The best Nobuhiko Ōbayashi’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Nobuhiko Ōbayashi’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Nobuhiko Ōbayashi.
The Unspoiled Diamond
5.7/10
A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.
Labyrinth of Cinema
6.7/10
The story centers on a group of young people who travel back in time when they are in a movie theater just before closing time. They witness deaths during the closing days of Japan’s feudal times and on the battlefront in China before they are sent to Hiroshima just before the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city.
The Visitor in the Eye
5.9/10
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 but it advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye. Her coach knows of a mysterious doctor 'Blackjack' who lives in a secluded house, who might be able to help. 'Blackjack' agrees to do the operation, but for a 'substantial reward'! Her sight is regained, but now she starts to see a mysterious man that is invisible to those around her....
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
5.9/10
Obayashi’s take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the numerous movie-adaptions by Kon Ichikawa, the most known being The Inugami Family. Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
Making of Dreams: A Movie Conversation between Akira Kurosawa and Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
7.5/10
This 150-minute documentary, directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi on the set of Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, features behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast and crew.
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The Stupid Teacher
A hearful fantasy movie based on the autobiographical screenplay by Nobuhiko Oobayashi with a topnotch cast that includes Tomokazu Miura, et al. It was shown at the Yuubari International Fantasy Film Festival in 1998. It's an extra story of the "Onomichi Trilogy" which illustrates his own life. It opened September 2000.
Extro
5.3/10
Dives deep into the tragicomic world of the"towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas, through a piercing study of a 63-year-old extra. Utilizing mockumentary stylings, this ambitious film forms a compelling commentary on the aspirations that shape film production and the feelings that a simple, ho-hum life can evoke.
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
After meeting as college students in the cinema town of Seijo, husband and wife Nobuhiko and Kyoko Obayashi have gone on to direct and produce acclaimed films together for 60 years.
The Girl in the Picture
6/10
Obayashi 8mm short about a man who reminisces about a girl in his past (played by Obayashi's soon-to-be wife Kyoko)
What's a Director?
Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association
Constructing a House
6.6/10
Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ôbayashi's 1977 film House.
Russian Lullabies
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 and expectations of these families.
Confession
6.6/10
Colorfully edited vignettes of young characters having fun in the town of Onomichi.
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
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 that did not deter him from making movies. Currently, he's in post-production on the second film he's done since being diagnosed. He's driven by the message of his late friend, the maestro Akira Kurosawa: "Movies have the power to stop fighting. Look 400 years ahead and keep on shooting." We follow Obayashi's extraordinary career and his mission to use the big screen to send out a message of peace.
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
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.
