Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

  • 1988
    The Strange Pair

    The Strange Pair

    The Strange Pair

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    Based on the comic book by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu.

    The Strange Pair
  • 1982
    Zokubutsu zukan

    Zokubutsu zukan

    Zokubutsu zukan

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    Zokubutsu zukan
  • 1998
    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

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

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
  • 1963
    An Eater

    An Eater

    An Eater

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    A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

    An Eater
  • 1988
    My Heart Belongs to Daddy

    My Heart Belongs to Daddy

    My Heart Belongs to Daddy

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    A young woman moves in with her estranged father after her mother passes away.

    My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  • 1981
    MOMENT

    MOMENT

    MOMENT

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    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...

    MOMENT
  • 1998
    I Want to Hear the Wind's Song

    I Want to Hear the Wind's Song

    I Want to Hear the Wind's Song

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    A heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew each other, got married and began participating in...

    I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
  • 1979
    Temptation of Angel

    Temptation of Angel

    Temptation of Angel

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    A story of the everyday life of a couple living together, ordinary but full of warmth and love. Starring Miura and Yamaguchi's first movie since...

    Temptation of Angel
  • 1978
    Take Me Away!

    Take Me Away!

    Take Me Away!

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    Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in...

    Take Me Away!
  • 1999
    The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

    The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

    The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

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    Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

    The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
  • 1967
    Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema

    Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema

    Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema

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    A program of five films on love and sex from the Japanese underground of the experimental cinema, assembled by avant-garde cineaste Takahiko Iimura,...

    Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
  • 1990
    Why She Won't Marry

    Why She Won't Marry

    Why She Won't Marry

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    Why She Won't Marry
  • 1958
    The Girl in the Picture

    The Girl in the Picture

    The Girl in the Picture

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

    The Girl in the Picture
  • 1966
    Emotion

    Emotion

    Emotion

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    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...

    Emotion
  • 2019
    Extro

    Extro

    Extro

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

    Extro
  • 1995
    Goodbye for Tomorrow

    Goodbye for Tomorrow

    Goodbye for Tomorrow

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    People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to...

    Goodbye for Tomorrow
  • 1997
    Time Leap

    Time Leap

    Time Leap

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    Time travel film

    Time Leap
  • 1983
    Lover, Come Back to Me

    Lover, Come Back to Me

    Lover, Come Back to Me

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    Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but finds Keiko, a bomb victim with a keloid scar on...

    Lover, Come Back to Me
  • 1983
    Legend of the Cat Monster

    Legend of the Cat Monster

    Legend of the Cat Monster

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    A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

    Legend of the Cat Monster
  • 2019
    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

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    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...

    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films