Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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

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...

A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing...

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

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 meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

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

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...

Nobuhiko Obayashi's short experimental film shows off persistence in film editing in the early 60s.

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

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

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

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.

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

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

Yuichi Kosaka is a salaried businessman in Ueda city. His achievements have not been improved recently, and he is betrayed by the manager of takada....

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

A promotional movie that was shown to Kirin Brewery factory visitors at the time. This is a valuable piece of musical style that introduces the...