Nobuhiko Obayashi Movies

  • 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
  • 1977
    House

    House

    House

    7.3041977HD

    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
  • 1983
    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

    6.61983HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2020
    Labyrinth of Cinema

    Labyrinth of Cinema

    Labyrinth of Cinema

    6.82020HD

    When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.

    Labyrinth of Cinema
  • 1986
    His Motorbike, Her Island

    His Motorbike, Her Island

    His Motorbike, Her Island

    7.71986HD

    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
  • 1985
    Miss Lonely

    Miss Lonely

    Miss Lonely

    71985HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1988
    The Discarnates

    The Discarnates

    The Discarnates

    6.51988HD

    Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock,...

    The Discarnates
  • 1981
    School in the Crosshairs

    School in the Crosshairs

    School in the Crosshairs

    5.71981HD

    Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to...

    School in the Crosshairs
  • 1985
    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    71985HD

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

    Four Sisters
  • 1999
    One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

    01999HD

    Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding...

    One Summer's Day
  • 2017
    Hanagatami

    Hanagatami

    Hanagatami

    72017HD

    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
    Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

    Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

    Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

    6.71986HD

    During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland...

    Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
  • 1979
    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    6.41979HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1977
    The Mouse and His Child

    The Mouse and His Child

    The Mouse and His Child

    5.81977HD

    A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become "self-winding".

    The Mouse and His Child
  • 1982
    I Are You, You Am Me

    I Are You, You Am Me

    I Are You, You Am Me

    6.61982HD

    9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies...

    I Are You, You Am Me
  • 1977
    Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

    Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

    Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

    5.51977HD

    Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news...

    Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
  • 1984
    The Deserted City

    The Deserted City

    The Deserted City

    6.81984HD

    After noticing in the news there was a fire in an old canal town, Eguchi recalls visiting there a decade ago as a university student.

    The Deserted City