
Nobuhiko Obayashi
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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.
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Song of Goodbye (2007)
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An Eater (1963)
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Why She Won't Marry (1990)
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
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House (1977)
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Samurai Kids (1993)
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I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
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Sada (1998)
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His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
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The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
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Kenya Boy (1984)
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The Motive (2004)
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The Discarnates (1988)
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
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Hanagatami (2017)
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The Drifting Classroom (1987)
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Beijing Watermelon (1989)
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
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Switching – Goodbye Me (2007)
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Labyrinth of Cinema (2020)
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The Stupid Teacher (1945)
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Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
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Popeye's Treasure Island (1944)
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Haruka, Nostalgia (1993)
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Lonely Heart (1985)
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Nakasendo (1963)
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Making of 'Dreams' (1990)
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Russian Lullabies (1993)
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School in the Crosshairs (1981)
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Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977)
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Take Me Away! (1978)
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Thursday (1961)
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The Deserted City (1984)
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Four Sisters (1985)
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Seven Weeks (2014)
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The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)
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The Girl in the Picture (1958)
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Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995)
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The Stupid Teacher (2000)
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Emotion (1966)
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The Last Snow (2002)
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Dandanko (1960)
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Remembrance (1963)
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Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker (1968)
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King Kong (1952)
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Complexe (1964)
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I Want to Hear the Wind's Song (1998)
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Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message (2001)
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One Summer's Day (1999)
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From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta" (2001)
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Cute Devil (1982)
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April Fish (1986)
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Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel (1998)
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Onomichi (1963)
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Turning Point (1994)
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Happy Dinosaur's Album (1972)
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Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema (1967)
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document (2014)
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Orere orara (1971)
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Confession (1968)
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Scenery to Remember (2008)
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
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Farewell (2001)
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Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction (1970)
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1988)
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Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction (1996)
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Cheers in the Palm! (1969)
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Youth・Cloud (1957)
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Stampede Country (1972)
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Shinobugawa (2000)
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Lover, Come Back to Me (1983)
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Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
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The Strange Pair (1988)
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T-shi no gogo (1962)
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