
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 |