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Filmmaker Obayashi, who portrayed war's horrors, dead at 82

by Associated Press
| April 13, 2020 12:03 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Nobuhiko Obayashi, one of Japan's most prolific filmmakers who devoted his works to depicting war's horrors and singing the eternal power of movies, has died. He was 82.

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