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