Actor

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Directing

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Movies: 88Series: 0Crew credits: 71

TMDB ID: 132305

IMDb ID: nm0643171

Known for: Directing

Born: January 9, 1938

Died: April 10, 2020

Age: 82

Place of birth: Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1958 - 2021

Years active: 64

Average TMDB rating: 7.01

Wikidata: Q3342565

Also known as

Nobuhiko Ôbayashi • Nobuhiko Ohbayashi • 學草太郎 • Sotaro Manabu

Other jobs

Director (55)Editor (4)Original Music Composer (3)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Writer (2)Camera Operator (1)Lyricist (1)

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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.