Kaori Kobayashi

Shimotsukare Girl (2014)

Aiko, born and raised in Tochigi, meets Rie, a visitor from Tokyo, at Shin-Tochigi Station. Rie fell asleep on the train and is unable to return home, so Aiko takes pity on her and the two of them head to a pub. The next day, Aiko and her childhood friend ...

Ōoku: Hyakka ryōran (2008)

Switching – Goodbye Me (2007)

After his parent's divorce, Kazuo Saito moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is surprised to reunite with his childhood friend Kazumi. ...

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw (2004)

A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother. ...

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa. ...

Dangan Runner (1996)

A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom ...

Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995)

People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening. ...

Turning Point (1994)

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials. ...

The Rocking Horsemen (1992)

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life i ...

Investigation of a Typical Love (1992)

The screenplay is Haruhiko Arai of "Tragedy of W" and "Revolver". The man is a detective who doesn't take on anything other than background checks for marriage and looking for cats. One day, a request for a job that belongs to him comes in. It is from Masa ...

Natsu no pēji (1990)

Three young country boys are beginning to drift apart as friends. In the summer, they set off to have an adventure in the mountains. ...

It's Easier Than Kissing (1989)

After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father ...

Dogra Magra (1988)

A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious doctors who relate his condition with his biological identity. ...

Typhoon Club (1985)

Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while ...

Fushin no Toki (1984)

Suspense TV movie adaptation of an original story by Sawako Ariyoshi, starring Yukiyo Toake. ...

Arashi Tatsunari (1982)

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love. Ayako, played by Yukiyo Toake, is an international conference coordinator. Torn between her childhood sweet ...

Hadashi no seishun (1975)

Youth movie. ...