Nobuhiko Obayashi Dies: Influential Japanese Filmmaker Succumbs To Cancer At Age 82. deadline.com

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi speaks during an interview at his studio in Tokyo.
The official site for his latest film, “Labyrinth of Cinema,” said on its online site Saturday, April 10, that Obayashi died late Friday, April 9.
(AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama, File)Nobuhiko Obayashi, an influential Japanese film director, has died.
The website had a terse announcement: “Director Obayashi fought his sickness to the day of the scheduled release of his film.
Rest in peace, director Obayashi, you who loved films so much you kept on making them,” the announcement said.