House is calling to you come back home and marry me. Nobuhiko obayashi took a familiar ghoststory plot and chopped, twisted, and bedazzled it into a featurelength movie so unhinged that david lynch seems predictable by. Nobuhiko obayashi, obayashi nobuhiko, born 9 january 1938 is a japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements. Rent nobuhiko obayashi movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. His other popular films include his 1977 house, a horror comedy. Covering everything from witchy house cats, to nuclear bombs to intergenerational tensions, this episode may never capture the unbridled energy of the film but it might unlock some doors.
How to describe nobuhiko obayashis indescribable 1977 movie house hausu. Please use the site search to find films, festivals and series from 20 onward. Filmmaker nobuhiko obayashi, who portrayed wars horrors, dead at 82. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Feb 05, 2018 win nobuhiko obayashis house on bluray posted by phil on feb 5, 2018 in all, competition, dvdbluray, fantasy, film, headline, horror, news, thriller 0 comments eureka entertainment is releasing house, a selfaware, postmodern japanese fairy tale from one of cinemas great surrealists, as part of the masters of cinema range.
English subs embedded in the mkv of the interviewgeneral. With kimiko ikegami, miki jinbo, kumiko ohba, ai matsubara. New video appreciation by director ti west house of the devil. Footage from an 8mm workshop led by nobuhiko obayashi director of house and members of the agx film collective. New, restored highdefinition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the bluray edition. Obayashi began his career as an experimental filmmaker. Nobuhiko obayashi films on bluray, dvd, and streaming the. Oshare gorgeous is excited about spending summer vacation with her father, until she finds out that his beautiful, freakishly serene girlfriend ryouko would be going as well. House nobuhiko obayashi quick shop i get so emotional, baby. Constructing a house, a new video piece featuring interviews with director nobuhiko obayashi, story scenarist and daughter of the filmmaker chigumi obayashi, and screenwriter chiho katsura emotion, a 1966 experimental film by obayashi new video appreciation by director ti west house. Nobuhiko obayashi, one of japans most prolific filmmakers who devoted his works to depicting wars horrors and singing the eternal power of movies, has died. Andrea and alex kick off a new semester with a discussion of nobuhiko obayashis house, a truly bizarre but exciting entry into the horror canon. Apr 11, 2020 japanese director nobuhiko obayashi died friday in tokyo of lung most cancers.
They released a 2disc edition loaded with plenty of bonus features, which include a 90minute interview with director nobuhiko obayashi, coscreenwriter chigumi obayashi, actress kumiko oba and toho promotional executive shoho tomiyama, along with theatrical trailers. Born in onomichi, a port on japans inland sea, in 1938, obayashi started making movies as a toddler, utilizing a projector and movie owned by his doctor father. She brings with her her friends from school fanta who likes to take pictures, and. Oct 12, 2010 nobuhiko obayashi took a familiar ghoststory plot and chopped, twisted, and bedazzled it into a featurelength movie so unhinged that david lynch seems predictable by comparison, and dario argento a paragon of cool restraint. Youll never watch the weirdest horror film ever made the same. House nobuhiko obayashi, 1977 madcap, lipstick, tearaway, watermelon, impulsive, panties, capricious, diaphanous neckwear, haywire, and severed fingers. House, 1977, a dayglo, ballsout insane horror movie that plays like a cross between the evil dead, a lunatics idea of douglas sirk, and a girls comic, all fed through a mincer and laced with psilocybin. The prolific filmmaker still going strong today actually began in the sixties with tv commercials and experimental films, of which the. Starring kimiko ikegami, miki jinbo and kumiko ohba. Jan 15, 2010 delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to house, a 1977 japanese hauntedhouse freakout. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i will reupload quick. The film is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six classmates to her ailing aunts country home, where they come face to face with. Approaching toho, obayashi got a project called house 1977 green lit, billing it as an unlikely movie title to capture the same level of success as steven spielbergs jaws. Nobuhiko obayashi, obayashi nobuhiko, 9 january 1938 10 april 2020 was a japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements.
Obayashi nobuhiko, director of house, on stage at far east film festival 18. Nobuhiko obayashi house 1977 monster house on acidretro. But he continued working, appearing frail and often in a wheelchair. Infamous japanese whatsit house is the ultimate 1970s artifact. He was a director and editor, known for onnazakari 1994, hausu 1977 and the discarnates 1988. House 1977 nobuhiko obayashi cast and crew allmovie. Eureka entertainment is releasing house, a selfaware, postmodern japanese fairy tale from one of cinemas great surrealists, as part of the masters of cinema range on bluray on 12 february 2018 an unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, nobuhiko obayashis deranged fairy tale house is one of japanese cinemas wildest supernatural ventures and a. Since 1984, weve dedicated ourselves to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions of the highest technical quality.
Sep 11, 2019 andrea and alex kick off a new semester with a discussion of nobuhiko obayashis house, a truly bizarre but exciting entry into the horror canon. The film stars mostly amateur actors with only kimiko ikegami and yoko minamida having any notable previous acting experience. How serious is katsuya yorita with hausu, or what kind of serious, or what the fuck. Hausu is a 1977 japanese horror comedy film directed and produced by nobuhiko obayashi. Tokyo ap nobuhiko obayashi, one of japans most prolific filmmakers who devoted his works to depicting wars horrors and singing the eternal power of movies, has died. Delirious, deranged, gonzo or just gone, baby, gone no single adjective or even a pileup does justice to house, a 1977 japanese hauntedhouse freakout. Filmmaker nobuhiko obayashi, depicted wars horrors through his movies. House 1977, japan japanese trailer w english subtitles. Obayashi is a japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements who is well known for his surreal visual style. Nobuhiko obayashi was born on january 9, 1938 in onomichi, hiroshima prefecture, japan. Somehow it was decided a titular house which eats people was going to be it. Hello, my name is yumyum, while it may seem like im just randomly arranging words in a nonsensical manner, theres actually very little method to the madness. Aug 09, 2010 house nobuhiko obayashi, 1977 madcap, lipstick, tearaway, watermelon, impulsive, panties, capricious, diaphanous neckwear, haywire, and severed fingers. Apr 06, 2010 they released a 2disc edition loaded with plenty of bonus features, which include a 90minute interview with director nobuhiko obayashi, coscreenwriter chigumi obayashi, actress kumiko oba and toho promotional executive shoho tomiyama, along with theatrical trailers.
However, even though toho green lit the production in 1975, the project had mostly stalled, without one of the companys directors wanting to tackle the bizarre concept. Warlock vance and i discuss nobuhiko obayashis house 1977. The film stars kimiko ikegami, miki jinbo, ai matubara, kumiko oba, mieko sato, eriko tanaka as melody, masayo miyako, yoko minamida, kiyohiko ozaki, saho sasazawa, and haruko wanibuchi. Nobuhiko obayashi japanese director dead at 82 tricksnhub. A group of teenage friends travel to an old house to visit one of the girls aunties. Upset by her widowed father s plans to remarry, angel sets off with six of her schoolgirl friends in tow for a summer getaway at her aunt s isolated mansion.
Filmmaker nobuhiko obayashi, who portrayed wars horrors. House 1977 trailer the criterion collection youtube. Legendary japanese film studio toho was desperate to capitalize on the success of the american blockbuster jaws and developer a similar, socalled high concept film. House 1977 nobuhiko obayashi synopsis, characteristics. Win nobuhiko obayashis house on bluray live for films. Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head tripabout a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunts creaky country home and comes facetoface with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions, all realized by obayashi via a series of mattes,animation, and collage effects. The official site for his latest film, labyrinth of cinema, said that obayashi died late friday. Hausu 1977 director nobuhiko obayashi cinematography yoshitaka sakamoto. Dec 27, 2017 i would like to believe nobuhiko obayashi had the same train of thought before he made house 1977, the only japanese film that could rival branded to kill 1967 for the title of the weirdest japanese film ever made. A schoolgirl travels with six classmates to her ailing aunts creaky country home and comes facetoface with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions. I would like to believe nobuhiko obayashi had the same train of thought before he made house 1977, the only japanese film that could rival branded to kill 1967 for the title of the weirdest japanese film ever made.
Lucy and sean make their first excursion outside of the anglophone sphere to explore the world of malevolent ghosts, cruel theatrics, hyperrealistic violence and the spectres of nuclear conflagration in nobuhiko obayashis psychedelic fantasy horror film house1977 nosferatu doesnt count because it didnt have sound. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 7. Questions like this are going to overtake your already overstimulated brain if youre watching nobuhiko obayashis art house horror film hausu. According to director nobuhiko obayashi, this is the first japanese film to use video effects, which he applied in a scene to make one of the girls dissolve. Getting the keys to the playground or, the lunatics run the asylum. This week on alcohollywood, were getting weird with it.
His very abstract scene setups, special effects, and quick cuts show through in spades. First look at nobuhiko obayashis hausu criterioncast. How to describe nobuhiko obayashis 1977 movie house. Constructing a house, a new video piece featuring interviews with director nobuhiko obayashi, story scenarist and daughter of the filmmaker chigumi obayashi, and screenwriter chiho katsura. Nobuhiko obayashi films on bluray, dvd, and streaming.
Two questions youre likely to ask while watching house, a japanese movie from 1977 that belongs to, or at least established, a category all its own. The meat of the extra features are eight interviews with some of the projects key personnel, their collective length being equal to that of the main feature in beginnings 17. An accessible plot is a step towards world domination for hausu. Weaving the life of a 92yearold doctor into the history of a small hokkaido city, nobuhiko obayashis profound if overly involved seven weeks addresses japans wartime responsibility. A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunts country home, which turns out to be haunted. House by nobuhiko obayashi kimiko ikegami, eriko tanaka. House 1977 directed by nobuhiko obayashi genres avantgarde experimental, horror subgenres haunted house film, horror comedy release date jan 15, 2010 usa limited run time 87 min. Filmmaker obayashi, who portrayed wars horrors, dead at. His route to his debut charts the postwar fluctuations in japans cinema.
What seperates hausu from other haunted house films is its incredible set design, use of colour and embracing of low quality d. Oddballs chamber of horrors, we revisit the 1977 japanese horrorcomedy hausu house by nobuhiko obayashi. Use our previous site to peruse archives prior to 20. Oshare decides she will be going to her aunts house in the country instead. Director nobuhiko obayashi had some success in japanese commercials. The animated opening recalls the rocky horror picture show, while former ad man nobuhiko obayashi extends the anythinggoes impression through. Filmmaker obayashi, who portrayed wars horrors, dead at 82.
Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunts creaky country home and comes facetoface with evil spirits, a. An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, nobuhiko obayashi s deranged fairy tale house is one of japanese cinema s wildest supernatural ventures and a truly startling debut feature. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting filmography as a director spanned almost 60 years. Digital effects can be wonderful but they arent a substitute for good oldfashioned creativity, as evidenced by the predigital era visual delights of nobuhiko obayashis hausu house. Rent nobuhiko obayashi movies and tv shows on dvd and blu. The film is about a schoolgirl traveling with her six classmates to her ailing aunts. Japanese director nobuhiko obayashi died friday in tokyo of lung most cancers.
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