Best Nobuhiko Obayashi movies by genre
Directed movies (75 total, ranked by score)
1House
1977 · ★ 7.3 (813 votes)
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
2His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · ★ 7.8 (47 votes)
Romance, Drama
3Hanagatami
2017 · ★ 7.1 (35 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
4The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983 · ★ 6.8 (37 votes)
Science Fiction, Romance
5Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991 · ★ 7.5 (16 votes)
Drama, Fantasy
6The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)
Comedy, Mystery
7I Are You, You Am Me
1982 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)
Comedy, Drama
8Sada
1998 · ★ 7.0 (18 votes)
Drama
9Lonely Heart
1985 · ★ 7.2 (28 votes)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
10Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · ★ 6.5 (11 votes)
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
11Legend of the Cat Monster
1983 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
TV Movie, Horror, Fantasy
12Beijing Watermelon
1989 · ★ 7.0 (7 votes)
Drama
13The Stupid Teacher
2000
Fantasy, Comedy
14School in the Crosshairs
1981 · ★ 6.4 (26 votes)
Fantasy, Science Fiction, Comedy
15Seven Weeks
2014 · ★ 8.1 (10 votes)
Drama
16The Discarnates
1988 · ★ 6.7 (16 votes)
Fantasy, Drama
17Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · ★ 7.0 (15 votes)
Fantasy, Drama, War
18Cute Devil
1982 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
19The Rocking Horsemen
1992 · ★ 7.1 (9 votes)
Comedy
20Song of Goodbye
2007
Drama
21Four Sisters
1985 · ★ 7.4 (5 votes)
Drama
22Labyrinth of Cinema
2020 · ★ 6.8 (29 votes)
History, Fantasy, War
23Emotion
1966 · ★ 6.8 (37 votes)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
24Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)
Drama
25Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)
Drama, Comedy, War
26The Motive
2004 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
27The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · ★ 6.4 (11 votes)
Drama
28The Last Snow
2002 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Romance, Drama
29One Summer's Day
1999 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Fantasy, Drama
30The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Comedy, Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.