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 each family to record their daily life in their homes on video. Using old lullabies as background, the documentary reveals the intimacy, joys, fears...

It is the 1950’s, and the protagonist, identified only as ‘I,’ has come from Tokyo to study, burdened by the high expectations of his poor family in northeastern Japan. He meets a young woman named Shino who works in a small restaurant in the Komagome area of Tokyo. They fall in love, and he...

A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses.

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

A woman and boy visit an ominous graveyard.

An animated short Obayashi made while still a child.

Special message from director Nobuhiko Obayashi.

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

A program of five films on love and sex from the Japanese underground of the experimental cinema, assembled by avant-garde cineaste Takahiko Iimura, and shown at the American Cinematheque from January 19 to 25, 1967.

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 from Northern Europe tells the story of the filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi and his friends who the young designer encounters in Japan.

Making of Nobuhiko Obayashi's TV Program in 1980 called 「いい旅チャレンジ20,000km清水港線・旅の表情』

A puppet animation Obayashi made while he was a teenager.

An animated film Obayashi made while still a child.

Notes from the Labyrinth, a 60-minute documentary featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Ôbayashi and the cast during the making of the film LABYRINTH OF CINEMA.