Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

April 6, 1932 · 94 years old

Known For

14 titles
1
Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes

1954 · 2h 36m · Movie

Schoolteacher Hisako Oishi forms an emotional bond with her pupils and teaches them various virtues, while at the same time worrying about their future.

8.0
2
Carmen Comes Home

Carmen Comes Home

1951 · 1h 26m · Movie

A girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she's a stripper.

6.5
3
The Thick-Walled Room

The Thick-Walled Room

1956 · 1h 50m · Movie

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

7.1
4
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1955 · 1h 40m · Movie

An old man, being rowed along a river, sees a field of daisies and thinks back to when he was fifteen. He recalls his time with, and away from, the girl cousin he grew up with and would have married, except the family and other pr...

7.5
5
Beautiful Days

Beautiful Days

1955 · 2h 0m · Movie

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.

6.9
6
Boyhood

Boyhood

1951 · 1h 51m · Movie

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

6.8
7
The Tattered Wings

The Tattered Wings

1955 · 1h 39m · Movie

A widow life is left in turmoil when her childhood lover returns to town, left between the decision whether to go with him and start a new life in tokyo or settle down with her kindly brother-in-law, amidst a growing scandal that ...

6.7
8
Danger Stalks Near

Danger Stalks Near

1957 · 1h 19m · Movie

Three criminals planning to rob a house are continually delayed by the families antics.

6.3
9
Thus Another Day

Thus Another Day

1959 · 1h 14m · Movie

A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home while an unpaid mortgage forces the couple to rent out their home for the summer to the husband's boss.

6.7
10
Zen-ma

Zen-ma

1951 · 1h 48m · Movie

Two journalists and their lovers share an uncertain future.

6.5
11
Umi no hanabi

Umi no hanabi

1951 · 2h 2m · Movie

The Kamiya family struggles to keep the town fishing association from going bankrupt as they deal with a dishonest captain and his degenerate crew.

6.0
12
What Is Your Name?

What Is Your Name?

1953 · 2h 7m · Movie

Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe.

6.8