Masaki Kobayashi
Directing
- Born
- February 14, 1916 · Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
- Died
- October 4, 1996 (age 80)
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.
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Known for
Harakiri
September 15, 1962
Kwaidan
January 6, 1965
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
January 15, 1959
Samurai Rebellion
May 27, 1967
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
November 20, 1959
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
January 28, 1961
Dodes'ka-den
October 31, 1970
Black River
October 23, 1957
The Inheritance
February 16, 1962
Carmen Comes Home
March 21, 1951
Inn of Evil
September 11, 1971
The Thick-Walled Room
October 31, 1956
Behind the camera30
- 2000Dora-heita Screenplay
- 1985The Empty Table Director, Screenplay
- 1983Tokyo Trial Director, Writer
- 1978Glowing Autumn Director
- 1975The Fossil Director
- 1971Inn of Evil Director
- 1970Dodes'ka-den Executive Producer
- 1968Hymn to a Tired Man Director
- 1967Samurai Rebellion Director
- 1965Kwaidan Director