Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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

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

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...

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical...

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...

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

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

A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the...

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...

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

An animated film Obayashi made while still a child.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

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

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

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

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

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.