Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

A promotional movie that was shown to Kirin Brewery factory visitors at the time. Japanese history and family memories intertwine with a musical...

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

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

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko.

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.

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

A puppet animation Obayashi made while he was a teenager.

An animated short Obayashi made while still a child.

A short film by Obayashi Nobuhiko of a collection of photos by Shinoyama Kishin of the Rio Carnival.

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

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

An animated film Obayashi made while still a child.

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

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...