Masaki Kobayashi
Director
- Born
- February 14, 1916
- Died
- October 4, 1996 (age 80)
- From
- Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
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…
Filmography (24)
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Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition' (1993)Self
The Empty Table (1985)Director
Tokyo Trial (1983)Director
Glowing Autumn (1978)Director
The Fossil (1975)Director
Inn of Evil (1971)Director
Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)Director
Samurai Rebellion (1967)Director
Kwaidan (1965)Director
Harakiri (1962)Director
The Inheritance (1962)Director
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)Director
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)Director
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)Director
Black River (1957)Director
I Will Buy You (1956)Director
The Thick-Walled Room (1956)Director
Fountainhead (1956)Director
Beautiful Days (1955)Director
Three Loves (1954)Director
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)Director
Sincere Heart (1953)Director
Youth of the Son (1952)Director