Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 9, 1938
- Died
- April 10, 2020 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Nobuhiko Obayashi (January 9, 1938 – April 10, 2020) was a Japanese director, screenwriter and editor of films and television advertisements who is well known for his surreal visual style. He began his career as a pioneering figure in Japanese experimental film during the 1960s before transitioning to directing more mainstream works such as television and feature films. Though he remains mostly unknown outside of Japan, he has made a prolific number of films in his 50 years of working with the medium.
Known For
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Filmography
Labyrinth of Cinema
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Hanagatami
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Seven Weeks
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
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Scenery to Remember
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Switching – Goodbye Me
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Song of Goodbye
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The Motive
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The Last Snow
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Farewell
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Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
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From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
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Shinobugawa
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The Stupid Teacher
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One Summer's Day
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
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Sada
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
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I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
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Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
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Turning Point
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Haruka, Nostalgia
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Russian Lullabies
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Samurai Kids
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The Rocking Horsemen
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Chizuko's Younger Sister
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Making of 'Dreams'
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Why She Won't Marry
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Beijing Watermelon
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The Discarnates
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The Strange Pair
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
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The Drifting Classroom
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
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His Motorbike, Her Island
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April Fish
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Lonely Heart
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Four Sisters
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Kenya Boy
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The Deserted City
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The Island Closest to Heaven
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Lover, Come Back to Me
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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Legend of the Cat Monster
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I Are You, You Am Me
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Cute Devil
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School in the Crosshairs
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
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Take Me Away!
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House
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Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
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Stampede Country
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Happy Dinosaur's Album
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Orere orara
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Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
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Cheers in the Palm!
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Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
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Confession
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Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
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Emotion
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Complexe
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An Eater
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Onomichi
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Remembrance
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Nakasendo
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T-shi no gogo
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Thursday
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Dandanko
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The Girl in the Picture
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Youth・Cloud
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King Kong
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The Stupid Teacher
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Popeye's Treasure Island
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