Nobuhiko Obayashi
Directing
Born January 9, 1938 in 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.
Filmography
Notes from the Labyrinth
Self
Labyrinth of Cinema
The Mysterious Old Pianist / The Director John
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
Self
Extro
Self
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
Self
Hanagatami
Seven Weeks
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
Narration
Constructing a House
Self
Scenery to Remember
Song of Goodbye
Switching – Goodbye Me
What's a Director?
The Motive
The Last Snow
Farewell
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
The Stupid Teacher
The Director John
Shinobugawa
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
One Summer's Day
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
Sada
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
Time Leap
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
Goodbye for Tomorrow
I Can't Pay Back
Turning Point
Samurai Kids
Haruka, Nostalgia
Russian Lullabies
Self
The Rocking Horsemen
Chizuko's Younger Sister
Why She Won't Marry
Making of 'Dreams'
Self
Beijing Watermelon
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
The Discarnates
The Strange Pair
The Drifting Classroom
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
April Fish
His Motorbike, Her Island
Four Sisters
Lonely Heart
New Caledonia 28 Days
The Island Closest to Heaven
Kenya Boy
The Deserted City
Aiko 16-sai
Lover, Come Back to Me
Legend of the Cat Monster
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Zokubutsu zukan
Cute Devil
The Unspoiled Diamond
Meeting Host
I Are You, You Am Me
Completely... With That Air!
School in the Crosshairs
MOMENT
Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
Temptation of Angel
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Film Director
Golden Partners
Self
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Saloon piano player
Take Me Away!
Inside the Storm of Love
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Tennis Referee
The Mouse and His Child
House
Husband (uncredited)
Death at an Old Mansion
Evil Spirits of Japan
Cheers in the Palm!
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
Himself
Confession
Emotion
Complexe
An Eater
Onomichi
Remembrance
Nakasendo
Thursday
Dandanko
The Girl in the Picture