The Girl in the Picture
1958·32m
7.1
★
Obayashi 8mm short about a man who reminisces about a girl in his past (played by Obayashi's soon-to-be wife Kyoko).
Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi
8mm
short film
IMDB
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Cast
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Crew
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Original Music Composer
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Editor
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
dparasol
8.0★ · 11/15/25
I think, sometimes, it feels good to reminisce. This is a very warm film, and a little sad, as well, especially at the end where it even gets a little scary.
They're also just so cute here, dude, holy shit. I love the roller coaster footage. It's really nice that he got to make movies with his wife, who has one of the sweetest smiles ever.
The whole thing is, I think, a case of mistaken identity which occurs as he's reminiscing about the girl whose love he never really got to have. He sees someone who reminds him of her, and she feels bad for him. Then he scares the shit out of her.
I love the nature photography in this film. There's a series of shots just after the young woman leaves that affected me a lot, of the forest, the trees, and then a field of flowers. It's all as if to say he's getting a handle on himself again, and even though it's unbearably sad for a moment, he has to go back to his life, and it's going to be alright. These shots bumped it from a 3.5 to a 4.
At the end, he's completed his drawing, in which she appears as a blank white space. It doesn't feel sad, it feels like something a man needed to do to feel right with himself.
"Yuki-chan!"
They're also just so cute here, dude, holy shit. I love the roller coaster footage. It's really nice that he got to make movies with his wife, who has one of the sweetest smiles ever.
The whole thing is, I think, a case of mistaken identity which occurs as he's reminiscing about the girl whose love he never really got to have. He sees someone who reminds him of her, and she feels bad for him. Then he scares the shit out of her.
I love the nature photography in this film. There's a series of shots just after the young woman leaves that affected me a lot, of the forest, the trees, and then a field of flowers. It's all as if to say he's getting a handle on himself again, and even though it's unbearably sad for a moment, he has to go back to his life, and it's going to be alright. These shots bumped it from a 3.5 to a 4.
At the end, he's completed his drawing, in which she appears as a blank white space. It doesn't feel sad, it feels like something a man needed to do to feel right with himself.
"Yuki-chan!"
I think, sometimes, it feels good to reminisce. This is a very warm film, and a little sad, as well, especially at the end where it even gets a little scary.
They're also just so cute here, dude, holy shit. I love the roller coaster footage. It's really nice that he got to make movies with his wife, who has one of the sweetest smiles ever.
The whole thing is, I think, a case of mistaken identity which occurs as he's reminiscing about the girl whose love he never really got to have. He sees someone who reminds him of her, and she feels bad for him. Then he scares the shit out of her.
I love the nature photography in this film. There's a series of shots just after the young woman leaves that affected me a lot, of the forest, the trees, and then a field of flowers. It's all as if to say he's getting a handle on himself again, and even though it's unbearably sad for a moment, he has to go back to his life, and it's going to be alright. These shots bumped it from a 3.5 to a 4.
At the end, he's completed his drawing, in which she appears as a blank white space. It doesn't feel sad, it feels like something a man needed to do to feel right with himself.
"Yuki-chan!"
They're also just so cute here, dude, holy shit. I love the roller coaster footage. It's really nice that he got to make movies with his wife, who has one of the sweetest smiles ever.
The whole thing is, I think, a case of mistaken identity which occurs as he's reminiscing about the girl whose love he never really got to have. He sees someone who reminds him of her, and she feels bad for him. Then he scares the shit out of her.
I love the nature photography in this film. There's a series of shots just after the young woman leaves that affected me a lot, of the forest, the trees, and then a field of flowers. It's all as if to say he's getting a handle on himself again, and even though it's unbearably sad for a moment, he has to go back to his life, and it's going to be alright. These shots bumped it from a 3.5 to a 4.
At the end, he's completed his drawing, in which she appears as a blank white space. It doesn't feel sad, it feels like something a man needed to do to feel right with himself.
"Yuki-chan!"
Mathias
5.0★ · 09/16/24
Kris
6.0★ · 03/14/24
Kris
6.0★ · 03/14/24
Stefanny
7.0★ · 07/08/22