Nobuhiko Obayashi
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 experi...
99
Total Movies
2
Languages
7.0
Avg Rating (TMDB)
N/A
Highest Grossing
Essential Watchlist
The Last Snow
2002
🇯🇵 Japanese
Farewell
2001
🇯🇵 Japanese
One Summer's Day
1999
🇯🇵 Japanese
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
1998
🇯🇵 Japanese
Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996
🇺🇸 English
Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995
🇯🇵 Japanese
MOMENT
1981
🇯🇵 Japanese
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999
🇯🇵 Japanese
Why She Won't Marry
1990
🇯🇵 Japanese
Aiko 16-sai
1983
🇯🇵 Japanese
Seven Weeks
2014
🇯🇵 Japanese
The Stupid Teacher
2000
🇯🇵 Japanese
Complete Filmography
| Year ↓ | Movie | IMDb | Box Office | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notes from the Labyrinth | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2020 | Labyrinth of Cinema | ⭐ 6.778 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | Seijo Story: 60 Years of Making Films | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | Extro | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2019 | Film Director Nobuhiko Obayashi: His Promise | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2017 | Hanagatami | ⭐ 7.074 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | Seven Weeks | ⭐ 8.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2014 | Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2012 | Casting Blossoms to the Sky | ⭐ 6.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2011 | Kalina's Apple: Forest of Chernobyl | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2010 | Constructing a House | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2008 | Scenery to Remember | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | Song of Goodbye | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2007 | Switching – Goodbye Me | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2006 | What's a Director? | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2004 | The Motive | ⭐ 6.889 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2002 | The Last Snow | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | Farewell | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta" | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2001 | Obayashi Nobuhiko's Special Message | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | The Stupid Teacher | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 2000 | Shinobugawa | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1999 | One Summer's Day | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | I Want to Hear the Wind's Song | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Sada | ⭐ 6.972 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1998 | Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1997 | Time Leap | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1996 | Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1995 | Goodbye for Tomorrow | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | I Can't Pay Back | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1994 | Turning Point | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Samurai Kids | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Haruka, Nostalgia | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1993 | Russian Lullabies | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1992 | The Rocking Horsemen | ⭐ 7.111 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1991 | Chizuko's Younger Sister | ⭐ 7.429 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Why She Won't Marry | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger! | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1990 | Making of 'Dreams' | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1989 | Beijing Watermelon | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | The Discarnates | ⭐ 6.607 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1988 | The Strange Pair | ⭐ 3.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1987 | The Drifting Classroom | ⭐ 5.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast | ⭐ 6.857 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | April Fish | ⭐ 4.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1986 | His Motorbike, Her Island | ⭐ 7.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Four Sisters | ⭐ 7.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | Lonely Heart | ⭐ 7.111 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1985 | New Caledonia 28 Days | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | The Island Closest to Heaven | ⭐ 6.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | Kenya Boy | ⭐ 5.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1984 | The Deserted City | ⭐ 7.111 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Aiko 16-sai | ⭐ 8.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Lover, Come Back to Me | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | Legend of the Cat Monster | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1983 | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | Zokubutsu zukan | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | Cute Devil | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | The Unspoiled Diamond | ⭐ 4.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1982 | I Are You, You Am Me | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | Completely... With That Air! | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | School in the Crosshairs | ⭐ 6.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1981 | MOMENT | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1980 | Making of いい旅チャレンジ20,000 km 清水港線・旅の表情 | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Temptation of Angel | ⭐ 5.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi | ⭐ 6.286 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1979 | Golden Partners | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Pink Lady's Motion Picture | ⭐ 6.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Take Me Away! | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1978 | Inside the Storm of Love | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | The Mouse and His Child | ⭐ 6.231 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1977 | House | ⭐ 7.3 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Death at an Old Mansion | ⭐ 6.308 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Stampede Country | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1972 | Happy Dinosaur's Album | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1971 | Orere orara | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1970 | Evil Spirits of Japan | ⭐ 6.8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1970 | Memories of the Sea = Sabishinbo, Introduction | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1969 | Cheers in the Palm! | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1968 | Foreign Correspondent - The Case of a Filmmaker | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1968 | Confession | ⭐ 6.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1967 | Japanese Erotica: Five Films on Love and Sex from the Japanese Underground of the Experimental Cinema | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1966 | Emotion | ⭐ 6.763 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1964 | Complexe | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1963 | An Eater | ⭐ 5.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1963 | Onomichi | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1963 | Remembrance | ⭐ 6.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1963 | Nakasendo | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1962 | T-shi no gogo | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1961 | Thursday | ⭐ 5.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1960 | Dandanko | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1958 | The Girl in the Picture | ⭐ 5.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1957 | Youth・Cloud | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1952 | King Kong | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1945 | The Stupid Teacher | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1944 | Popeye's Treasure Island | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
Nobuhiko Obayashi Career & Box Office Summary
Nobuhiko Obayashi is one of the most prominent figures in Indian cinema, having acted in over 99 movies across 2 languages. With a stellar average TMDB rating of 7.0/10, Nobuhiko Obayashi has consistently delivered critically acclaimed performances and massive box office blockbusters.
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