Nobuhiko Obayashi
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 99
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- January 9, 1938
- Died
- April 10, 2020
- Place of birth
- Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Nobuhiko ÔbayashiNobuhiko Ohbayashi學草太郎Sotaro Manabu
Biography
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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Filmography
Directing
75 titles
Editing
36 titles
Acting
30 titles
2019
Writing
29 titles
Sound
19 titles1999
1998
