An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, Obayashi’s deranged fairy tale House is one of Japanese cinema’s wildest supernatural ventures and a truly startling debut feature.

Distressed by her widowed father’s plans to remarry, Angel sets off with six of her schoolgirl friends in tow for a summer getaway in her aunt’s isolated mansion. But all is not well – in this house of dormant secrets, long-held emotional traumas have terrifyingly physical embodiments and the girls will have to use all their individual talents if any are to survive.

A rollercoaster ride without brakes, House is by turns sinister, hilarious and curiously touching, with ceaseless cinematic invention and a satirical, full-blooded approach to the horror genre.

House.1977.1080p.BluRay.FLAC.x264-ZQ.mkv

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The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Hausu AKA House (1977) (HD) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Yuta, an absent-minded 5th-grader, is sent to spend the summer with his grandfather, whom Yuta’s parents think is becoming senile and could benefit from Yuta’s companionship. At first, Yuta thinks Gramps is a bit addled, too, but as he gets to know the old man better, he finds that his grandfather sees things quite differently from other people. The special bond that often develops between grandfather and grandson grows stronger and stronger until the magical and heartwarming finale.

	
One.Summer's.Day.1999.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

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The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Ano natsu no hi AKA One Summer’s Day AKA That Guy (1999) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A story of two men, one recently bereaved, the other with a wife in a coma. From the popular song.

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Subtitles:English

The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Nagoriyuki AKA The Last Snow (2002) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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 in love with…a vampire?

Emotion.1966.1080p.BluRay.x264.AC3-KESH.mkv

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The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Émotion AKA Emotion (1966) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Shunzo (Bengal) and his wife Michi (Masako Motai) run a beloved greengrocer on the outskirts of Tokyo. When Lee, a struggling exchange student from China, visits the shop but is unable to afford the produce, an uneasy relationship sprouts. Begrudgingly, Shunzo agrees to lower his prices. Soon, Lee’s classmates begin frequenting the shop. As Shunzo’s generosity sneaks up on him and strains his family’s welfare, he confronts his role as surrogate father to his newfound Chinese friends.

Shot between May – July of 1989 and addressing the historically charged notion of a Sino-Japanese friendship, this lesser-seen masterpiece from director Nobuhiko Obayashi (House) chronicles the end of a decade marked by the Japanese economic bubble and the brutal close of possibility in China. A delicate elegy to the Chinese students of its time, Beijing Watermelon finds Obayashi at his most modern, channeling the style of Yasujiro Ozu, while his experimental flourishes provide the perfect disruption, inviting viewers to fill in the blanks of history.

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The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Pekin no suika AKA Beijing Watermelon (1989) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8 year old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.

Quote:
The New York Times Review
An 8-year-old child finds a 6-inch tall samurai. The little boy is having his troubles with contemporary life and the ancient warrior, lost in the 20th century, is looking for a place to die. They consequently strike up a friendship and in the end the boy grows up and the samurai grows young and, like the Tom Thumb of legend, poles himself away in a teacup. Though not much is made of the attendant allegory, lots is made of this bonding of the generations and all the special effects necessary to illustrate the differences in height and age. Some are, indeed, quite marvelous – a friendly cat towering like an elephant, a bad crow looming like a berserk jet, a trip down a sewer with full detail. These, however, no matter how splendid, are there to make us realize the truly marvelous of the everyday. Director Nobuhiko Obayashi is a real fantasist. Through fast cutting, witty detail and extraordinary care, he effortlessly tosses off his prodigious events and turns a kid movie into emotion-packed magic.
-Donald Richie

Samurai-Kids-1993.mkv

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The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu AKA Samurai Kids (1993) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

It depicts a unique parent-child love through the appearance of a father and daughter reuniting for the first time in 15 years. A theatrical version of the tele feature aired on Nippon Television in 1988. The screenplay was co-written by Rio Kishida and Yo Saiki of “Prosperity of Vice.” The director is Nobuhiko Obayashi of “Futari”. The cinematographer is Yoshinao Sakamoto of “BEST GUY”.

My Heart Belongs to Daddy 1988 -1992.mkv

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The post Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Watashi no kokoro wa papa no mono AKA My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1988) first appeared on Cinema of the World.