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 Oz…
Known For
Harakiri
Director
Kwaidan
Director
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Director
Samurai Rebellion
Director
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Director
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Director
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
Tokyo Olympiad
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (45)
Movies (43)
Dora-heita
2000Screenplay
The Empty Table
1985Director
The Empty Table
1985Screenplay
Tokyo Trial
1983Director
Tokyo Trial
1983Writer
Glowing Autumn
1978Director
The Fossil
1975Director
Inn of Evil
1971Director
Dodes'ka-den
1970Executive Producer
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968Director
Samurai Rebellion
1967Director
Kwaidan
1965Director
Tokyo Olympiad
1965Thanks
Harakiri
1962Director
The Inheritance
1962Director
The Inheritance
1962Producer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961Director
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961Producer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961Screenplay
The Human Condition
1961Director
The Human Condition
1961Writer
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959Director
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959Director
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959Producer
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959Screenplay
Black River
1957Director
The Thick-Walled Room
1956Director
Fountainhead
1956Director
I Will Buy You
1956Director
Beautiful Days
1955Director
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954Director
Three Loves
1954Director
Three Loves
1954Writer
Sincere Heart
1953Director
Youth of the Son
1952Director
Carmen Comes Home
1951Assistant Director
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949Assistant Director
Broken Drum
1949Assistant Director
Broken Drum
1949Screenplay
Apostasy
1948Assistant Director
The Portrait
1948Assistant Director
The Revenge Champion
1931Screenplay
Television (2)
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