Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 14, 1916
Died
Oct 04, 1996
Place of Birth
Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
Credits
35 titles
Masaki Kobayashi
Biography
Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹, Kobayashi Masaki; February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese filmmaker. He is best remembered for directing the epic war trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961), the samurai films Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967), and the horror anthology epic Kwaidan (1964). Senses of Cinema described him as "one of the finest depicters of Japanese society in the 1950s and 1960s." Although overshadowed by other Japanese filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu in his lifetime, his work has gained wider traction in the 21st century with several of his films being ranked as some of the greatest films ever made. Description above from the Wikipedia article Masaki Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Unification of Japan 62
Final Approach
Executive Producer
Dora-heita
Screenplay
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
Self
The Empty Table
Director
Tokyo Trial
Director
Glowing Autumn
Director
The Fossil
Director
Fossil
Director
Inn of Evil
Director
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
Hymn to a Tired Man
Director
Samurai Rebellion
Director
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks
Kwaidan
Director
Harakiri
Director
The Inheritance
Director
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Producer
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Director
Black River
Director
I Will Buy You
Director
The Thick-Walled Room
Director
Fountainhead
Director
Beautiful Days
Director
Three Loves
Director
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Director
Sincere Heart
Director
Youth of the Son
Director
Carmen Comes Home
Assistant Director
Broken Drum
Screenplay
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Assistant Director
Apostasy
Assistant Director
The Portrait
Assistant Director
The Revenge Champion
Screenplay