Nobuhiko Obayashi photo

🎬 Director

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Lived · 82 Born · Jan 9, 1938 From · Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Films · 65

🎬 IMDb ▶ Watch movies

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.

Known for

Labyrinth of Cinema poster

Labyrinth of Cinema

Hanagatami poster

Seven Weeks poster

Casting Blossoms to the Sky poster

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Career timeline

2020

Labyrinth of Cinema

2017

Hanagatami Notable

2014

Seven Weeks Notable

Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document

2012

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2008

Scenery to Remember

2007

Song of Goodbye

Switching – Goodbye Me

2004

2002

The Last Snow Notable

2001

Farewell Notable

Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message

From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"

2000

The Stupid Teacher Notable

1999

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe Notable

One Summer's Day Notable

1998

I Want to Hear the Wind's Song Notable

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

1996

Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction Notable

1995

Goodbye for Tomorrow Notable

1994

Turning Point Notable

1993

Samurai Kids Notable

Haruka, Nostalgia

Russian Lullabies

1992

The Rocking Horsemen Notable

1991

Chizuko's Younger Sister Notable

1990

Why She Won't Marry Notable

Making of 'Dreams' Notable

1989

Beijing Watermelon

Frequently appears with

Takahito Hosoyamada

Yoshihiko Hosoda

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Toshihiko Sakakiyama

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Keishi Nagatsuka

Full filmography

Labyrinth of Cinema poster

Labyrinth of Cinema

Hanagatami poster

Seven Weeks poster

Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document poster

Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document

Casting Blossoms to the Sky poster

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Scenery to Remember poster

Scenery to Remember

Song of Goodbye poster

Song of Goodbye

Switching – Goodbye Me poster

Switching – Goodbye Me

The Motive poster

The Last Snow poster

Farewell poster

Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message poster

Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message

From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta" poster

From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"

The Stupid Teacher poster

The Stupid Teacher

Shinobugawa poster

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe poster

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

One Summer's Day poster

One Summer's Day

I Want to Hear the Wind's Song poster

I Want to Hear the Wind's Song

Sada poster

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel poster

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

Continue exploring

🎯

Curated collectionsMovies by mood & theme

Labyrinth of CinemaView movie page

HanagatamiView movie page