Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko of a collection of photos by Shinoyama Kishin of the Rio Carnival.

A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.

A promotional movie that was shown to Kirin Brewery factory visitors at the time. Japanese history and family memories intertwine with a musical...

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko made while making a commercial for Hitachi.

After meeting as college students in the cinema town of Seijo, husband and wife Nobuhiko and Kyoko Obayashi have gone on to direct and produce...

Nobuhiko Obayashi's 2001 work "From the theme of Mahoroba". Obayashi filmed the works of Genjiro Ohno, a photographer who has been photographing the...

This is a humorous depiction of the escapades between a young lady who is forced into a political marriage and a university student who falls in love...

A comprehensive document of the six-month production of "Casting Blossoms to the Sky," mixing truth and fiction.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko of people gathering by a beautiful lake in Canada.

It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter...

This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.

Pocky, an upbeat high-schooler, is told she will die in three days by a psychic whose predictions always come true. Along the way, she talks about...

Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters...

Director Nobuhiko Obayashi is often dubbed "the cinematic magician." 2 and a half years ago, he was diagnosed with cancer with 3 months to live. But...

Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House.

An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.

A non-narrative tribute to the seaside town of Onomichi, where Obayashi grew up and where most of these films were made.

Film director Nobuhiko Obayashi went to Russia in 1992 and visited, with his crew, five families from five different cities and asked one member of...