Despite a lengthy filmography that began in the 1960s, Nobuhiko Obayashi is known in the West mainly for his 1977 feature debut “House.” This horror-fantasy about a house that devours its inhabitants ...

Japanese master Nobuhiko Obayashi ('House') completes his anti-war trilogy with 'Hanagatami.' By Deborah Young With the unconventional, emotionally engrossing Hanagatami, maverick indie director ...

Robbie Collin has been a film critic for 20 years, during which time his reviews have seen him temporarily blacklisted by two major studios, dressed down in front of a Bafta committee and thrown off a ...

The film "Hanagatami" has been tapped for the top prize at the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards, while "Aa, Kouya" was chosen as the outstanding Japanese movie. The two films both convey powerful messages to ...

Hanagatami starring Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Tokio Emoto has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 49 min. The movie received a user score of 70/100 on TMDb, ...

William Fischer is an author at Collider. Born and raised in Nebraska, he latched onto moviemaking at a young age and has been chasing it ever since. William holds a BFA in film from the University of ...

“I must be a very rare case among the world’s directors in that I made my first film as a child before ever seeing one.” Ōbayashi Nobuhiko, director of the cult horror comedy House, explains that he ...

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 ...