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Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director, Actor, Producer, Editor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born January 9, 1938Died April 10, 2020 (82 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • House
  • Labyrinth of Cinema

Known For

  • House
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  • His Motorbike, Her Island
  • Labyrinth of Cinema
  • Emotion
  • Hanagatami
  • Sada
  • The Discarnates
  • School in the Crosshairs
  • Lonely Heart
  • Casting Blossoms to the Sky
  • Chizuko's Younger Sister
  • Switching: Goodbye Me
  • Beijing Watermelon
  • Seven Weeks
  • The Rocking Horsemen
  • The Island Closest to Heaven
  • The Mouse and His Child
  • The Reason
  • The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
  • Shimaizaka
  • The Deserted City
  • Haruka, Nostalgia

Nobuhiko Obayashi Filmography

2019
Labyrinth of Cinema · as The Mysterious Old Pianist / The Director John
2011
1994
1982
1982
The Unspoiled Diamond · as Meeting Host
1979
White Love · as Tv Commercial Director
1979
1977
The Visitor in the Eye · as Tennis Referee
1977
House · as Husband (uncredited)
1968

2019
2017
Hanagatami · as Screenplay
2014
Seven Weeks · as Screenplay
2012
2007
Switching: Goodbye Me · as Screenplay
2004
2002
1999
1998
1994
Turning Point · as Screenplay
1993
1986
April Fish · as Screenplay
1985
Lonely Heart · as Screenplay
1968
1966

2008
Scenery to Remember · as Composer
2007
Switching: Goodbye Me · as Composer
2004
The Reason · as Composer
2002
The Last Snow · as Composer
1999
That Guy · as Composer
1998
Sada · as Composer
1995
Goodbye for Tomorrow · as Composer
1991
Chizuko's Younger Sister · as Theme Song Performance
1987
The Drifting Classroom · as Adaptation
1986
1984
The Deserted City · as Original Music Composer
1983
Legend of the Cat Monster · as Original Music Composer
1983
1977
1975
Death at an Old Mansion · as Original Music Composer
1970
Evil Spirits of Japan · as Original Music Composer
1968
1966
Emotion · as Director Of Photography

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