Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

An unreliable narrator recounts the love story of a loan shark, his wife, and their recently released from jail childhood friend.

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

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

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...

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

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...

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 of people gathering by a beautiful lake in Canada.

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

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

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

A MAKING OF 天国にいちばん近い島/ The Island Closest to Heaven, narrated by Harada Tomoyo.

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

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 short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

Travelling to his hometown, a stressed, middle-aged businessman dials an old classmate from a public phone, and reconnects with lost fragments of his...

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

A girl, Kalina, who lives in Belarus spends summer vacation at grandma's house in rural area. They village is very close to the area prohibited to...

An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.