Kaoru Kobayashi Movies

  • 2017
    Mukoku

    Mukoku

    Mukoku

    6.22017HD

    Kengo was gifted in Kendo (Japanese martial art) but he quits after a tragic incident. He works as a security guard and spends his days drinking. One...

    Mukoku
  • 2016
    Botchan

    Botchan

    Botchan

    82016HD

    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...

    Botchan
  • 1982
    The Dropout

    The Dropout

    The Dropout

    61982HD

    Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced...

    The Dropout
  • 1989
    Untama giru

    Untama giru

    Untama giru

    4.71989HD

    A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was...

    Untama giru
  • 2010
    A Crowd of Three

    A Crowd of Three

    A Crowd of Three

    4.92010HD

    A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as...

    A Crowd of Three
  • 1993
    The Last U-Boat

    The Last U-Boat

    The Last U-Boat

    5.41993HD

    Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news...

    The Last U-Boat
  • 2014
    Climbing to Spring

    Climbing to Spring

    Climbing to Spring

    7.22014HD

    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...

    Climbing to Spring
  • 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin

    71977HD

    A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

    Ballad of Orin
  • 2022
    Yes, I Can't Swim

    Yes, I Can't Swim

    Yes, I Can't Swim

    6.22022HD

    Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and...

    Yes, I Can't Swim
  • 2019
    The Island of Cats

    The Island of Cats

    The Island of Cats

    6.92019HD

    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...

    The Island of Cats
  • 1987
    Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

    6.11987HD

    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....

    Twilight of the Cockroaches
  • 2003
    Like Asura

    Like Asura

    Like Asura

    6.72003HD

    The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.

    Like Asura
  • 1985
    And Then

    And Then

    And Then

    6.91985HD

    Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and...

    And Then
  • 2002
    Ghiblies: Episode 2

    Ghiblies: Episode 2

    Ghiblies: Episode 2

    7.42002HD

    Ghiblies (pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gallop") is a short film aired during a TV special about Ghibli. It's about a fictional animation studio...

    Ghiblies: Episode 2
  • 2016
    Fueled: The Man They Called

    Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

    Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

    7.82016HD

    In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji,...

    Fueled: The Man They Called
  • 1999
    The Black House

    The Black House

    The Black House

    6.31999HD

    A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to...

    The Black House
  • 2008
    Then Summer Came

    Then Summer Came

    Then Summer Came

    42008HD

    A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “good guys.” The father Nobuo, and his...

    Then Summer Came
  • 2006
    The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

    The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

    The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

    7.62006HD

    In Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya, who lives with her brother and his wife. The offer...

    The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
  • 1996
    The Way of Osaka Financing 1

    The Way of Osaka Financing 1

    The Way of Osaka Financing 1

    61996HD

    A special drama starring Masahiro Nakai of SMAP, which was aired on Fuji TV six times from 1996 to 2005. The original is a comic of the same name by...

    The Way of Osaka Financing 1
  • 1999
    Coquille

    Coquille

    Coquille

    7.81999HD

    Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer young, but the moment she sees him, memories of...

    Coquille