Nobuhiko Obayashi
Directing
1938-01-09 · 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
2021 · Movie
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020 · Movie
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019 · Movie
Extro
2019 · Movie
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
2019 · Movie
Hanagatami
2017 · Movie
Seven Weeks
2014 · Movie
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014 · Movie
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012 · Movie
Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
2011 · Movie
Constructing a House
2010 · Movie
Scenery to Remember
2008 · Movie
Song of Goodbye
2007 · Movie
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007 · Movie
What's a Director?
2006 · Movie
The Motive
2004 · Movie
The Last Snow
2002 · Movie
Farewell
2001 · Movie
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Movie
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001 · Movie
The Stupid Teacher
2000 · Movie
Shinobugawa
2000 · Movie
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999 · Movie
One Summer's Day
1999 · Movie
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998 · Movie
Sada
1998 · Movie
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998 · Movie
Time Leap
1997 · Movie
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996 · Movie
Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995 · Movie
I Can't Pay Back
1994 · Movie
Turning Point
1994 · Movie
Samurai Kids
1993 · Movie
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993 · Movie
Russian Lullabies
1993 · Movie
The Rocking Horsemen
1992 · Movie
Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991 · Movie
Why She Won't Marry
1990 · Movie
Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
1990 · Movie
Making of 'Dreams'
1990 · Movie
Beijing Watermelon
1989 · Movie
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988 · Movie
The Discarnates
1988 · Movie
The Strange Pair
1988 · Movie
The Drifting Classroom
1987 · Movie
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986 · Movie
April Fish
1986 · Movie
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · Movie
Four Sisters
1985 · Movie
Lonely Heart
1985 · Movie
New Caledonia 28 Days
1985 · Movie
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984 · Movie
Kenya Boy
1984 · Movie
The Deserted City
1984 · Movie
Aiko 16-sai
1983 · Movie
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983 · Movie
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983 · Movie
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983 · Movie
Zokubutsu zukan
1982 · Movie
Cute Devil
1982 · Movie
The Unspoiled Diamond
1982 · Movie
I Are You, You Am Me
1982 · Movie
Completely... With That Air!
1981 · Movie
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Movie
MOMENT
1981 · Movie
Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
1980 · Movie
Temptation of Angel
1979 · Movie
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · Movie
Golden Partners
1979 · Movie
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978 · Movie
Take Me Away!
1978 · Movie
Inside the Storm of Love
1978 · Movie
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977 · Movie
The Mouse and His Child
1977 · Movie
House
1977 · Movie
Death at an Old Mansion
1975 · Movie
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972 · Movie
Stampede Country
1972 · Movie
Orere orara
1971 · Movie
Evil Spirits of Japan
1970 · Movie
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970 · Movie
Cheers in the Palm!
1969 · Movie
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968 · Movie
Confession
1968 · Movie
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
1967 · Movie
Emotion
1966 · Movie
Complexe
1964 · Movie
An Eater
1963 · Movie
Onomichi
1963 · Movie
Remembrance
1963 · Movie
Nakasendo
1963 · Movie
T-shi no gogo
1962 · Movie
Thursday
1961 · Movie
Dandanko
1960 · Movie
The Girl in the Picture
1958 · Movie
Youth・Cloud
1957 · Movie
King Kong
1952 · Movie
The Stupid Teacher
1945 · Movie
Popeye's Treasure Island
1944 · Movie