Nobuhiko Obayashi
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.
What's a Director?
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
House
(Husband (uncredited))
MOMENT
Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
Kane nara kaesen!
Cute Devil
Making of 'Dreams'
(Self)
Russian Lullabies
(Self)
The Girl in the Picture
Constructing a House
(Self)
The Visitor in the Eye
(Tennis Referee)
Confession
Zokubutsu zukan
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
(Self)
Extro
(Self)
The Unspoiled Diamond
(Meeting Host)
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
(Film Director)
Labyrinth of Cinema
(The Mysterious Old Pianist / The Director John)
The Stupid Teacher
(The Director John)
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
(Self)
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
(Himself)
Making of 'Dreams'
(Editor)
House
(Director)
Switching – Goodbye Me
(Director)
Lover, Come Back to Me
(Director)
House
(Special Effects)
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
(Director)
Popeye's Treasure Island
(Director)
The Stupid Teacher
(Director)
King Kong
(Director)
Youth・Cloud
(Director)
T-shi no gogo
(Director)
An Eater
(Director)
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
(Director)
Orere orara
(Director)
Stampede Country
(Director)
Happy Dinosaur's Album
(Director)
The Drifting Classroom
(Director)
Labyrinth of Cinema
(Producer)
School in the Crosshairs
(Director)
Kenya Boy
(Director)
Sada
(Director)
Emotion
(Director)
Emotion
(Camera Operator)
Emotion
(Writer)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(Director)
Scenery to Remember
(Director)
The Discarnates
(Director)
I Are You, You Am Me
(Director)
The Rocking Horsemen
(Director)
The Motive
(Director)
The Motive
(Writer)
The Deserted City
(Director)
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
(Director)
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
(Director)
Chizuko's Younger Sister
(Director)
Chizuko's Younger Sister
(Editor)
Farewell
(Director)
Dandanko
(Director)
Confession
(Director)
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
(Director)
Dandanko
(Editor)
Miss Lonely
(Director)
The Island Closest to Heaven
(Director)
His Motorbike, Her Island
(Director)
Complexe
(Director)
Haruka, Nostalgia
(Director)
Haruka, Nostalgia
(Writer)
One Summer's Day
(Director)
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
(Director)
Seven Weeks
(Director)
Beijing Watermelon
(Director)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
(Director)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
(Editor)
The Last Snow
(Writer)
The Last Snow
(Editor)
Farewell
(Writer)
One Summer's Day
(Writer)
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
(Editor)
Switching – Goodbye Me
(Screenplay)
Switching – Goodbye Me
(Editor)
Scenery to Remember
(Editor)
Haruka, Nostalgia
(Editor)
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
(Editor)
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
(Original Music Composer)
The Visitor in the Eye
(Director)
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
(Screenplay)
Confession
(Writer)
The Last Snow
(Director)
Goodbye for Tomorrow
(Director)
Four Sisters
(Director)
Seven Weeks
(Screenplay)
Chizuko's Younger Sister
(Theme Song Performance)
Take Me Away!
(Director)
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
(Director)
Time Leap
(Executive Producer)
Temptation of Angel
(Producer)
The Girl in the Picture
(Director)
Onomichi
(Director)
Remembrance
(Director)
Thursday
(Director)
Nakasendo
(Director)
The Rocking Horsemen
(Editor)
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
(Editor)
The Drifting Classroom
(Adaptation)
The Drifting Classroom
(Editor)
Seven Weeks
(Editor)
Making of 'Dreams'
(Director)
April Fish
(Director)
April Fish
(Screenplay)
April Fish
(Editor)
Cute Devil
(Director)
Russian Lullabies
(Director)
Samurai Kids
(Director)
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
(Director)
Cheers in the Palm!
(Director)
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
(Director)
Aiko 16-sai
(Executive Producer)
Remembrance
(Editor)
Hanagatami
(Director)
Hanagatami
(Editor)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(Editor)
Emotion
(Director of Photography)
Emotion
(Editor)
The Girl in the Picture
(Screenplay)
The Girl in the Picture
(Editor)
The Mouse and His Child
(Lyricist)
The Strange Pair
(Editor)
The Strange Pair
(Screenplay)
The Strange Pair
(Director)
Shinobugawa
(Director)
Turning Point
(Director)
Nakasendo
(Screenplay)
Nakasendo
(Original Music Composer)
Nakasendo
(Director of Photography)
Nakasendo
(Editor)
Death at an Old Mansion
(Original Music Composer)
His Motorbike, Her Island
(Editor)
Thursday
(Screenplay)
Thursday
(Director of Photography)
Thursday
(Editor)
Complexe
(Editor)
Complexe
(Director of Photography)
Complexe
(Writer)
House
(Producer)
Confession
(Director of Photography)
Confession
(Editor)
Turning Point
(Screenplay)
Sada
(Writer)
Sada
(Editor)
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
(Director)
The Island Closest to Heaven
(Editor)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(Director)
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(Editor)
Why She Won't Marry
(Director)
Samurai Kids
(Editor)
Labyrinth of Cinema
(Director)
Evil Spirits of Japan
(Original Music Composer)
Song of Goodbye
(Director)
Song of Goodbye
(Writer)
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(Screenplay)
Hanagatami
(Screenplay)
Labyrinth of Cinema
(Screenplay)
Miss Lonely
(Screenplay)
Labyrinth of Cinema
(Editor)
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
(Director)
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
(Screenplay)
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
(Editor)
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
(Director)
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
(Writer)
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
(Editor)
The Stupid Teacher
(Director)
The Stupid Teacher
(Writer)
The Stupid Teacher
(Editor)
Legend of the Cat Monster
(Director)
Legend of the Cat Monster
(Editor)
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
(Dialogue)
The Girl in the Picture
(Director of Photography)
An Eater
(Director of Photography)
The Girl in the Picture
(Original Music Composer)
Remembrance
(Original Music Composer)
The Deserted City
(Original Music Composer)
Legend of the Cat Monster
(Original Music Composer)