Japanese film director Nobuhiko Obayashi, who produced a series of hit movies in the 1980s featuring youths in his native city of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, died of lung cancer Friday, his film company said. He was 82.Obayashi, who earned global recognition for his work including at the Berlin International Film Festival, revealed that he had stage-four lung cancer in August 2016, prior to shooting his film "HANAGATAMI."He never stopped making new films even while battling the disease.In addition to films about youth, Obayashi also produced several works throughout his career with an a…READ FULL ARTICLE
