Kaoru Kobayashi Movies
- 1991
Shimanto River
Shimanto River61991HD
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the...
- 2023
Trapped Balloon
Trapped Balloon02023HD
A woman who has not seen her father for several years and does not have a good relationship with him. An unsociable man who lives near her father's...
- 2008
Vacation
Vacation72008HD
The prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked up are forced to spend their daily lives constantly facing death.
- 2022
Winter Rose
Winter Rose52022HD
Jun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted delinquents, and begging money from his friends. His...
- 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,...
- 1993
The Tomb & the Divorce
The Tomb & the Divorce01993HD
Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage with bored housewife Atsuko. When Atsuko makes a male...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1993
Chibusa
Chibusa01993HD
Based on the novel of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Played as a double feature with Crepe (1993).
- 2010
Abraxas
Abraxas102010HD
Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems...
- 1984
The Wangan Highway
The Wangan Highway01984HD
Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
- 1976
The Sea of Genkai
The Sea of Genkai51976HD
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across...
- 2017
An Emblem Dedicated To You
An Emblem Dedicated To You32017HD
Kazuya Takajo was a promising soccer player. At the age of 23, he was selected for the national A football team and he bought a house to live with...
- 1994
Uneasy Encounters
Uneasy Encounters01994HD
A five-part comedy and horror anthology
- 1985
Paradise View
Paradise View5.31985HD
Go Takamine's first theatrical feature is a pioneering work of Okinawan cinema, filmed almost entirely in Okinawan dialect. Taking place shortly...
- 2013
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody02013HD
Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka...