# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nobuhiko-obayashi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:43:16.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nobuhiko-obayashi"
name: "Nobuhiko Obayashi"
slug: "nobuhiko-obayashi"
description: "Nobuhiko Obayashi  was a Japanese director, screenwriter, and editor of films and television advertisements. He began his filmmaking career as a pioneer of Japanese experimental films before transitioning to directing more mainstream media, and his resulting filmography as a director spanned almost 60 years. He is best known as the director of the 1977 comedy horror film House, which has garnered a cult following. He was notable for his distinct surreal filmmaking style, as well as the anti-war themes commonly embedded in his films."
tagline: "Japanese film director (1938-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nobuhiko_Obayashi_cropped_2_Nobuhiko_Obayashi_201911.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-01-09"
deathDate: "2020-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.67
  momentum:             4.630252427645437
  historical:           13.64633333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541244/"
    handle:    "nm0541244"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ag2iTZx9ozasn7Krtx6El"
    handle:    "2ag2iTZx9ozasn7Krtx6El"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nobuhiko Obayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نوبوهیکو اوبایاشی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuhiko_%C5%8Cbayashi"
    title: "Nobuhiko Ōbayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuhiko_Obayashi"
    title: "Nobuhiko Obayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "大林宣彦"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "오바야시 노부히코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nobuhiko Obayashi"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuhiko_Obayashi"
    title: "Nobuhiko Obayashi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump