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Kyôko Ôbayashi

  • Producer
  • Actress
  • Writer
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Kyôko Ôbayashi was born in 1939. She is a producer and actress, known for House (1977), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983) and The Drifting Classroom (1987). She was previously married to Nobuhiko Ōbayashi.
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    • Known for

    House (1977)
    House
    7.2
    • Wife
    • 1977
    Tomoyo Harada in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
    The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
    6.5
    • Producer
    • 1983
    The Drifting Classroom (1987)
    The Drifting Classroom
    5.5
    • Producer
    • 1987
    Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
    Chizuko's Younger Sister
    7.1
    • Producer
    • 1991

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Hanagatami (2017)
      Hanagatami
      7.0
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Seven Weeks (2014)
      Seven Weeks
      6.7
      • executive producer
      • 2014
    • Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
      Casting Blossoms to the Sky
      7.2
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • Song of Goodbye (2006)
      Song of Goodbye
      5.8
      • executive producer
      • 2006
    • The Motive (2004)
      The Motive
      6.6
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Bengal, Tomokazu Miura, and Atsuko Sudô in The Last Snow (2002)
      The Last Snow
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2002
    • Kokubetsu
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 2001
    • Yodogawa Nagaharu monogatari - Kôbe-hen: Sainara
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 1999
    • That Guy (1999)
      That Guy
      5.5
      • producer
      • 1999
    • I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
      • planner
      • 1998
    • Sada (1998)
      Sada
      6.8
      • producer (as Kyoko Obayashi)
      • 1998
    • Mikeneko Hômuzu no suiri
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 1996
    • Goodbye for Tomorrow (1995)
      Goodbye for Tomorrow
      5.6
      • producer
      • 1995
    • Haruka, Nostalgia (1993)
      Haruka, Nostalgia
      5.9
      • producer
      • 1993
    • The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
      The Rocking Horsemen
      7.3
      • executive producer (as Kyoko Obayashi)
      • 1992

    Actress

    • Ôbayashi Nobuhiko seishun kaikoroku
      Video
      • (as Kyoko Obayashi)
      • 1997
    • House (1977)
      House
      7.2
      • Wife
      • 1977
    • Nobuhiko Ōbayashi in Kaigai tokuhain aru eizô sakka no baai (1967)
      Kaigai tokuhain aru eizô sakka no baai
      Short
      • 1967
    • Emotion (1966)
      Emotion
      6.6
      Short
      • Narrator (voice, as Kyôko Hanyû)
      • 1966
    • Complexe (1964)
      Complexe
      6.3
      Short
      • (as Kyôko Hanyû)
      • 1964
    • Kyôko Ôbayashi in The Girl in the Picture (1958)
      The Girl in the Picture
      6.2
      Short
      • Girl (as Kyôko Hanyû)
      • 1958

    Writer

    • Emotion (1966)
      Emotion
      6.6
      Short
      • Writer (as Kyôko Hanyû)
      • 1966
    • Masahiro Sumiyoshi and Noriko Takemura in Mokuyôbi (1960)
      Mokuyôbi
      5.5
      Short
      • screenplay (as Kyôko Hanyû)
      • 1960

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Kyoko Hanyu
    • Born
      • 1939
    • Spouse
      • Nobuhiko Ōbayashi? - April 10, 2020 (his death, 1 child)

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