Personal details
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Born
9 มกราคม 1938
Died
10 เมษายน 2020
Place of birth
Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
Nobuhiko Ôbayashi · Nobuhiko 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.
