Masahiro Kobayashi Movies

Megumi’s every thought pulses with desire as she pours her loyalty—and her body—into supporting her struggling actor husband,...

Kuwahata Chokichi used to be a famous actor, but now he's suspected to be suffering from dementia. He is betrayed by his older daughter, Yukiko, her...

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth...

Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years...

Coincidence and the aftermath of violence. A man's middle-school daughter has been murdered. His wife is already deceased. He tells a counselor he...

The lustful and intense sexual experiences of women at the beach one summer. Eventually, the women's unrestrained behavior develops into a strange...

A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is...

The sensual images depict the love and hatred between four men and women living together, creating a new kind of love story. One night, alcoholic...

Kunio had his first sexual encounter with Yoko in a hotel. Since then, he couldn't forget her and called the magazine company where she worked many...

Following the 2011 tsunami, three women reunite in the family home only to rekindle tense, ruinous relationships.

Japanese pink film.

The minimalistically staged Strangers When We Meet displays similarities with Kobayashi's The Rebirth (2007) and provides a sensitive observation of...