Masaki Kobayashi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 14, 1916
- Died
- October 4, 1996 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
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.
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Filmography
The Empty Table
Movie · Director
Tokyo Trial
Movie · Director
Glowing Autumn
Movie · Director
The Fossil
Movie · Director
Fossil
TV · Director · 8 eps
Inn of Evil
Movie · Director
Hymn to a Tired Man
Movie · Director
Samurai Rebellion
Movie · Director
Kwaidan
Movie · Director
Harakiri
Movie · Director
The Inheritance
Movie · Director
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Movie · Director
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie · Director
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Movie · Director
Black River
Movie · Director
I Will Buy You
Movie · Director
Fountainhead
Movie · Director
The Thick-Walled Room
Movie · Director
Beautiful Days
Movie · Director
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Movie · Director
Three Loves
Movie · Director
Sincere Heart
Movie · Director
Youth of the Son
Movie · Director
Carmen Comes Home
Movie · Assistant Director
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Movie · Assistant Director
Broken Drum
Movie · Assistant Director
Apostasy
Movie · Assistant Director
The Portrait
Movie · Assistant Director