Kaoru Kobayashi Movies

  • 2010
    Abraxas

    Abraxas

    Abraxas

    102010HD

    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...

    Abraxas
  • 2016
    Natsumi's Firefly

    Natsumi's Firefly

    Natsumi's Firefly

    6.22016HD

    Natsumi wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and goes to a forest to find a firefly she saw with her...

    Natsumi's Firefly
  • 2023
    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    82023HD

    The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who...

    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
  • 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
  • 2003
    Like Asura

    Like Asura

    Like Asura

    6.92003HD

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

    Like Asura
  • 2021
    Arc

    Arc

    Arc

    6.42021HD

    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...

    Arc
  • 1985
    Love Letter

    Love Letter

    Love Letter

    7.91985HD

    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...

    Love Letter
  • 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
  • 2013
    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

    6.52013HD

    The story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle between Tomoko, long playing the mistress to married...

    The End of Summer
  • 2013
    Leaving on the 15th Spring

    Leaving on the 15th Spring

    Leaving on the 15th Spring

    6.62013HD

    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...

    Leaving on the 15th Spring
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Haru's Journey

    Haru's Journey

    Haru's Journey

    6.52010HD

    Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.

    Haru's Journey
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1999
    The Washing Machine

    The Washing Machine

    The Washing Machine

    01999HD

    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...

    The Washing Machine
  • 1994
    Uneasy Encounters

    Uneasy Encounters

    Uneasy Encounters

    01994HD

    A five-part comedy and horror anthology

    Uneasy Encounters
  • 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
  • 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