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...

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

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

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

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...

An animated short Obayashi made while still a child.

An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside.

A short visualization of a poem by Fukunaga Takehiko.

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.

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...

An animated film Obayashi made while still a child.

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

A puppet animation Obayashi made while he was a teenager.