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