Hirotoshi Kobayashi

Películas

Dear Moon
Writer
This short film depicts the sense of closure of Japan due to COVID-19 through the episodes of three groups of people. A man picks up shards of glass night after night on a moonlit beach. A mysterious girl lies on the edge of the waves. A policeman at a police box along the beach. A young mother searches aimlessly for her missing daughter, and a man works with her. A young man in a rabbit suit who keeps distributing leaflets to find his missing girlfriend. What exactly is the "girl" that each of these people is searching for...?
Meg Lion
Screenplay
A special effects science fiction comedy starring Mami Hase.
Enoshima Clown
Screenplay
A MOVIE IN THE 8mm Film. By Akiyoshi Imazeki
Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman
Screenplay
When realty TV host Carlos Kurozaki breaks into a mysterious underground pyramid for a television event, he removes a special gem. . . and unwittingly releases a diabolical monster called Zaigorg! The evil creature wants Kurozaki's gem, so it spawns an army of giant kaijus to get it! It's up to the famous superheroes Ultraman X, Ultraman Tiga, and the one and only original Ultraman to stop the worldwide monster war!
Teacher and Stray Cat
Writer
Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only continues to drop by, but also seems to be visiting the altar Kyoichi has set up for his deceased wife. While uncomfortable with the cat and its visits, he nonetheless takes up a search when Mii goes missing. The endeavour connects him with the town's folk and reveals that he is not alone.
DANGER DOLLS
Screenplay
En un futuro alternativo donde se prohibieron las armas, empiezan a llegar invasores de un mundo paralelo, infiltrándose en altos cargos de la sociedad. Diez años después, la invasión la descubre un grupo de élite formado por cuatro asesinas conocidas como las Danger Dolls. Arisa (Rumi Hanai), Rei (Rina Takeda), Mari (Nana Seino) y Miki (Kayano)
Enoshima Prism
Writer
Shuta (Sota Fukushi), Saku (Shuhei Nomura) and Michiru (Tsubasa Honda) have been best friends since they were kids. Tragedy strikes the friends when during the winter of 2010, Saku dies from a heart attack. After Saku's death, Shuta and Michiru become more distant. On the third year anniversary of Saku's death, Shuta boards a train in the Enoshima subway. Somehow, Shuta travels back in time to 2010, before Saku died from a heart attack. Although Shuta is confused by the time change, he attempts to save Saku by changing the past.
Sacrifice Dilemma: Last Part
Writer
It’s graduation day. Junichi Shinohara shows up at school following a prolonged absence, to find a gigantic “pit” dug in the middle of the campus and all his classmates gathered in the classroom. Then, a strange message comes over the PA system. “In one hour, everyone will die. There is only one way to survive. You must offer a sacrifice.” At first, Shinohara, Rika Suzuki and others think it’s some sort of bad joke. But when the first victim is claimed, they realize it’s a terrifying reality....
Sacrifice Dilemma: Second Part
Screenplay
A high school graduating class is forced into a sadistic game threatening certain death to all unless they offer one of their own as sacrifice.
The Ultimate Dilemma
Screenplay
It's graduation day. Junichi Shinohara shows up at school following a prolonged absence, to find a gigantic "pit" dug in the middle of the campus and all his classmates gathered in the classroom. Then, a strange message comes over the PA system. "In one hour, everyone will die. There is only one way to survive. You must offer a sacrifice." At first, Shinohara, Rika Suzuki and others think it's some sort of bad joke. But when the first victim is claimed, they realize it's a terrifying reality...
Signal
Writer
University student Keisuke returns to his hometown during his summer holiday and takes a part-time job at a run-down movie theater. However, his boss Ruka, a projectionist who lives on the premises, has not set foot outside in three years, and always falls into a deep depression on Mondays. Keisuke feels himself becoming attracted to the mysterious Ruka, but...
Crossroads
Scenario Writer
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Wasao
Screenplay
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko, who runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains, decides to take in a large dog with a long, unruly fur that has shown up in town. She names the dog Wasao and showers it with affection, but Wasao at that time doesn't take to Setsuko.
Pure Heart
Screenplay
Through a coincidence Tozaki runs into Kurata, his first crush from high school. They begin a relationship, but Kurata's jealousy starts causing problems.
Railways
Scenario Writer
A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.
School Days with a Pig
Screenplay
A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.
Tamami: The Baby's Curse
Screenplay
A beautiful girl, Yōko, gets lost one night during an air raid and is taken in by an orphanage. Eventually, she is reunited with her own family and goes home to live with them. But there, an unexpected fate awaits her as she is subjected to horrific brutality from these people who are tortured by a past mistake.
Sweet Rain: Accuracy of Death
Writer
Chiba appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days then decide either to ‘execute’ or ‘pass over’. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki. She works for a manufacturing company in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It’s time for the Reaper to go to work.
Death Note: L cambia el mundo
Screenplay
En algún lugar de Tailandia, Un virus creado por manos humanas hace la gente de una pequeña villa muera a causa de una horrible enfermedad en la piel (de hecho, se les derrite la piel). El virus rápidamente se convierte en el arma que todos quieren obtener en el mercado negro… pero hay un problema, el virus muta y el antídoto ya no funciona. La villa es destruida pero un pequeño niño escapa… Esta contagiado y logra huir a Tokio de una banda de Eco-Terroristas que quieren salvar al mundo usando el virus para acabar con la humanidad. En Tokio, L se promete a si mismo usar los días que le quedan de vida para proteger a este niño.
Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge
Screenplay
One day, apathetic high school student Yosuke meets a beautiful girl named Eri. Eri does battle every night with an indestructible, chainsaw-wielding maniac, “Chainsaw Man”. As Yosuke and Eri bond, he eventually joins the fight. Features CG effects by the talents behind the “Death Note” series. Based on the best-selling novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto.
Investigator of the Public Security Police
Writer
Ken Kariba, who was transferred to the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, was investigating allegations of kidnapping of Japanese groups in Europe amid a series of explosions in various parts of Japan and the spread of fear of terrorist attacks with bombs. It eventually led to a series of terrorist attacks and, gradually, to a great conspiracy.
Prisoner No. 07: Reina
Screenplay
Hanako Nanjo stars in this sexy, violent film from director Kosuke Suzuki (Stop the Bitch Campaign). She commits a crime to help her sister in prison, only to discover that that politicians and prominent business men are using the prison for their own desires! Now she's desperately looking for a way out, can she do it?
Black Jack: Los Dos Doctores de la Oscuridad
Screenplay
La mega corporación "Grupo Daedalus" está bajo los ataques un de pequeño grupo de activistas conocidos como Los Fantasmas de Icarus. Mientras están cuidando de algunos de las víctimas del bombardeo, Black Jack se encuentra con el doctor Kiriko, también conocido como La Encarnación del Mal, quien, al igual que él, le pide a sus pacientes grandes sumas de dinero, pero en lugar de salvarles, les ofrece una muerte sin dolor. Cuando el grupo activista solicita la colaboración de ambos doctores, Black Jack se encuentra atrapado en una espiral de vida, muerte y traición, mientras intenta salva la vida de sus pacientes, y evitando una guerra biológica que podría destruir la humanidad.
River of First Love
Screenplay
Niño de 8 años, Shimpei, amante de la pesca y la pintura, vive con su bella madre, rodeado de naturaleza. Su madre, Satsuki, tiene una constitución débil y perdió a su esposo hace años. Cuida a su hijo con amor, pero a veces estrictamente, sola. El amor de infancia de Shimpei, Sayuri, es sordo, pero de alguna manera pueden entenderse y siempre pasan tiempo juntos.
La tienda maldita
Writer
Nao ha conseguido un trabajo a media jornada en una tienda. Parece una tienda cualquiera, pero hay algo anormal en ella. Los propietarios son una pareja muy extraña en la que la mujer parece sufrir algún tipo de demencia, y se pasa el día observando las cámaras de seguridad. Nao y su compañero de trabajo Ryoko observan asustados cómo cada vez pasan cosas más raras a su alrededor; los pájaros se vuelven locos, las personas parecen poseídas... y se dan cuenta que si quieren salvar la piel tendrán que hacer alguna cosa. (FILMAFFINITY)
Eko Eko Azarak: Awakening
Screenplay
The fourth movie in the highly sucessful Eko Eko Azarak series. Following the events of the second movie, Misa discovers, along with the rest of Japan, the strength of her newly acquired powers when she and her friends are attacked in the woods…
Two People Talking
Writer
A fictionalised version of the Osaka-born female manzai duo Tonight, whose personal conflicts clash with their stand up routine.
Red Crow and the Ghost Ship
Writer
A fantastic adventure of a brother and sister flying a ghost ship, guided by a red crow, in search for an old captain. The ghost ship was designed by Hayao Miyazaki and the red crow was done by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
Green Requiem
Writer