It was at that moment that I realised just how little I have seen of Obayashi’s movies. I was hoping that this legend would grace us with yet another motion picture, but unfortunately, shortly after my conversation, I heard the saddening news that Nobuhiko Obayashi passed away at the age of 82. In spite of being diagnosed with stage IV terminal cancer, and with a prospect of a few months left to live, Obayashi had not given up and completed his passion project known as Hanagatami (2017) and had the strength to make another movie in 2019 called Labyrinth of Cinema. This man directed 43 feature movies, 10 short films, and over 2000 commercials in the course of his 50-year-long career. I remember having a conversation online back in April 2020 about how cool and indestructible Obayashi really was. He was a versatile director and a true visionary in his own right. Contrary to common misconceptions, he was not just an expert at trippy horror flicks. Truth be told, Nobuhiko Obayashi embodies and eludes all of these descriptions at the same time. Some overzealous academic researchers even go so far as to say that he is a hippie version of Franz Kafka who overdosed on LSD.
Western fans often call him the “drifting director” or the “vagabond of time”. Should you wish to know the name of a film on the basis of a picture, please click on it and it will send you to the appropriate site. To avoid formatting issues, there are no captions under screenshots of movies in the main body of the text. The Author's Endnote section enumerates movie titles that are accessible in the West via either streaming platforms or physical media. Disclaimer: Information concerning sources and images used can be found in the concluding section of the article.
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