Search results for "Kaoru Kobayashi"
The Yin-Yang Master Zero

The Yin-Yang Master Zero

The Yin-Yang Master Zero
IMDb: 5.5
113

During the Heian period, Seimei Abe trains in magic but lacks interest, until a collaboration with Hiromasa Minamoto arises to solve a strange phenomenon.

Yes, I Can’t Swim

Yes, I Can’t Swim

Yes, I Can’t Swim
IMDb: 5.8
113

Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can’t swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the…

Genre: Drama
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
IMDb: 7.5
124

Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats
IMDb: 6.4
103

Daikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived with his cat Tama. Daikichi was born and raised on the small…

Genre: Drama
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
IMDb: 6.7
129

In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night,…

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring
IMDb: 7.1
114

Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna is worried about her father’s…

Genre: Drama
Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City
IMDb: 7.2
152

The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to…

Genre: Drama
Kamui

Kamui

Kamui
IMDb: 5.6
115

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

Genre: Action, Drama
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
IMDb: 7.4
142

Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku – Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton…

Genre: Drama
Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea
IMDb: 6.3
115

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange… What’s even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which…

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea
IMDb: 6.5
110

Kei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the polar opposite – but opposites attract. After school, the two head to…

Genre: Drama
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
IMDb: 7.1
100

A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to…

Genre: Drama
Like Asura

Like Asura

Like Asura
IMDb: 7
135

The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing
IMDb: 6.7
98

A student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the usual place, listening to the Beach Boys and meets a mysterious…

Genre: Drama
Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka
IMDb: 5.5
102

Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his…

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke
IMDb: 8.3
134

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters…

The Second Love

The Second Love

The Second Love
IMDb: 5.6
103

Kazumi – whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband’s emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult. Kazumi’s younger and more inexperienced husband Hideo…

Genre: Drama
Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin
IMDb: 7.4
118

A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

Genre: Drama