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