Yuto Kobayashi

Where Are You? (2009)

Yuto Kobayashi stars as a down-on-his-luck 16-year-old named Ryo Kawai. Ryo grew up fatherless, and has been trying to make a living by working at a local convenience store ever since his mother was hospitalized with a prolonged illness. Unable to support himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Masahiro Kobayashi  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Tokio Emoto

Yuto Kobayashi stars as a down-on-his-luck 16-year-old named Ryo Kawai. Ryo grew up fatherless, and has been trying to make a living by working at a local convenience store ever since his mother was hospitalized with a prolonged illness. Unable to support himself ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Masahiro Kobayashi  •  Makiko Watanabe  •  Tokio Emoto

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Masahiro Takashima  •  Natsuki Harada  •  Minami Inomata

In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuhiko Obayashi
CAST:  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Masahiro Takashima  •  Natsuki Harada  •  Minami Inomata

River (2011)

Hikari's boyfriend is one of those killed in the Akihabara massacre incident. Suffering from the shock of her loss and unable to accept this reality, she cuts herself off from the outside world. She eventually manages to muster enough courage to visit Akihabara, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Misako Renbutsu  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Mami Nakamura  •  Tokio Emoto

Hikari's boyfriend is one of those killed in the Akihabara massacre incident. Suffering from the shock of her loss and unable to accept this reality, she cuts herself off from the outside world. She eventually manages to muster enough courage to visit Akihabara, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryuichi Hiroki
CAST:  Misako Renbutsu  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Mami Nakamura  •  Tokio Emoto

Sharing (2014)

Memories can be blocked, but they can also be invented. Psychology professor Eiko works with people who were traumatized by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. But the topic affects her more personally than she wants to admit. Narrative structures begin to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinozaki
CAST:  Asuka Hinoi  •  Tomoki Kimura  •  Kinuo Yamada  •  Takuji Suzuki

Memories can be blocked, but they can also be invented. Psychology professor Eiko works with people who were traumatized by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. But the topic affects her more personally than she wants to admit. Narrative structures begin to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinozaki
CAST:  Asuka Hinoi  •  Tomoki Kimura  •  Kinuo Yamada  •  Takuji Suzuki

2nd Virgin Road (2012)

The story is about Mayumi and a jobless youngster who enters her life. Mayumi is a rape victim, and is often haunted by the painful memories of her past. Mayumi chances upon this youngster, strikes a chord with him, and slowly shares her troubles and past memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Narita
CAST:  Junko Maru  •  Ichirôta Miyakawa  •  Tarô Suwa  •  Yuto Kobayashi

The story is about Mayumi and a jobless youngster who enters her life. Mayumi is a rape victim, and is often haunted by the painful memories of her past. Mayumi chances upon this youngster, strikes a chord with him, and slowly shares her troubles and past memories.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yusuke Narita
CAST:  Junko Maru  •  Ichirôta Miyakawa  •  Tarô Suwa  •  Yuto Kobayashi

Your Mom Is a Bitch! (2010)

College student Yu (Kobayashi Yuto) becomes friends with Fumie (Suzuki Sawa), a married woman who often comes to his store, but their relationship soon develops into something more. With very little romantic experience, he finds himself absorbed in this adult woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shungicu Uchida
CAST:  Asami  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Ini Kusano  •  Takashi Matsuo

College student Yu (Kobayashi Yuto) becomes friends with Fumie (Suzuki Sawa), a married woman who often comes to his store, but their relationship soon develops into something more. With very little romantic experience, he finds himself absorbed in this adult woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shungicu Uchida
CAST:  Asami  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Ini Kusano  •  Takashi Matsuo

White Night (2009)

Fate brings a man and woman together in Lyon, France. They fall in love, but time is set to run out on them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Michiko Kichise  •  EXILE MAKIDAI  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Makiko Watanabe

Fate brings a man and woman together in Lyon, France. They fall in love, but time is set to run out on them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Michiko Kichise  •  EXILE MAKIDAI  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Makiko Watanabe

Bite Me If You Love Me (2011)

A girl obsessed with zombies kills her boyfriend and turns him into a... you guessed it! Then a fat Japanese Jason Vorhees shows up and a love triangle ensues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Haneda Ai  •  Nana Ninomiya  •  Zaiha Uchida  •  Masayoshi Tomomatsu

A girl obsessed with zombies kills her boyfriend and turns him into a... you guessed it! Then a fat Japanese Jason Vorhees shows up and a love triangle ensues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Haneda Ai  •  Nana Ninomiya  •  Zaiha Uchida  •  Masayoshi Tomomatsu

Yankee Teacher (2012)

"Tsukigaoka Gakuen" is a collection of inferior boycotts, fights, and bullying. One teacher, Mizuki Okochi, came to the cave of the problem children. A long time ago, Mizuki, who was scared of "Minagaroshi's red-flying feathers" and the bad guys, challenged the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiya Kominami
CAST:  Rina Kato  •  Kotomi Asakura  •  Ryozo  •  Atsushi Tsuda

"Tsukigaoka Gakuen" is a collection of inferior boycotts, fights, and bullying. One teacher, Mizuki Okochi, came to the cave of the problem children. A long time ago, Mizuki, who was scared of "Minagaroshi's red-flying feathers" and the bad guys, challenged the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiya Kominami
CAST:  Rina Kato  •  Kotomi Asakura  •  Ryozo  •  Atsushi Tsuda

The elegant life of Keiko's teacher (2013)

Keiko, a beautiful Japanese teacher whose niceness makes her the butt of constant pranks, is propositioned by a student and reacts surprisingly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Nana Nanaumi  •  Mutsuo Yoshioka  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Shijimi

Keiko, a beautiful Japanese teacher whose niceness makes her the butt of constant pranks, is propositioned by a student and reacts surprisingly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Nana Nanaumi  •  Mutsuo Yoshioka  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Shijimi

Himawari -Okinawa wa Wasurenai, Ano Nichi no Sora o- (2013)

After an American helicopter crashes into a classroom in Okinawa International University, student Ryuichi is compelled to write a report on a similar accident 52 years ago, in 1959, when an American jet fighter crashed into his grandfather's elementary school. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Oikawa
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Kenta Suga  •  Non  •  Saki Fukuda

After an American helicopter crashes into a classroom in Okinawa International University, student Ryuichi is compelled to write a report on a similar accident 52 years ago, in 1959, when an American jet fighter crashed into his grandfather's elementary school. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Oikawa
CAST:  Kyōzō Nagatsuka  •  Kenta Suga  •  Non  •  Saki Fukuda

One Cut in the Life (2020)

A rampage at a university, the students Yuka and Mai are frozen with fear. At gunpoint, the two perpetrators try to force them to decide which of them must die next. In a moment of distraction, Mai tries to escape but is badly injured by a shot in the back. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Hocchi
CAST:  Rio Kanno  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Minami Kajihara

A rampage at a university, the students Yuka and Mai are frozen with fear. At gunpoint, the two perpetrators try to force them to decide which of them must die next. In a moment of distraction, Mai tries to escape but is badly injured by a shot in the back. After ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Hocchi
CAST:  Rio Kanno  •  Yuto Kobayashi  •  Wakato Kanematsu  •  Minami Kajihara