Nobuhiko Obayashi

Known for DirectingBorn 1938-01-09Died 2020-04-10Onomichi, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Last Snow

Farewell

One Summer's Day

I Want to Hear the Wind's Song

Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction

Goodbye for Tomorrow

MOMENT

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

Why She Won't Marry

Aiko 16-sai

Seven Weeks

The Stupid Teacher

Making of 'Dreams'

Take Me Away!

His Motorbike, Her Island

Samurai Kids

Extro

Chizuko's Younger Sister

Hanagatami

Four Sisters

House

Constructing a House

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

The Rocking Horsemen

Labyrinth of Cinema

Sada

Lonely Heart

The Deserted City

The Motive

Turning Point

Cute Devil

Completely... With That Air!

Golden Partners

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

Switching – Goodbye Me

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Pink Lady's Motion Picture

The Discarnates

Evil Spirits of Japan

Beijing Watermelon

Haruka, Nostalgia

Emotion

I Are You, You Am Me

Remembrance

The Island Closest to Heaven

Complexe

School in the Crosshairs

Dandanko