Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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...

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

An animated short Obayashi made while still a child.

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

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

An animated film Obayashi made while still a child.

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

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.

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.

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 a collection of photos by Shinoyama Kishin of the Rio Carnival.

An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

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

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

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...

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

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