Nobuhiko Obayashi
Known for: Directing
Born: January 9, 1938
Died: April 10, 2020
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
99 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Notes from the Labyrinth
2021
6.9
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
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Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019
7.7
Extro
2019
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Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
2019
7.2
Hanagatami
2017
8.1
Seven Weeks
2014
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014
7.0
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
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Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
2011
7.0
Constructing a House
2010
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Scenery to Remember
2008
5.0
Song of Goodbye
2007
6.6
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
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What's a Director?
2006
6.9
The Motive
2004
10.0
The Last Snow
2002
10.0
Farewell
2001
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From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001NR
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
8.0
The Stupid Teacher
2000
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Shinobugawa
2000
9.0
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
10.0
One Summer's Day
1999
10.0
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998
7.0
Sada
1998
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
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Time Leap
1997
10.0
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996
10.0
Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995
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I Can't Pay Back
1994
7.0
Turning Point
1994
7.5
Samurai Kids
1993
6.5
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993
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Russian Lullabies
1993
7.3
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
7.5
Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991
9.0
Why She Won't Marry
1990
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Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
1990
8.0
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
7.0
Beijing Watermelon
1989
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988
6.6
The Discarnates
1988
3.3
The Strange Pair
1988
5.2
The Drifting Classroom
1987
6.9
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
4.8
April Fish
1986
7.8
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
7.4
Four Sisters
1985
7.2
Lonely Heart
1985
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New Caledonia 28 Days
1985
6.3
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984
5.7
Kenya Boy
1984
7.1
The Deserted City
1984
8.5
Aiko 16-sai
1983
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Lover, Come Back to Me
1983
5.0
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
6.8
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983
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Zokubutsu zukan
1982
7.0
Cute Devil
1982
4.3
The Unspoiled Diamond
1982
6.4
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
7.0
Completely... With That Air!
1981
6.4
School in the Crosshairs
1981
10.0
MOMENT
1981
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Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
1980
5.4
Temptation of Angel
1979
6.4
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
7.0
Golden Partners
1979
6.8
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
8.0
Take Me Away!
1978
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Inside the Storm of Love
1978
6.2
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
6.1
The Mouse and His Child
1977
7.3
House
1977
6.3
Death at an Old Mansion
1975NR
Stampede Country
1972NR
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972NR
Orere orara
1971
6.8
Evil Spirits of Japan
1970NR
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970
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Cheers in the Palm!
1969
6.0
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968
6.4
Confession
1968NR
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
1967
6.8
Emotion
1966
6.6
Complexe
1964
5.4
An Eater
1963
5.0
Onomichi
1963
6.5
Remembrance
1963
5.0
Nakasendo
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T-shi no gogo
1962
5.2
Thursday
1961
6.6
Dandanko
1960
5.4
The Girl in the Picture
1958NR
Youth・Cloud
1957NR
King Kong
1952NR
The Stupid Teacher
1945NR
Popeye's Treasure Island
1944