Where to watch Nobuhiko Obayashi in the UK
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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.
Nobuhiko Obayashi films streaming in the UK
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- The Unspoiled Diamond (1982) as Meeting Host
- House (1977) Director
- His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) Director
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) Director
- The Rocking Horsemen (1992) Director
- Switching – Goodbye Me (2007) Director
- Hanagatami (2017) Director
- Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991) Editor
- The Island Closest to Heaven (1984) Director
- Turning Point (1994) Director
- Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995) Director
- Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) Producer
- Kenya Boy (1984) Director
- School in the Crosshairs (1981) Director
- Four Sisters (1985) Director
- The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979) Director
- The Motive (2004) Director
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012) Director
- Death at an Old Mansion (1975) Original Music Composer
- I Are You, You Am Me (1982) Director
- Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978) as Saloon piano player
- Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986) Director
- The Stupid Teacher (2000) Director
- Haruka, Nostalgia (1993) Director
- The Discarnates (1988) Director
- Beijing Watermelon (1989) Director
- The Deserted City (1984) Director
- Sada (1998) Director
- Take Me Away! (1978) Director
- The Drifting Classroom (1987) Director
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977) Director
- Lonely Heart (1985) Director
- Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel (1998) Director
- April Fish (1986) Director
- The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999) Music
- Song of Goodbye (2007) Director
- Legend of the Cat Monster (1983) Director
- Lover, Come Back to Me (1983) Director
- Scenery to Remember (2008) Director
- Evil Spirits of Japan (1970) Original Music Composer
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