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).
Born: January 28, 1964
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
House
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.
Constructing a House
Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House.
Emotion
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?
Confession
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.
Three Businessmen
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.
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
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.
Filmography
as Self
as Bar Customer 1
as Girl Patient
as Shoe Store Girl (uncredited)
as Emi Urawakai