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