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.

Filmography of Nobuhiko Obayashi

• Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
• Hanagatami (2017)
• Seven Weeks (2014)
• Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document (2014)
• Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
• Scenery to Remember (2008)
• Switching – Goodbye Me (2007)
• Song of Goodbye (2007)
• The Motive (2004)
• The Last Snow (2002)
• Farewell (2001)
• Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message (2001)
• From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta" (2001)
• Shinobugawa (2000)
• The Stupid Teacher (2000)
• One Summer's Day (1999)
• The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
• Sada (1998)
• Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel (1998)
• I Want to Hear the Wind's Song (1998)
• Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction (1996)
• Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995)
• Turning Point (1994)
• Haruka, Nostalgia (1993)
• Russian Lullabies (1993)
• Samurai Kids (1993)
• The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
• Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
• Making of 'Dreams' (1990)
• Why She Won't Marry (1990)
• Beijing Watermelon (1989)
• The Discarnates (1988)
• The Strange Pair (1988)
• My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1988)
• The Drifting Classroom (1987)
• Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
• His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
• April Fish (1986)
• Lonely Heart (1985)
• Four Sisters (1985)