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