Toshiko Kobayashi Movies

  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

    After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1954
    Twenty-Four Eyes

    Twenty-Four Eyes

    Twenty-Four Eyes

    7.71954HD

    From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...

    Twenty-Four Eyes
  • 1960
    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    Cruel Story of Youth

    6.6931960HD

    A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

    Cruel Story of Youth
  • 1951
    Fireworks Over the Sea

    Fireworks Over the Sea

    Fireworks Over the Sea

    51951HD

    A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

    Fireworks Over the Sea
  • 1968
    Black Lizard

    Black Lizard

    Black Lizard

    6.71968HD

    A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.

    Black Lizard
  • 1957
    The Story of Pure Love

    The Story of Pure Love

    The Story of Pure Love

    6.81957HD

    Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

    The Story of Pure Love
  • 1955
    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    71955HD

    On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
  • 1951
    Carmen Comes Home

    Carmen Comes Home

    Carmen Comes Home

    6.21951HD

    A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

    Carmen Comes Home
  • 1963
    Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

    7.81963HD

    Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights...

    Bad Girl
  • 1956
    Fountainhead

    Fountainhead

    Fountainhead

    5.81956HD

    A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

    Fountainhead
  • 1956
    The Thick-Walled Room

    The Thick-Walled Room

    The Thick-Walled Room

    7.11956HD

    A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a...

    The Thick-Walled Room
  • 1952
    Carmen's Innocent Love

    Carmen's Innocent Love

    Carmen's Innocent Love

    5.81952HD

    Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

    Carmen's Innocent Love
  • 1955
    The Tattered Wings

    The Tattered Wings

    The Tattered Wings

    6.41955HD

    A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

    The Tattered Wings
  • 1954
    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    61954HD

    This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
  • 1951
    The Good Fairy

    The Good Fairy

    The Good Fairy

    5.51951HD

    The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.

    The Good Fairy
  • 1951
    Boyhood

    Boyhood

    Boyhood

    6.71951HD

    When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

    Boyhood
  • 1951
    The Den of Beasts

    The Den of Beasts

    The Den of Beasts

    01951HD

    The Den of Beasts
  • 1954
    Always in My Heart Part 3

    Always in My Heart Part 3

    Always in My Heart Part 3

    71954HD

    Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

    Always in My Heart Part 3
  • 1959
    Kaze no uchi so to

    Kaze no uchi so to

    Kaze no uchi so to

    01959HD

    Kaze no uchi so to
  • 1960
    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki

    7.51960HD

    In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...

    The River Fuefuki