
Chigumi Ôbayashi
Acting
Biography
Chigumi Ôbayashi is a Japanese film director, actress, and producer and Nobuhiko Obayashi's daughter. She is known for House (1977), The Visitor in the Eye (1977) and Confession (1968).
Known For

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
House

Kazuko Yoshiyama 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 time.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Komori Chiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day while training, her coach hits a ball into her eye on accident. At the hospital, the news that she will never regain the sight in her eye leaves her heartbroken. As a last resort, she undergoes a costly surgery from the mysterious doctor known as Black Jack, where after a successful operation, a mysterious figure starts to emerge in her vision, and only she can see it.
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye

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'

An American art dealer (Miguel Sandoval), who specializes in southwestern topaz, arrives by train in Liverpool. Similarly, a very proper British art dealer (Alex Cox), who specializes in African art, arrives in the same hotel. The two meet in the hotel's abandoned restaurant and decide to set off in finding an evening meal, which becomes problematic immediately when the Brit reveals he is vegetarian. While following their pursuit of a mutually acceptable meal, the main point of the film is their discourse en route to their various attempts at an eatery.
Three Businessmen

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

A filmmaker recalls his youth in the town of Onomichi. In the present, he shoots a film in Onomichi alongside his cast, crew and family.
Confession

Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House.
Constructing a House

A comprehensive document of the six-month production of "Casting Blossoms to the Sky," mixing truth and fiction.
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document

Documentary of the Usuki Soil Cultivation Center, pioneers in organic farming in Japan