Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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

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...

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

A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the...

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

Time travel film

A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage...

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical...

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

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...

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.

Tanaka Yoshio, an ordinary salaryman, is always eager to impress his girlfriend Reiko, but his wallet is always empty. His only lifeline is his...

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

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

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

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.

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

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