Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi died Friday in Tokyo of lung cancer. He was 82. Born in Onomichi, a port on Japan’s Inland Sea, in 1938, Obayashi began making films as a child, using a projecto…
Born in Onomichi, a port on Japan’s Inland Sea, in 1938, Obayashi began making films as a child, using a projector and film owned by his physician father.
In Japan, Obayashi is best known for a trilogy of films he shot in Onomichi: “Exchange Students” , “The Girl Who Leapt through Time” and “Lonely Heart” .
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