Kaoru Kobayashi — Actor (65)
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Midnight Diner (2009) [TV] TMDB
深夜食堂
8.6 (5 ratings) actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Yutaka Matsushige …
other title: 深夜食堂
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
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The Boy and the Heron (2023) [Movie] ReviewDB IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB
君たちはどう生きるか
7.4 (85 ratings) director: Hayao Miyazaki actor: Soma Santoki / Masaki Suda …
other title: How Do You Live? / O Menino e a Garça …
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb Bangumi
花束みたいな恋をした
8.4 (30 ratings) director: Nobuhiro Doi actor: Masaki Suda / Kasumi Arimura …
other title: 花束みたいな恋をした
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
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The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024) [Movie] Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
陰陽師0
director: Shimako Sato actor: Kento Yamazaki / Shota Sometani …
other title: 陰陽師0
During the Heian period, Abe no Seimei trains in magic but lacks interest, until a collaboration with Minamoto no Hiromasa arises to solve a strange phenomenon.
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Hibana: Spark (2016) [TV] TMDB IMDb NeoDB
火花
8.8 (5 ratings) director: Ryuichi Hiroki / Shuichi Okita … actor: Kento Hayashi / Kazuki Namioka …
other title: Hibana - Spark / 火花
Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visits a fireworks event in Atami on a job. Tokunaga is deeply touched by Kamiya and asks if he can become his apprentice. Kamiya is a genius type of comedian who is full of human kindness. He accepts Tokunaga’s proposition on the condition that he will write his biography.
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
director: Jōji Matsuoka actor: Joe Odagiri / Kirin Kiki …
other title: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad / 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
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 and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
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Trapped Balloon (2023) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
とべない風船
director: Hiroyuki Miyagawa actor: Toko Miura / Kaoru Kobayashi …
other title: とべない風船
本片以濑户内海的岛屿为舞台，讲述因暴雨失去家人从而封锁内心的男性与曾为教师对人生感到迷茫的女性之间的故事。
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The Great White Tower (2019) [TV] NeoDB Douban TMDB
白い巨塔 Season 1 part of TV Series: The Great White Tower
director: 鹤桥康夫 / 常广丈太 actor: 冈田准一 / 松山研一 …
朝日电视台宣布再度翻拍山崎丰子名作<白色巨塔>，冈田准一主演，扮演财前五郎。
2019年播出，连续5夜长篇SP，鹤桥康夫导演，开局60周年纪念大作，具体播出时间，其他演员阵容日后发表。
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The Great White Tower (2019) [TV] TMDB
白い巨塔
actor: Junichi Okada / Kenichi Matsuyama …
other title: 白い巨塔
具有野心的天才外科医生财前五郎，为往上爬而不择手段把救人摆第二，站在对立面的是一位为了理念不顾一切的内科医生里见修二，故事藉由两位主要角色的价值观与生命态度的对照，描绘出医院内部的实态与斗争。
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Fixer (2023) [TV] NeoDB Douban
フィクサー Season1 Season 1
director: 西浦正记 actor: 唐泽寿明 / 町田启太 …
政界、财界、司法界等任何一个世界的事物都有正反两面。正如剧名所示，本剧将以幕后操纵社会的“Fixer”为主人公，描写了聚集在他身边的黑暗、金钱和拥有权力的人们。由知名编剧井上由美子担任脚本，这也是两人继电视剧『白色巨塔』『日本制造』『骚扰游戏』的第4次搭档。剧中，唐泽饰演的主人公·设乐拳一，实际上是个充满谜团的人物。虽然没有人知道他至今为止过着怎样的人生，但他处理了政治财界的纠纷和企业间的纠纷回避，包括警察和法律无法解决的事情，故事以拳一服刑结束后开始…
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Woman (2013) [TV] TMDB Douban NeoDB
Woman Season 1 part of TV Series: Woman
director: 水田伸生 actor: 满岛光 / 田中裕子 …
一曲德沃夏克《自新大陆》的经典旋律，将热爱登山的青柳信（小栗旬 饰）和略显拘谨的小春（满岛光 饰）两个青年男女的命运紧紧连接在一起。婚后他们先后育有望海（铃木梨央 饰）和陆（高桥来 饰）两个可爱儿女。可就在一场意外过后，信撒手人寰。悲伤的小春同时打着几份工，辛苦操劳，不得闲暇，艰难拉扯儿女长大。残酷的命运迫使她不得不面对早年抛弃她和父亲另外成家并与自己误会颇深的母亲植杉纱千（田中裕子 饰），而她与植杉家的纠葛还远远不是那么简单。丈夫生前的可疑死因和为了生计的过度操劳让她的身心承受巨大的负担，医院的诊断书似乎又昭示另一段噩梦旅程的开始。
饱经风霜的单身母亲，只因“母亲”二字沉甸甸的分量，咬紧牙关艰难前行……
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Woman (2013) [TV] TMDB
Woman
actor: Hikari Mitsushima / Yûko Tanaka …
other title: Mujer, Todo por mis hijos
After the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu struggles to care for her two children.
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Midnight Diner 2 (2016) [Movie] Douban
続・深夜食堂
director: 松冈锭司 actor: 小林薰 / 河井青叶 …
other title: 深夜食堂2 / 続・深夜食堂 …
小小的深夜食堂，迎来送往这个喧嚣都市内奔波疲惫的人们。他们漫无目的，或者迷失方向，却往往不经意间在这个蕞尔角落找到前行的希望。每当在工作中遇到烦心事，赤冢范子（河井青叶 饰）便穿着丧服在大街上游荡。偶然机缘，她在葬礼上结识了一名男子（佐藤浩市 饰），干涸的心田便为爱情所滋润。经营荞麦面生意的高木圣子（木村绿 饰）与儿子清太（池松壮亮 饰）相依为命，清太和年龄长于自己的木村纱织（小岛圣 饰）相恋，而一直与圣子好姐妹相称的圣子却全不知情。年逾古稀的老太太夕起子（渡边美佐子 饰）被诈骗电话骗到了东京，食堂的热心人们担心她的钱被人骗走，老奶奶则不以为意。这趟前来，她仿佛有个未了的心愿。
本片根据同名漫画改编，为同名深夜剧的第二部电影版。
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The Emperor's Cook (2015) [TV] Douban TMDB
天皇の料理番 Season 1 part of TV Series: The Emperor's Cook
director: 平川雄一朗 actor: 佐藤健 / 黑木华 …
故事发生在20世纪初，出生于福井秋山家的次男笃藏（佐藤健 饰）并不像哥哥（铃木亮平 饰）那样成为令人羡慕的律师，他鬼点子多多，却干什么都没有长性，令父亲周藏（杉本哲太 饰）。好不容易给他说了一个上门女婿的亲事，起初还任劳任怨并且和妻子俊子（黑木华 饰）情投意合的笃藏，终于不满平凡无聊的生活，转而跟随军队的田边军曹（伊藤英明 饰）学起了料理，更不惜和岳父决裂跑到东京学习料理。在此期间，宇佐美（小林薰 饰）、五百木（加藤雅也 饰）等人的出现推动着笃藏命运的改变。他专心修炼料理技术，朝着光辉的未来前进……
本片根据杉森久英依据宫内省大膳职料理长秋山德藏的故事撰写的小说改编。
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The Great Passage (2013) [Movie] Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
舟を編む
7.4 (5 ratings) director: Yuya Ishii actor: Ryuhei Matsuda / Aoi Miyazaki …
other title: 舟を編む / Fune wo Amu …
Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.
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Quill (2004) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB
クイール
director: 崔洋一 actor: 小林薰 / 椎名桔平 …
other title: 导盲犬小Q / クイール …
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 rely on his new partner.