Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
189
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-01-09
Day of Death
2020-04-10 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
오바야시 노부히코
Nobuhiko Ohbayashi
Nobuhiko Obayashi
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.
