Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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...

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

Notes from the Labyrinth, a 60-minute documentary featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Ôbayashi and the cast...

Comedy-suspense thriller about a girl, who investigates her sister's mysterious death.

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

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

Making of Nobuhiko Obayashi's TV Program in 1980 called...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

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...

Tanaka Yoshio, an ordinary salaryman, is always eager to impress his girlfriend Reiko, but his wallet is always empty. His only lifeline is his...

A puppet animation Obayashi made while he was a teenager.

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

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