Nobuhiko Obayashi
Directing · Born Jan 9, 1938 · Died Apr 10, 2020 (82) · Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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
Directed
Labyrinth of Cinema
20206.9
Hanagatami
20177.2
Seven Weeks
20148.1
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
20127.0
Scenery to Remember
2008
Song of Goodbye
20075.0
Switching – Goodbye Me
20076.6
The Motive
20046.9
The Last Snow
200210.0
Farewell
200110.0
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001
The Stupid Teacher
20008.0
Shinobugawa
2000
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
19999.0
One Summer's Day
199910.0
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
199810.0
Sada
19987.0
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
199610.0
Goodbye for Tomorrow
199510.0
Turning Point
19947.0
Samurai Kids
19937.5
Haruka, Nostalgia
19936.5
Russian Lullabies
1993
The Rocking Horsemen
19927.4
Chizuko's Younger Sister
19917.5
Why She Won't Marry
19909.0
Making of 'Dreams'
19908.0
Beijing Watermelon
19897.0
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988
The Discarnates
19886.7
The Strange Pair
19883.3
The Drifting Classroom
19875.2
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
19866.9
April Fish
19864.8
His Motorbike, Her Island
19867.7
Four Sisters
19857.4
Lonely Heart
19857.2
The Island Closest to Heaven
19846.4
Kenya Boy
19845.8
The Deserted City
19847.1
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983
Legend of the Cat Monster
19835.0
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
19836.8
Cute Devil
19827.0
I Are You, You Am Me
19826.4
School in the Crosshairs
19816.5
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
19796.4
Take Me Away!
19788.0
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
19776.2
House
19777.3
Cheers in the Palm!
1969
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
19686.0
Confession
19686.4
Emotion
19666.8
Complexe
19646.6
An Eater
19635.4
Onomichi
19635.0
Remembrance
19636.5
Nakasendo
19635.0
Thursday
19615.2
Dandanko
19606.6
The Girl in the Picture
19585.4
