Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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

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

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

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

After noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there a decade ago as a university student.

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

A detective film by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi. Made for TV.

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

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

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

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 short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

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

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

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...

An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.

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...