Kaoru Kobayashi — Actor (53)
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Botchan (2016) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
坊っちゃん
director: Masayuki Suzuki actor: Kazunari Ninomiya / Nao Matsushita …
other title: 坊っちゃん
Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.
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Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai (2024) [TV] TMDB
Shrink―精神科医ヨワイ―
actor: Tomoya Nakamura / Tao Tsuchiya …
other title: Shrink―精神科医ヨワイ―
Dr. Ko Yowai is a happy-go-lucky but an absolutely brilliant psychiatrist. Yuri Amamiya is his slightly outspoken assistant nurse with a heart of gold. Together, they're waiting for the day when everyone feels comfortable visiting a psychiatrist. This is Shrink, the emotional drama series for those navigating the effects of mental health issues.
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Tales from Earthsea (2006) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
ゲド戦記
director: Goro Miyazaki actor: Junichi Okada / Aoi Teshima …
other title: I racconti di Terramare / Legenden om Jordhavet …
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 shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
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Sorekara (1985) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban
それから
director: 森田芳光 actor: 松田优作 / 藤谷美和子 …
other title: 后来的事 / 从那以后 …
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family is wealthy and can support his interests. When his friend Hiraoka returns with his wife Michiyo, problems arise.
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The Last U-Boat (1993) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Das letzte U-Boot
director: Frank Beyer actor: Ulrich Mühe / Ulrich Tukur …
other title: Das letzte U-Boot / Das Boot 2. La última misión …
Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.
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Like Asura (2003) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
阿修羅のごとく
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Shinobu Otake / Hitomi Kuroki …
other title: 阿修羅のごとく
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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Hear the Wind Sing (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
風の歌を聴け
director: Kazuki Ōmori actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Kimie Shingyoji …
other title: 風の歌を聴け
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 twin girl.
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Vacation (2008) [Movie] TMDB
休暇
director: Hajime Kadoi actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Nene Otsuka …
other title: 休暇
The prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked up are forced to spend their daily lives constantly facing death.
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Sketches of Kaitan City (2010) [Movie] TMDB Douban
海炭市叙景
director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri actor: Mitsuki Tanimura / Pistol Takehara …
other title: 海炭市叙景 / Kaitanshi jokei
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 see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his family's gas business, but things aren't going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.
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Midnight Diner (2014) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
深夜食堂
director: Jōji Matsuoka actor: Kaoru Kobayashi / Saki Takaoka …
other title: 深夜食堂 / Wakasama Zamurai Torimonocho Shinya no Shibijin
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
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Death (1984) [Movie] NeoDB
お葬式
director: Jūzō Itami actor: Tsutomu Yamazaki / 宫本信子 …
other title: 葬礼 / お葬式 …
雨宫家老父亲（奥村公延 饰）因病去世，正在外地拍广告的女儿千鹤子（宫本信子 饰）和女婿井上佗助（山崎努 饰）带着两个儿子连忙赶回老家奔丧。虽然有葬礼负责人海老原（江户家猫八 饰）的帮助，但佗助夫妇仍需临时抱佛脚，学习葬礼礼仪。三天的葬礼，品味生死百态，万般不舍与依恋，俱化作火葬场上空的一缕轻烟……
本片荣获1984年日本学院奖最优秀作品、最佳导演、最佳男主角、最佳剧本和最佳女配角多项大奖，及1985年蓝丝带最佳导演和最佳男主角奖。
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Miracles (2018) [TV] TMDB
僕らは奇跡でできている
actor: Kana Kita / Jun Kaname …
other title: 僕らは奇跡でできている / Milagros
A comical and heartwarming drama about a university lecturer on animal behavior who just loves all living creatures. Once he starts thinking about them, he becomes too absorbed to care about anything else! People think he is quite odd and eccentric! But gradually his attitude, free from restrictions of rigid common sense and social norms, changes the way of thinking of those around him. They can recall a time when they, too, were engrossed in something they loved.
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Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
劇場版 Dr.コトー診療所
director: 中江功 actor: 吉冈秀隆 / 柴崎幸 …
other title: 五岛医生诊疗所 / 劇場版 Dr.コトー診療所
山田貴敏による同名マンガをもとにした「Dr.コトー診療所」は、僻地にある離島を舞台に、東京から赴任してきた外科医“Dr.コトー”こと五島健助と、島の人々の関わり合いを通して命の尊さを描く医療ドラマ。16年ぶりの続編となる本作では、変わらず島の人々と寄り添いながら生きる五島の新たな物語がつづられる。
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Secret (1999) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
director: 泷田洋二郎 actor: 广末凉子 / 小林薰 …
other title: 秘密 / Himitsu
寒假里，直子（岸本加世子饰）和女儿藻奈美（広末涼子饰）去外地探望外公途中，长途客运车发生意外坠入山崖，直子不幸死去，藻奈美奇迹般地得救。醒来的藻奈美对着父亲（小林薰饰）却直呼其名，说自己是直子。
自藻奈美的口中准确说出第一次约会的时间地点，甚至是2人做爱时的情景，平介不得不相信这真的是灵魂附体，可是接下来的生活该怎么过？面对“妻子-女儿”的双重身份，平介感到无所适从：一方面，两人再也无法过正常的夫妻生活，另一方面，直子似乎很乐意通过女儿的身份来体验校园生活，甚至包括恋爱。这让平介非常地不安。两人的相处渐渐成为一种折磨。
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The Youth of Etsuko Kamiya (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
紙屋悦子の青春
director: 黑木和雄 actor: 原田知世 / 永濑正敏 …
other title: 纸屋悦子的青春 / 紙屋悦子の青春 …
1945年，悦子（原田知世 饰）与兄嫂生活在鹿儿岛，她在东京空袭中失去了父母。悦子一直暗恋哥哥的学弟明石（松冈俊介 饰），明石是海军航空队的少尉，虽然明石也喜欢悦子，但两人的关系始终没有进一步发展。哥哥要求悦子去相亲，对方石明石的好友——同是少尉的永与（永濑正敏 饰）。悦子面对明石这样的安排很是难过，但永与对她是一见钟情。但悦子喜欢的仍是明石，对于永与是再普通不过的友情。
数天后悦子知道了明石将要出征的消息，明石早已参加了特攻队，他明白这次出征将是生死之战，他要将悦子的幸福托交给永与……
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Quill (2004) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
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.
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The Great Passage (2013) [Movie] Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
舟を編む
7.2 (6 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.