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.
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- House (1977) Director
- The Unspoiled Diamond (1982) as Meeting Host
- Sada (1998) Director
- His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) Director
- Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) Producer
- Kenya Boy (1984) Director
- I Are You, You Am Me (1982) Director
- The Motive (2004) Director
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) Director
- Lonely Heart (1985) Director
- Haruka, Nostalgia (1993) Director
- Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991) Director
- Turning Point (1994) Director
- Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986) Director
- Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995) Director
- Hanagatami (2017) Editor
- The Rocking Horsemen (1992) Director
- The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979) Director
- Death at an Old Mansion (1975) Original Music Composer
- Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye (1977) Director
- Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012) Director
- The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999) Screenplay
- Four Sisters (1985) Director
- Beijing Watermelon (1989) Director
- Making of 'Dreams' (1990) Editor
- The Drifting Classroom (1987) Director
- The Stupid Teacher (2000) Director
- Seven Weeks (2014) Director
- Samurai Kids (1993) Director
- The Discarnates (1988) Director
- Time Leap (1997) Executive Producer
- The Island Closest to Heaven (1984) Director
- School in the Crosshairs (1981) Director
- Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978) as Saloon piano player
- Legend of the Cat Monster (1983) Director
- April Fish (1986) Director
- One Summer's Day (1999) Director
- The Mouse and His Child (1977) Lyricist
- Aiko 16-sai (1983) Executive Producer
- Take Me Away! (1978) Director
- The Last Snow (2002) Writer
- Song of Goodbye (2007) Writer
- What's a Director? (2006) Cast
- Cute Devil (1982) Director
- The Deserted City (1984) Director
- Lover, Come Back to Me (1983) Director
- Temptation of Angel (1979) Producer
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1988) Director
- Switching – Goodbye Me (2007) Director
- Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel (1998) Director
- Evil Spirits of Japan (1970) Original Music Composer
- Zokubutsu zukan (1982) Cast
- I Want to Hear the Wind's Song (1998) Original Music Composer
- Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction (1996) Editor
- Scenery to Remember (2008) Director
- Why She Won't Marry (1990) Director
- Completely... With That Air! (1981) Cast
- The Strange Pair (1988) Editor
- Farewell (2001) Director
- Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films (2019) as Self
- Extro (2019) as Self
- MOMENT (1981) Cast
- Emotion (1966) Camera Operator
- Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger! (1990) Cast
- I Can't Pay Back (1994) Cast
- Golden Partners (1979) as Self
- T-shi no gogo (1962) Director
- Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情 (1980) Cast
- Dandanko (1960) Director
- Shinobugawa (2000) Director
- Stampede Country (1972) Director
- Constructing a House (2010) as Self
- Onomichi (1963) Director
- Confession (1968) Director
- Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl (2011) as Narration
- Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction (1970) Director
- An Eater (1963) Director
- Complexe (1964) Director
- Cheers in the Palm! (1969) Director
- Inside the Storm of Love (1978) Cast
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