Masaki Kobayashi

Directing·Feb 14, 1916·Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

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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.

Film	Credit
Unification of Japan 622024 · Actor	Actor
Dora-heita2000 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'1993 · Self	Self
The Empty Table1985 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tokyo Trial1983 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Glowing Autumn1978 · Director	Director
The Fossil1975 · Director	Director
Inn of Evil1971 · Director	Director
Hymn to a Tired Man1968 · Director	Director
Samurai Rebellion1967 · Director	Director
Kwaidan1965 · Director	Director
Harakiri1962 · Director	Director
The Inheritance1962 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer1961 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Black River1957 · Director	Director
I Will Buy You1956 · Director	Director
The Thick-Walled Room1956 · Director	Director
Fountainhead1956 · Director	Director
Beautiful Days1955 · Director	Director
Three Loves1954 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky1954 · Director	Director
Sincere Heart1953 · Director	Director
Youth of the Son1952 · Director	Director
Broken Drum1949 · Screenplay	Screenplay
The Revenge Champion1931 · Screenplay	Screenplay