Kaoru Kobayashi Movies
- 2014
Climbing to Spring
Climbing to Spring7.22014HD
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their...
- 2017
Lear on the Shore
Lear on the Shore62017HD
Kuwahata Chokichi used to be a famous actor, but now he's suspected to be suffering from dementia. He is betrayed by his older daughter, Yukiko, her...
- 1988
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad71988HD
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that...
- 2024
Promised Land
Promised Land02024HD
Matagi is a group of hunters who lives in the mountains and targets wild animals including bears, but now more and more bear hunting is forbidden by...
- 2019
The Island of Cats
The Island of Cats6.92019HD
Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the...
- 1989
Untama giru
Untama giru4.71989HD
A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was...
- 2022
Yes, I Can't Swim
Yes, I Can't Swim6.22022HD
Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and...
- 2021
Arc
Arc62021HD
Set in the near future, Rina lives a wandering life and she meets Ema. Ema becomes a mentor for Rina and Rina begins to work for Ema. Her job is...
- 1985
Love Letter
Love Letter7.91985HD
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and...
- 1994
Uneasy Encounters
Uneasy Encounters01994HD
A five-part comedy and horror anthology
- 1986
For Business
For Business01986HD
Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.
- 1999
The Washing Machine
The Washing Machine01999HD
Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works...
- 1987
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Twilight of the Cockroaches6.11987HD
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on....
- 2016
Botchan
Botchan82016HD
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from...
- 2013
Leaving on the 15th Spring
Leaving on the 15th Spring6.62013HD
Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna...
- 2023
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl62023HD
Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned...
- 1990
Hong Kong Paradise
Hong Kong Paradise01990HD
Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...
- 2005
Female
Female5.62005HD
'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki,...
- 1983
The Second Love
The Second Love5.51983HD
Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult....
- 1988
Love and Action in Osaka
Love and Action in Osaka5.71988HD
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on...