Kaoru Kobayashi Movies

Midnight Diner

74/100

A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled astound this urn.

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

72/100

As a Labrador puppy, Quill is sent to live with a couple, Isamu and Mitsuko Nii, who work as volunteers...

Kamui

57/100

The adventurous story of a fugitive ninja.

Himitsu

69/100

A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.

The Last U-Boat

62/100

In 1945 an advanced type of German U-boat loaded with atomic technology en route for Japan and escorted by Japanese naval officers receives news that Germany has capitulated.

And Then

70/100

Twilight of the Cockroaches

67/100

A colony of cockroaches lives peacefully in a messy bachelor's apartment until his new girlfriend moves in.

Abraxas

44/100

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 to be the only solution for him to ... See full summary »

The End of Summer

62/100

Tomoko is sick and tired of her relationship with unpopular talented writer Shingo, who is married and has children. Tomoko then enters into a sexual relationship with younger man Ryota, but Tomoko is still not satisfied.

Mukoku

58/100

Kengo Yatabe's mother dies and his father is in a coma. He, like his father, was good at kendo. Those days are long gone and he now lofts around as a security guard and generally wastes ... See full summary »

Leaving on the 15th Spring

77/100

Double Trouble

62/100

It is somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Japan and the local community theatre has managed to double-book its facility. One group is comprised of local housewives. The other group is ... See full summary »

Call from Darkness

62/100

A mysterious story involving the disappearance of Tatsuo's three brothers. Tatsuo, thinks that he too may disappear and has a nervous breakdown. His fiance visits a neurologist, who ... See full summary »

Vacation

71/100

The prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked up are forced to spend their daily lives constantly facing death.

Kaze no uta o kike

66/100

Coquille

75/100

The story of two middle-aged persons of opposite sex who are attending a reunion after many years of absence and unfamiliarity takes a turn when through flashbacks we see the love and crush... See full summary »

Untama giru

79/100

Hong Kong Paradise

77/100

Jûhassai, umi e

74/100

Sentakuki wa ore ni makasero

72/100

Shimanto River

68/100

Sekando rabu

Kikotsu no hanketsu

Kuroi doresu no onna

The Tomb & the Divorce