Filmmaker Obayashi, whose work featured Japan hometown, dies at 82 english.kyodonews.net

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."
(File photo of Nobuhiko Obayashi taken in December 2017)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 antiwar theme, emphasizing the importance of peace.
His last work, "Umibeno Eigakan Kinemano Tamatebako" ("Labyrinth of Cinema"), takes up Japan's wartime history in Hiroshima and Okinawa.
The three works are "Tenkosei" ("Exchange Students"), "Tokio Kakeru Shojo" ("The Girl Who Leapt Through Time") and "Sabishinbo" ("Lonely Heart").