Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

  • 2021
    Notes from the Labyrinth

    Notes from the Labyrinth

    Notes from the Labyrinth

    02021HD

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

    Notes from the Labyrinth
  • 1983
    Lover, Come Back to Me

    Lover, Come Back to Me

    Lover, Come Back to Me

    01983HD

    Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but finds Keiko, a bomb victim with a keloid scar on...

    Lover, Come Back to Me
  • 1998
    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    01998HD

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

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
  • 1958
    The Girl in the Picture

    The Girl in the Picture

    The Girl in the Picture

    5.61958HD

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

    The Girl in the Picture
  • 1990
    Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!

    Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!

    Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!

    01990HD

    This is a humorous depiction of the escapades between a young lady who is forced into a political marriage and a university student who falls in love...

    Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
  • 1966
    Emotion

    Emotion

    Emotion

    6.71966HD

    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...

    Emotion
  • 2007
    Song of Goodbye

    Song of Goodbye

    Song of Goodbye

    02007HD

    It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter...

    Song of Goodbye
  • 1988
    The Strange Pair

    The Strange Pair

    The Strange Pair

    11988HD

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

    The Strange Pair
  • 1968
    Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker

    Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker

    Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker

    01968HD

    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...

    Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
  • 2001
    Farewell

    Farewell

    Farewell

    02001HD

    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....

    Farewell
  • 2001
    Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message

    Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message

    Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message

    02001HD

    Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

    Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
  • 1957
    Dandanko

    Dandanko

    Dandanko

    6.61957HD

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

    Dandanko
  • 1952
    King Kong

    King Kong

    King Kong

    01952HD

    A puppet animation Obayashi made while he was a teenager.

    King Kong
  • 2010
    Constructing a House

    Constructing a House

    Constructing a House

    72010HD

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

    Constructing a House
  • 1994
    Kane nara kaesen!

    Kane nara kaesen!

    Kane nara kaesen!

    01994HD

    Kane nara kaesen!
  • 1963
    An Eater

    An Eater

    An Eater

    5.41963HD

    A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

    An Eater
  • 1962
    T-shi no gogo

    T-shi no gogo

    T-shi no gogo

    01962HD

    An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.

    T-shi no gogo
  • 2019
    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films

    02019HD

    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...

    Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
  • 1944
    Popeye's Treasure Island

    Popeye's Treasure Island

    Popeye's Treasure Island

    01944HD

    An animated short Obayashi made while still a child.

    Popeye's Treasure Island
  • 2001
    From the theme of Mahoroba

    From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"

    From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"

    02001HD

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

    From the theme of Mahoroba