Nobuhiko Obayashi
1938 - 2020
MAKING OF DREAMS - 夢 黒澤明・大林宣彦映画的対話
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, Akira Kurosawa
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.
Making of 'Dreams'
野ゆき山ゆき海べゆき
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Isako Washio, Yasufumi Hayashi
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 Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
House
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Kimiko Ikegami, Miki Jinbo
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 invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
House
彼のオートバイ、彼女の島
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Kiwako Harada, Noriko Watanabe
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 Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy Ko begins to fear that she is destined to crash.
His Motorbike, Her Island
転校生
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi
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 are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.
I Are You, You Am Me
この空の花 長岡花火物語
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masahiro Takashima
In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two reasons: firstly, to learn about the experiences of Nagaoka's inhabitants, and secondly, to watch a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend, which depicts the bombing of the city during WWII.
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
青春デンデケデケデケ
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Yasufumi Hayashi, Tadanobu Asano
It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
The Rocking Horsemen
異人たちとの夏
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Morio Kazama, Kumiko Akiyoshi
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, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.
The Discarnates
ふたり
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Hikari Ishida, Tomoko Nakajima
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.
Chizuko's Younger Sister
花筐
Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima
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 seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Hanagatami
