Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

  • 1977
    House

    House

    House

    7.31977HD

    Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She...

    House
  • 1982
    The Unspoiled Diamond

    The Unspoiled Diamond

    The Unspoiled Diamond

    31982HD

    A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.

    The Unspoiled Diamond
  • 1998
    Sada

    Sada

    Sada

    6.81998HD

    The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.

    Sada
  • 1984
    Kenya Boy

    Kenya Boy

    Kenya Boy

    5.41984HD

    An 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941. Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy joins up with a...

    Kenya Boy
  • 1985
    Miss Lonely

    Miss Lonely

    Miss Lonely

    6.91985HD

    Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche,...

    Miss Lonely
  • 1983
    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    6.41983HD

    Yoshiyama Kazuko is a third-year junior high school student. One day while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has...

    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
  • 2012
    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    6.62012HD

    In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the...

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky
  • 1993
    Samurai Kids

    Samurai Kids

    Samurai Kids

    61993HD

    A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.

    Samurai Kids
  • 1977
    The Visitor in the Eye

    The Visitor in the Eye

    The Visitor in the Eye

    61977HD

    Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital...

    The Visitor in the Eye
  • 2007
    Switching – Goodbye Me

    Switching – Goodbye Me

    Switching – Goodbye Me

    6.52007HD

    After his parent's divorce, Kazuo Saito moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is...

    Switching – Goodbye Me
  • 2014
    Seven Weeks

    Seven Weeks

    Seven Weeks

    8.62014HD

    Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named Nobuko suddenly shows up. Her appearance...

    Seven Weeks
  • 1985
    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    6.21985HD

    Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and...

    Four Sisters
  • 1990
    Making of 'Dreams'

    Making of 'Dreams'

    Making of 'Dreams'

    81990HD

    This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and...

    Making of 'Dreams'
  • 1982
    Cute Devil

    Cute Devil

    Cute Devil

    6.61982HD

    While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and...

    Cute Devil
  • 1979
    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    5.71979HD

    Obayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known...

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
  • 1992
    The Rocking Horsemen

    The Rocking Horsemen

    The Rocking Horsemen

    6.81992HD

    It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he...

    The Rocking Horsemen
  • 2017
    Hanagatami

    Hanagatami

    Hanagatami

    7.22017HD

    Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the...

    Hanagatami
  • 1986
    His Motorbike, Her Island

    His Motorbike, Her Island

    His Motorbike, Her Island

    7.61986HD

    After a series of chance meetings a shiftless motorbike enthusiast Ko begins a romance with a carefree girl Miyo, after teaching her to ride. When...

    His Motorbike, Her Island
  • 1966
    Emotion

    Emotion

    Emotion

    6.71966HD

    Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters...

    Emotion
  • 1998
    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    01998HD

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

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel