Animation 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Hopeful Narrative 2
  • Steampunk Aesthetic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black
The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black

Director, Screenplay

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 68
FukuFuku Map
FukuFuku Map (2026)

Director, Screenplay

Sherlock Hound: The Movie
Sherlock Hound: The Movie (2024)

Writer

A Balance
A Balance (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

Producer

2010s

4 titles ยท average score 82
Borderless Happiness
Borderless Happiness (2018)

Script, Director

In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

Sound Director, Director

Hereafter With You
Hereafter With You (2015)

Storyboard, Director

Flowers Will Bloom
Flowers Will Bloom (2013)

Director

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 67
Mai Mai Miracle
Mai Mai Miracle (2009)
GoodWatch score 69

as Man with Cart (voice)

Rockman Zero3 CM
Rockman Zero3 CM (2004)

Director

Rockman Zero2 CM
Rockman Zero2 CM (2003)

Director

Princess Arete
Princess Arete (2001)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay, Director

World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Lassie
World Masterpiece Theater Complete Edition: Lassie (2001)

Director

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 78
Upon This Planet
Upon This Planet (1998)

Director

Memories
Memories (1995)
GoodWatch score 78

Technical Supervisor

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 86
Kiki's Delivery Service
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
GoodWatch score 86

Assistant Director

The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard (1986)

Director

Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of Dover
Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of Dover (1986)

Screenplay

Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Treasure Under the Sea
Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Treasure Under the Sea (1984)

Screenplay

Rusty House
Rusty House (1982)

Director, Writer