Search results for "Nobuhiko Ōbayashi"
School in the Crosshairs

School in the Crosshairs

School in the Crosshairs
IMDb: 6.3
90

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 show her skills,…

His Motorbike, Her Island

His Motorbike, Her Island

His Motorbike, Her Island
IMDb: 7.3
90

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…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Beijing Watermelon

Beijing Watermelon

Beijing Watermelon
IMDb: 7.1
135

Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters…

Genre: Drama
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time

The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
IMDb: 6.5
104

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 power to travel through…

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky
IMDb: 6.2
160

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…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, War
Seven Weeks

Seven Weeks

Seven Weeks
IMDb: 6.2
171

Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named Nobuko suddenly shows up. Her appearance gradually exposes wartime secrets and Mitsuo’s unknown…

Genre: Drama
Labyrinth of Cinema

Labyrinth of Cinema

Labyrinth of Cinema
IMDb: 6.6
179

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…

Haruka, Nosutarujii

Haruka, Nosutarujii

Haruka, Nosutarujii
IMDb: 5.7
165

Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author’s…

Genre: Drama
Emotion

Emotion

Emotion
IMDb: 6.7
40

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 her counterpart, Sari, and falls…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Hanagatami

Hanagatami

Hanagatami
IMDb: 6.7
169

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…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
House

House

House
IMDb: 7.4
88

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

Chizuko’s Younger Sister

Chizuko’s Younger Sister

Chizuko’s Younger Sister
IMDb: 6.6
150

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…

Genre: Drama
The Rocking Horsemen

The Rocking Horsemen

The Rocking Horsemen
IMDb: 7
135

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.”…

Genre: Comedy
Miss Lonely

Miss Lonely

Miss Lonely
IMDb: 6.6
112

A lonely high schooler suddenly meets the love of his life out of thin air. Is she a real person or a figment of his imagination?

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Island Closest to Heaven

The Island Closest to Heaven

The Island Closest to Heaven
IMDb: 6.1
102

A high school girl travels to the island of New Caledonia and has magical adventures.

Genre: Drama
The Discarnates

The Discarnates

The Discarnates
IMDb: 6.8
115

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…

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
IMDb: 6.4
113

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…

Genre: Comedy, Mystery