Where to watch Kōbō Abe in the UK
Find every Kōbō Abe film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Kōbō Abe, pseudonym of Kimifusa Abe (March 7, 1924 – January 22, 1993) was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities. Among the honors bestowed on him were the Akutagawa Prize in 1951 for The Crime of S. Karuma, the Yomiuri Prize in 1962 for Woman in the Dunes, and the Tanizaki Prize in 1967 for the play Friends. Kenzaburō Ōe stated that Abe deserved the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he himself …
Kōbō Abe films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Kōbō Abe, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- Woman in the Dunes (1964) Novel
- The Face of Another (1966) Screenplay
- The Box Man (2024) Novel
- Pitfall (1962) Story
- The Man Without a Map (1968) Novel
- The Thick-Walled Room (1956) Screenplay
- Shinrei Shokudō 2 (2021) Original Story
- Friends (1987) Original Story
- A Billionaire (1954) Writer
- The Cliff of Time (1971) Writer
- A Poet's Life (1974) Original Story
- Intruders (1963) Screenplay
- Ako (1964) Original Story
- 240 Hours in One Day (1970) Screenplay
- The Little Elephant is Dead / An Elephant Calf Is Dead (1980) Director
- The Box Man (2002) Original Story
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Most-watched Kōbō Abe films currently: Woman in the Dunes (1964), The Face of Another (1966), The Box Man (2024), Pitfall (1962), The Man Without a Map (1968).
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