Kaori Kobayashi
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 23, 1958
Known For
Dangan Runner
A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.
The Rocking Horsemen
It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
Dogra Magra
A young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum with no memory, left in the hands of two mysterious doctors who relate his condition with his biological identity.
Switching – Goodbye Me
After his parent's divorce, Kazuo Saito moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is surprised to reunite with his childhood friend Kazumi.
Typhoon Club
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period before, during, and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which six of the students endure while marooned in their school.
Turning Point
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
It's Easier Than Kissing
After the death of her mother a young woman wants to meet her real father
Natsu no pēji
Three young country boys are beginning to drift apart as friends. In the summer, they set off to have an adventure in the mountains.
Arashi Tatsunari
Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love. Ayako, played by Yukiyo Toake, is an international conference coordinator. Torn between her childhood sweetheart (played by Kenji Sawada) and her English professor (played by Noboru Nakaya), Ayako will seek answers to love, marriage, and choice.
Filmography
as Traveling entertainer
as Atsuko Nagao
as Teacher Momoko
as Masako
as Miho
as Mom
as Chiseko Kure
as Junko Yagisawa
as Miyo Shinjo