Kaori Kobayashi
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 five-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly-liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while ... (more)
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the five-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly-liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while ... (more)
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 in Japan ... (more)
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 in Japan ... (more)
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. (more)
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. (more)
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. (more)
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. (more)
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. (more)
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. (more)
It's Easier Than Kissing (1989)
After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father (more)
After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father (more)
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw (2004)
A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother. (more)
A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother. (more)
Youth movie. (more)
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa. (more)
Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa. (more)
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 Masako, a ... (more)
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 Masako, a ... (more)
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. (more)
Three young country boys are beginning to drift apart as friends. In the summer, they set off to have an adventure in the mountains. (more)
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 sweetheart ... (more)
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 sweetheart ... (more)