Nobuhiko Obayashi
Born: 1938-01-09 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Died: 2020-04-10
Known For: Directing
Biography
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
2021
- Notes from the Labyrinth as Self
2020
- Labyrinth of Cinema as The Mysterious Old Pianist / The Director John
2019
- Extro as Self
- Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films as Self
- Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise as Self
2017
- Hanagatami ... (Director)
2014
- Seven Weeks ... (Director)
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document ... (Director)
2012
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky ... (Director)
2011
- Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl as Narration
2010
- Constructing a House as Self
2008
- Scenery to Remember ... (Director)
2007
- Switching – Goodbye Me ... (Director)
- Song of Goodbye ... (Director)
2006
2004
- The Motive ... (Director)
2002
- The Last Snow ... (Writer)
2001
2000
- The Stupid Teacher as The Director John
- Shinobugawa ... (Director)
1999
- The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe ... (Director)
- One Summer's Day ... (Director)
1998
- Sada ... (Director)
- I Want to Hear the Wind's Song ... (Director)
- Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel ... (Director)
1997
- Time Leap ... (Executive Producer)
1996
- Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction ... (Editor)
1995
- Goodbye for Tomorrow ... (Director)
1994
- I Can't Pay Back
- Turning Point ... (Director)
1993
- Samurai Kids ... (Director)
- Haruka, Nostalgia ... (Director)
- Russian Lullabies as Self
1992
- The Rocking Horsemen ... (Director)
1991
- Chizuko's Younger Sister ... (Director)
1990
- Making of 'Dreams' as Self
- Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
- Why She Won't Marry ... (Director)
1989
- Beijing Watermelon ... (Director)
1988
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy ... (Director)
- The Discarnates ... (Director)
- The Strange Pair ... (Editor)
1987
- The Drifting Classroom ... (Director)
1986
- His Motorbike, Her Island ... (Director)
- Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast ... (Director)
- April Fish ... (Director)
1985
- New Caledonia 28 Days
- Four Sisters ... (Director)
- Miss Lonely ... (Director)
1984
- Kenya Boy ... (Director)
- The Island Closest to Heaven ... (Director)
- The Deserted City ... (Director)
1983
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time ... (Director)
- Lover, Come Back to Me ... (Director)
- Aiko 16-sai ... (Executive Producer)
- Legend of the Cat Monster ... (Director)
1982
- The Unspoiled Diamond as Meeting Host
- Cute Devil
- I Are You, You Am Me ... (Director)
- Zokubutsu zukan
1981
- MOMENT
- School in the Crosshairs ... (Director)
- Completely... With That Air!
1979
- The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi as Film Director
- Temptation of Angel ... (Producer)
1978
- Take Me Away! ... (Director)
- Inside the Storm of Love
1977
- House as Husband (uncredited)
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye as Tennis Referee
- The Mouse and His Child ... (Lyricist)
1975
- Death at an Old Mansion ... (Original Music Composer)
1972
- Happy Dinosaur's Album ... (Director)
- Stampede Country ... (Director)
1971
- Orere orara ... (Director)
1970
- Evil Spirits of Japan ... (Original Music Composer)
- Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction ... (Director)
1969
- Cheers in the Palm! ... (Director)
1968
1967
1966
- Emotion ... (Director)
1964
- Complexe ... (Director)
1963
- Onomichi ... (Director)
- An Eater ... (Director)
- Nakasendo ... (Director)
- Remembrance ... (Director)
1962
- T-shi no gogo ... (Director)
1961
- Thursday ... (Director)
1957
- Dandanko ... (Director)
- Youth・Cloud ... (Director)
1952
- King Kong ... (Director)
1945
- The Stupid Teacher ... (Director)
1944
- Popeye's Treasure Island ... (Director)