Nobuhiko Obayashi
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.
Acting (28 movies)
What's a Director?
2006
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
House
1977
MOMENT
1981
Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
1980
I Can't Pay Back
1994
Cute Devil
1982
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Russian Lullabies
1993
The Girl in the Picture
1958
Constructing a House
2010
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
Confession
1968
Zokubutsu zukan
1982
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019
Extro
2019
The Unspoiled Diamond
1982
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
The Stupid Teacher
2000
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
2019
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968
Completely... With That Air!
1981
Notes from the Labyrinth
2021
New Caledonia 28 Days
1985
Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
2011
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
Directing (75 movies)
House
1977
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983
The Stupid Teacher
1945
King Kong
1952
Popeye's Treasure Island
1944
Youth・Cloud
1957
T-shi no gogo
1962
An Eater
1963
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970
Stampede Country
1972
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972
Orere orara
1971
The Drifting Classroom
1987
School in the Crosshairs
1981
Kenya Boy
1984
Sada
1998
Emotion
1966
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
Scenery to Remember
2008
The Discarnates
1988
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
The Motive
2004
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
The Deserted City
1984
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968
Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991
Farewell
2001
Dandanko
1957
Confession
1968
Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
1998
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
Miss Lonely
1985
Complexe
1964
One Summer's Day
1999
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993
Seven Weeks
2014
Beijing Watermelon
1989
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
The Last Snow
2002
Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995
Four Sisters
1985
Take Me Away!
1978
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema
1967
Onomichi
1963
Remembrance
1963
Thursday
1961
The Girl in the Picture
1958
Nakasendo
1963
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
April Fish
1986
Cute Devil
1982
Russian Lullabies
1993
Samurai Kids
1993
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001
Cheers in the Palm!
1969
Hanagatami
2017
The Strange Pair
1988
Shinobugawa
2000
Turning Point
1994
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996
Why She Won't Marry
1990
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1988
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Song of Goodbye
2007
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998
The Stupid Teacher
2000
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Girl in the Picture | 1958 | Screenplay |
| The Girl in the Picture | 1958 | Original Music Composer |
| Thursday | 1961 | Screenplay |
| Nakasendo | 1963 | Original Music Composer |
| Nakasendo | 1963 | Screenplay |
| Remembrance | 1963 | Original Music Composer |
| Complexe | 1964 | Writer |
| Emotion | 1966 | Writer |
| Confession | 1968 | Writer |
| Evil Spirits of Japan | 1970 | Original Music Composer |
| Death at an Old Mansion | 1975 | Original Music Composer |
| House | 1977 | Producer |
| Temptation of Angel | 1979 | Producer |
| Legend of the Cat Monster | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Aiko 16-sai | 1983 | Executive Producer |
| The Deserted City | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| Miss Lonely | 1985 | Screenplay |
| April Fish | 1986 | Screenplay |
| Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| The Strange Pair | 1988 | Screenplay |
| Haruka, Nostalgia | 1993 | Writer |
| Turning Point | 1994 | Screenplay |
| Time Leap | 1997 | Executive Producer |
| Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel | 1998 | Screenplay |
| Sada | 1998 | Writer |
| I Want to Hear the Wind's Song | 1998 | Writer |
| One Summer's Day | 1999 | Writer |
| The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe | 1999 | Screenplay |
| The Stupid Teacher | 2000 | Writer |
| Farewell | 2001 | Writer |
| The Last Snow | 2002 | Writer |
| The Motive | 2004 | Writer |
| Switching – Goodbye Me | 2007 | Screenplay |
| Song of Goodbye | 2007 | Writer |
| Casting Blossoms to the Sky | 2012 | Screenplay |
| Seven Weeks | 2014 | Screenplay |
| Hanagatami | 2017 | Screenplay |
| Labyrinth of Cinema | 2020 | Producer |
| Labyrinth of Cinema | 2020 | Screenplay |