Keiju Kobayashi Movies

1958 Japanese movie

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

The dramatized tale of the 1935 creation of Japan's first superhero, the "Golden Bat", alongside the changes during and after the Second World War,...

The fifth entry in the Company President Series

World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management,...

A beer salesman with a passion for fishmongering stumbles through mishaps, rivalries, and gangster trouble while chasing a big contract, winning the...

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an...

Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the...

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a...

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "The Hidden Fortress" (1958).

1962 Japanese movie

Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.

Iwato Construction secures a major project in Hokkaido and promotes a key employee, but chaos follows—personal conflicts, missed deals, and a...

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...