Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

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

A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

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

A puppet animation Obayashi made while he was a teenager.

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

An animated film Obayashi made while still a child.

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

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

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.

An animated short Obayashi made while still a child.

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.

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

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

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

An Obayashi film made with Takabayashi Yoichi.

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

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