Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.

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...

This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and...

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...

A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

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

An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.

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

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...

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

A filmmaker recalls his youth in the town of Onomichi. In the present, he shoots a film in Onomichi alongside his cast, crew and family.

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

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

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

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

A young couple go on a picnic in the forest, where the woman reveals that she is pregnant.

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

A short scene of a mother and her little son playing ball games on a set of steps together.