Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

Obayashi 8mm short about a man who reminisces about a girl in his past (played by Obayashi's soon-to-be wife Kyoko)

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

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

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

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

Dives deep into the tragicomic world of the"towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas,...

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

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

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...

Yuichi Kosaka is a salaried businessman in Ueda city. His achievements have not been improved recently, and he is betrayed by the manager of takada....

The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.

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 a collection of photos by Shinoyama Kishin of the Rio Carnival.

This is a work of Nobuhiko Obayashi when he was around 30 years old. This semi-documentary from the perspective of a young designer visiting Japan...

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 detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

It is the 1950’s, and the protagonist, identified only as ‘I,’ has come from Tokyo to study, burdened by the high expectations of...