Nobuhiko Obayashi
January 9, 1938 · 88 years old
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…
Known For
11 titles
House
A schoolgirl and six of her classmates travel to her aunt's country home, which turns out to be haunted.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.
Labyrinth of Cinema
The story centers on a group of young people who travel back in time when they are in a movie theater just before closing time. They witness deaths during the closing days of Japan's feudal times and on the battlefront in China be...
Hanagatami
Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.
His Motorbike, Her Island
After a failed romance, a temperamental young biker meets a carefree rural girl while riding through her island hometown and gets her obsessed about riding a motorcycle.
School in the Crosshairs
Yuka Mitamura (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills by stealing the student government election, Yuka and her friends v...
Lonely Heart
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his lonely psyche, or real? An intricate triangle develops, and the viewer can't quite be su...
Seven Weeks
A former hospital director runs an antiques shop in Ashibetsu with her family.
Beijing Watermelon
The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. His life, and that of his wife, Michi and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a p...
The Island Closest to Heaven
A high school girl travels to the island of New Caledonia and has magical adventures.
