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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.
Nobuhiko Obayashi was a prolific Japanese director, screenwriter, and editor renowned for his surreal visual style and experimental filmmaking roots.
He is best known for directing the psychedelic horror-comedy cult classic House (1977) and his later anti-war masterworks like Hanagatami.
He creates visually inventive, genre-blending cinema that fuses avant-garde techniques with fantasy, nostalgia, and profound anti-war themes.
He is closely associated with Toho and independent Japanese studios where he produced the vast majority of his extensive filmography.
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