Nobuhiko Obayashi
Yönetmen · 1938 – 2020 · Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Nobuhiko Obayashi (January 9, 1938 – April 10, 2020) was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements who is well known for his surreal visual style. He began his career as a pioneering figure in Japanese experimental film during the 1960s before transitioning to directing more mainstream works such as television and feature films. Though he remains mostly unknown outside of Japan, he has made a prolific number of films in his 50 years of working with the medium.
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Film7.3KomediFantastikHoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
Film4.3RomantikDramA college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.
Film6.9TarihFantastikOnomichi sahilindeki tek sinema salonu kapanmak üzeredir. Gösterimlerin son günü, gece boyunca Japon savaş filmleri perdede oynar. Bu sırada bir yıldırım sinemaya isabet edince, seyircilerden üçü kendini perdenin içindeki dünyada bulur.
Film8.0BelgeselThis 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.
Film7.0KomediThis film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
Film6.4KomediGizemObayashi'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.
FilmKomedi
Film7.0MaceraA motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage it.
Film6.8FantastikMüzikThe Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster before the girls escape with the creature in a circus trailer.
FilmBelgeselTV MovieFilm 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.
Film6.2Bilim KurguGizemKomori 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 that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a costly surgery from the mysterious doctor known as Black Jack, where after a successful operation, a mysterious figure starts to emerge in her vision, and only she can see it.
Film8.0FantastikKomediFilm director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.
Film10.0DramKomediPocky, an upbeat high-schooler, is told she will die in three days by a psychic whose predictions always come true. Along the way, she talks about boyfriends with her two friends, meets a strange boy with heart disease, and regularly bumps into a serial bomber.
MOMENT
1981 · 1 votes
FilmDramBelgeselWorks commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association
Film7.0BelgeselInterview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House.
Constructing a House
2010 · 1 votes
Film5.4Obayashi 8mm short about a man who reminisces about a girl in his past (played by Obayashi's soon-to-be wife Kyoko).
Film7.7KomediDramDives 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.