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 (93 movies)
10.0
10.0
MOMENT
1981
8.6
8.6
Seven Weeks
2014
Director
8.0
8.0
Making of 'Dreams'
1990
Director
8.0
8.0
Aiko 16-sai
1983
Executive Producer
7.9
7.9
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986
Director
7.7
7.7
Extro
2019
as Self
7.6
7.6
Chizuko's Younger Sister
1991
Director
7.3
7.3
House
1977
Director
7.2
7.2
Four Sisters
1985
Director
7.0
7.0
Constructing a House
2010
as Self
7.0
7.0
Cute Devil
1982
Director
7.0
7.0
Sada
1998
Writer
7.0
7.0
Take Me Away!
1978
Director
7.0
7.0
Hanagatami
2017
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Miss Lonely
1985
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
Director
6.9
6.9
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
2012
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
Director
6.8
6.8
The Deserted City
1984
Director
6.8
6.8
Emotion
1966
Director
6.7
6.7
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
1986
Director
6.7
6.7
Remembrance
1963
Director
6.6
6.6
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983
Director
6.6
6.6
Dandanko
1957
Director
6.6
6.6
Complexe
1964
Writer
6.6
6.6
I Are You, You Am Me
1982
Director
6.5
6.5
Switching – Goodbye Me
2007
Screenplay
6.4
6.4
Confession
1968
Writer
6.4
6.4
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Director
6.4
6.4
The Motive
2004
Director
6.3
6.3
The Discarnates
1988
Director
6.3
6.3
Beijing Watermelon
1989
Director
6.1
6.1
School in the Crosshairs
1981
Director
6.1
6.1
The Island Closest to Heaven
1984
Director
6.0
6.0
Samurai Kids
1993
Director
6.0
6.0
Turning Point
1994
Director
6.0
6.0
Haruka, Nostalgia
1993
Writer
5.6
5.6
The Girl in the Picture
1958
Director
5.5
5.5
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
1977
Director
5.4
5.4
An Eater
1963
Director
5.2
5.2
Thursday
1961
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
Kenya Boy
1984
Director
5.0
5.0
Nakasendo
1963
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
Onomichi
1963
Director
4.8
4.8
Temptation of Angel
1979
Producer
4.7
4.7
The Drifting Classroom
1987
Director
4.0
4.0
April Fish
1986
Director
3.6
3.6
The Unspoiled Diamond
1982
as Meeting Host
1.0
1.0
The Strange Pair
1988
Screenplay
Completely... With That Air!
1981
Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
2019
as Self
The Stupid Teacher
2000
Writer
Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
2019
as Self
What's a Director?
2006
Notes from the Labyrinth
2021
as Self
Russian Lullabies
1993
Director
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
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001
Director
Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001
Director
Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
2011
as Narration
Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!
1990
New Caledonia 28 Days
1985
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
1968
Director
Song of Goodbye
2007
Writer
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
Director
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998
Director
Legend of the Cat Monster
1983
Director
Lover, Come Back to Me
1983
Director
Farewell
2001
Writer
Popeye's Treasure Island
1944
Director
The Stupid Teacher
1945
Director
King Kong
1952
Director
Youth・Cloud
1957
Director
T-shi no gogo
1962
Director
Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction
1970
Director
Orere orara
1971
Director
Stampede Country
1972
Director
Happy Dinosaur's Album
1972
Director
Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema