
Kaori Kobayashi
Acting
Known For

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 marooned in their school.
Typhoon Club

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 in the 60's.
The Rocking Horsemen

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.
Goodbye for Tomorrow

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.
Dogra Magra

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.
Turning Point

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.
Switching – Goodbye Me

After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father
It's Easier Than Kissing

A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

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 he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.
Dangan Runner

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 married woman who suspects her husband of having an affair.
Investigation of a Typical Love

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 (played by Kenji Sawada) and her English professor (played by Noboru Nakaya), Ayako will seek answers to love, marriage, and choice.
Arashi Tatsunari

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

Suspense TV movie adaptation of an original story by Sawako Ariyoshi, starring Yukiyo Toake.
Fushin no Toki

Youth movie.
Hadashi no seishun

Three young country boys are beginning to drift apart as friends. In the summer, they set off to have an adventure in the mountains.
Natsu no pēji

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Ōoku: Hyakka ryōran

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 Tetsuo take Rie on a tour of the city...