Masaki Kobayashi
Directing
Born: February 14, 1916 · Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
Died: October 4, 1996 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
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
Harakiri
1962
Kwaidan
1965
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Samurai Rebellion
1967
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Tokyo Olympiad
1965
Black River
1957
The Inheritance
1962
Carmen Comes Home
1951
Inn of Evil
1971
Photos (3)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (1)
Directing (28)
Harakiri
Director
Kwaidan
Director
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Director
Samurai Rebellion
Director
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Director
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Director
The Inheritance
Director
The Empty Table
Director
Inn of Evil
Director
Sincere Heart
Director
The Fossil
Director
Apostasy
Assistant Director
Broken Drum
Assistant Director
Black River
Director
Fossil
Director
The Thick-Walled Room
Director
Hymn to a Tired Man
Director
The Portrait
Assistant Director
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Assistant Director
Glowing Autumn
Director
Beautiful Days
Director
Three Loves
Director
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Director
Fountainhead
Director
Tokyo Trial
Director
Carmen Comes Home
Assistant Director
Youth of the Son
Director
I Will Buy You
Director
Writing (9)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Screenplay
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Screenplay
The Empty Table
Screenplay
Dora-heita
Screenplay
Broken Drum
Screenplay
Three Loves
Writer
Tokyo Trial
Writer
The Revenge Champion
Screenplay
