Nobuhiko Obayashi
Nobuhiko Obayashi was a Japanese director, screenwriter, and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting filmography as a director spanned almost 60 years. He is best known as the director of the 1977 comedy horror film House, which has garnered a cult following. He was notable for his distinct surreal filmmaking style, as well as the anti-war themes commonly embedded in his films.
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🎬 Movies
Labyrinth of Cinema
director
2019
Hanagatami
director
2017
Hanagatami
writer
2017
Seven Weeks
director
2014
Seven Weeks
writer
2014
Switching: Goodbye Me
director
2007
Song of Goodbye
director
2007
The Reason
writer
2004
The Reason
director
2004
The Last Snow
director
2002
That Guy
director
1999
Sada
director
1998
Goodbye for Tomorrow
director
1995
Turning Point
writer
1994
Turning Point
director
1994
Haruka, Nostalgia
director
1993
Samurai Kids
director
1993
The Rocking Horsemen
director
1992
Chizuko's Younger Sister
director
1991
Beijing Watermelon
director
1989
The Discarnates
director
1988
The Strange Couple
director
1988
The Drifting Classroom
director
1987
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
director
1986
His Motorbike, Her Island
director
1986
April Fish
director
1986
Lonely Heart
director
1985
A Slope of Sisters
director
1985
Kenya Boy
director
1984
The Island Closest to Heaven
director
1984
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
director
1983
The Deserted City
director
1983
I Are You, You Am Me
director
1982
The Aimed School
director
1981
The Adventures of Kindaichi Kosuke
director
1979
Take Me Away!
director
1979
House
director
1977
House
writer
1977
The Visitor in the Eye
director
1977
Emotion
director
1966