The Best Nenji Kobayashi Movies, Ranked
69 credits from 1965 to 2021, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Love and Honor (2006) with $33.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Nenji Kobayashi Box Office Hits
Nenji Kobayashi's films have made $100M worldwide in total. Love and Honor (2006) is the biggest hit at $33.8M, ahead of About Her Brother (2010) ($20M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Love and Honor 2006 · Drama $33.8M $60.9K dom. - 2
About Her Brother 2010 · Drama $20M - 3
Tokyo Family 2013 · Drama $17.4M - 4
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son 2015 · Drama $14.5M - 5
Tsubaki Sanjuro 2007 · Action $9.71M - 6
It’s a Flickering Life 2021 · Drama $2.6M - 7
It All Began When I Met You 2013 · Romance $2.1M - 8
The Firefly 2001 · Drama $17.3K
The Best Nenji Kobayashi Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Nenji Kobayashi has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 28 films, and Love and Honor (2006) is the pick of them.
The Best Nenji Kobayashi Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Nenji Kobayashi's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Nenji Kobayashi Movies
The most recent films Nenji Kobayashi is credited on, newest first — starting with It’s a Flickering Life (2021). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- It’s a Flickering Life 2021 · Drama
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Tora-san, Wish You Were Here 2019 · Comedy -
IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE 2018 · Hiroshi Torimori - Nagasaki: Memories of My Son 2015 · Drama
- It All Began When I Met You 2013 · Taizou
- Tokyo Family 2013 · Numata
- About Her Brother 2010 · Shohei Tanno
- Tsubaki Sanjuro 2007 · Kurofuji
- Love and Honor 2006 · Sakunosuke Higuchi
- The Firefly 2001 · Drama
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A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen 2000 · Hideo -
Railroad Man 1999 · Senji Sugiura
The Best Nenji Kobayashi Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Nenji Kobayashi films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Nenji Kobayashi movie?
Love and Honor (2006) made the most at the box office, with $33.8M worldwide, followed by About Her Brother (2010) with $20M. Together, Nenji Kobayashi's films with box office figures have made $100M.
What is the best Nenji Kobayashi drama movie?
Love and Honor (2006) is the best-rated of Nenji Kobayashi's drama films. In other genres: Tsubaki Sanjuro (action) and It All Began When I Met You (romance).
What is the newest Nenji Kobayashi movie?
The newest film on Nenji Kobayashi's filmography is It’s a Flickering Life (2021).
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