Masahiro Kobayashi Movies

Chokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. His daughter and the men in her life go against his wishes...

An aimless and lonely call girl becomes involved with a detective who is looking for a underage runaway.

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

Pink film directed by Toshiya Ueno.

The story follows Muhan, the female assassin introduced in 1985's Dream Crimes, who was originally based on Takashi Ishii's manga character (unlike...

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

A widower who’s daughter has been murdered at high school meets the mother of the murderer by coincidence after moving to a small town in...

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...

The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the...

A couple who have lived under the same roof for years without speaking a word, as if practicing a silent meditation. Marina, who came to Sawai Island...

Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.

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

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...

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...

Straight-to-video film directed by Shinya Yamamoto.

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