Nobuhiko Obayashi
Directing
Born January 9, 1938 · 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.
Directed (75)
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Hanagatami
2017
Seven Weeks
2014
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
Scenery to Remember
2008
Song of Goodbye
2007
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
The Motive
2004
The Last Snow
2002
Farewell
2001
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
The Stupid Teacher
2000
Shinobugawa
2000
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
One Summer's Day
1999
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998
Sada
1998
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996
Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995
Turning Point
1994
Samurai Kids
1993
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993
Russian Lullabies
1993
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991
Why She Won't Marry
1990
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Beijing Watermelon
1989
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988
The Discarnates
1988
The Strange Pair
1988
The Drifting Classroom
1987
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
April Fish
1986
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
Four Sisters
1985
Lonely Heart
1985
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984
Kenya Boy
1984
The Deserted City
1984
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983
Cute Devil
1982
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
School in the Crosshairs
1981
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Take Me Away!
1978
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
House
1977
Stampede Country
1972
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972
Orere orara
1971
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970
Cheers in the Palm!
1969
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968
Confession
1968
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
1967
Emotion
1966
Complexe
1964
An Eater
1963
Onomichi
1963
Remembrance
1963
Nakasendo
1963
T-shi no gogo
1962
Thursday
1961
Dandanko
1960
The Girl in the Picture
1958
Youth・Cloud
1957
King Kong
1952
The Stupid Teacher
1945
Popeye's Treasure Island
1944
Acting (28)
Notes from the Labyrinth
2021
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019
Extro
2019
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
2019
Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
2011
Constructing a House
2010
What's a Director?
2006
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
The Stupid Teacher
2000
I Can't Pay Back
1994
Russian Lullabies
1993
Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
1990
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
New Caledonia 28 Days
1985
Zokubutsu zukan
1982
The Unspoiled Diamond
1982
Completely... With That Air!
1981
MOMENT
1981
Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
1980
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
House
1977
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968
Confession
1968
The Girl in the Picture
1958