Directing • AGE 82
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 hi...


Notes from the Labyrinth
Self
2021

Labyrinth of Cinema
The Mysterious Old Pianist / The Director John
2020

Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films
Self
2019

Extro
Self
2019

Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise
Self
2019

Hanagatami
Director
2017

Seven Weeks
Director
2014

Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
Director
2014

Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Director
2012

Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl
Narration
2011

Constructing a House
Self
2010

Scenery to Remember
Director
2008

Song of Goodbye
Director
2007

Switching – Goodbye Me
Director
2007

What's a Director?
2006

The Motive
Director
2004

The Last Snow
Writer
2002

Farewell
Director
2001

From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001

Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message
2001

The Stupid Teacher
The Director John
2000

Shinobugawa
Director
2000

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Music
1999

One Summer's Day
Director
1999

I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
Original Music Composer
1998

Sada
Director
1998

Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel
Director
1998

Time Leap
Executive Producer
1997

Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
Editor
1996

Goodbye for Tomorrow
Director
1995

I Can't Pay Back
1994

Turning Point
Director
1994

Samurai Kids
Director
1993

Haruka, Nostalgia
Director
1993

Russian Lullabies
Self
1993

The Rocking Horsemen
Director
1992

Chizuko's Younger Sister
Editor
1991

Why She Won't Marry
Director
1990

Making of 'Dreams'
Self
1990

Beijing Watermelon
Director
1989

My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Editor
1988

The Discarnates
Director
1988

The Strange Pair
Editor
1988

The Drifting Classroom
Director
1987

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Director
1986

April Fish
Director
1986

His Motorbike, Her Island
Director
1986

Four Sisters
Director
1985

Lonely Heart
Director
1985

New Caledonia 28 Days
1985

The Island Closest to Heaven
Director
1984

Kenya Boy
Director
1984

The Deserted City
Director
1984

Aiko 16-sai
Executive Producer
1983

Lover, Come Back to Me
Director
1983

Legend of the Cat Monster
Director
1983

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Director
1983

Zokubutsu zukan
1982

Cute Devil
Director
1982

The Unspoiled Diamond
Meeting Host
1982

I Are You, You Am Me
Director
1982

Completely... With That Air!
1981

School in the Crosshairs
Director
1981

MOMENT
1981

Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情
1980

Temptation of Angel
Producer
1979

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Film Director
1979

Golden Partners
Self
1979

Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Saloon piano player
1978

Take Me Away!
Director
1978

Inside the Storm of Love
1978

Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Tennis Referee
1977

The Mouse and His Child
Lyricist
1977

House
Husband (uncredited)
1977

Death at an Old Mansion
Original Music Composer
1975

Evil Spirits of Japan
Original Music Composer
1970

Cheers in the Palm!
Director
1969

Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker
Himself
1968

Confession
1968

Emotion
Writer
1966

Complexe
Director
1964

An Eater
Director
1963

Onomichi
Director
1963

Remembrance
Director
1963

Nakasendo
Director
1963

Thursday
Director
1961

Dandanko
Director
1960

The Girl in the Picture
1958