Kaoru Kobayashi Movies

  • 2019
    His Lost Name

    His Lost Name

    His Lost Name

    5.62019HD

    Middle-aged widower Tetsuro finds an unconscious, homeless young man on the riverbank in his small seaside town. Offering him room in his home,...

    His Lost Name
  • 2018
    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    72018HD

    Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi...

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
  • 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
  • 2010
    Sketches of Kaitan City

    Sketches of Kaitan City

    Sketches of Kaitan City

    5.42010HD

    The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go...

    Sketches of Kaitan City
  • 2005
    Female

    Female

    Female

    5.62005HD

    'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki,...

    Female
  • 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
  • 2023
    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    62023HD

    Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned...

    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
  • 1979
    Eighteen Years, to the Sea

    Eighteen Years, to the Sea

    Eighteen Years, to the Sea

    6.51979HD

    Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite - but opposites attract. After school,...

    Eighteen Years, to the Sea
  • 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
    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
  • 1981
    Hear the Wind Sing

    Hear the Wind Sing

    Hear the Wind Sing

    61981HD

    A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the usual place, listening to the Beach Boys and meets a...

    Hear the Wind Sing
  • 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
  • 1976
    The Sea of Genkai

    The Sea of Genkai

    The Sea of Genkai

    51976HD

    Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across...

    The Sea of Genkai
  • 2024
    Promised Land

    Promised Land

    Promised Land

    62024HD

    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...

    Promised Land
  • 1989
    Untamagiru

    Untamagiru

    Untamagiru

    4.71989HD

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

    Untamagiru
  • 1991
    Shimanto River

    Shimanto River

    Shimanto River

    61991HD

    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...

    Shimanto River
  • 1988
    Love and Action in Osaka

    Love and Action in Osaka

    Love and Action in Osaka

    5.71988HD

    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...

    Love and Action in Osaka
  • 1985
    Paradise View

    Paradise View

    Paradise View

    5.31985HD

    Go Takamine's first theatrical feature is a pioneering work of Okinawan cinema, filmed almost entirely in Okinawan dialect. Taking place shortly...

    Paradise View
  • 2022
    Winter Rose

    Winter Rose

    Winter Rose

    52022HD

    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...

    Winter Rose
  • 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