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...

Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters...

Time travel film

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

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

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

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

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

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

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

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

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

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

A non-narrative tribute to the seaside town of Onomichi, where Obayashi grew up and where most of these films were made.

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

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

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.

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...