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Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Actor, Writer, Director

Born January 6, 1954 in Tokyo, Japan

Died August 20, 2022

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Biography

Masahiro Kobayashi (6 January 1954 - 20 August 2022) was a Japanese film writer and director.

Kobayashi became the first Japanese filmmaker to win the Grand Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. In its wake, he founded Monkey Town Productions and made three films back to back which won prizes in three consecutive years at Cannes: Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) and Man Walking on Snow (2001) in Un Certain Regard and Koroshi (2000) in the Directors' Fortnight.

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11 wins and 14 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

10

Type

Year

Strangers Poster

Strangers Documentary2013

Strangers When We Meet Poster

Strangers When We Meet Feature Film2013

The Making of 'Haru to no tabi' Documentary2011Self

'Wakaranai' no sekai Documentary2010Self

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Poster

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Feature Film2009

Code Name: Melville Poster

Code Name: Melville Documentary2008Self

Hôtei arashi Bengoshi Inukai Bunsuke TV Movie2007

The Rebirth Poster

The Rebirth Feature Film2007Man

Cinemaholic TV Series2004Self

The Making of 'Kanzen-naru shiiku 4' Documentary2004Self

Writer

53

Type

Year

The Return Poster

The Return TV Movie2019

Lear on the Shore Poster

Lear on the Shore Feature Film2017

Tachibana Noboru Seishun Tebikae Poster

Tachibana Noboru Seishun Tebikae TV Series2016

Strangers When We Meet Poster

Strangers When We Meet Feature Film2013

Japan's Tragedy Poster

Japan's Tragedy Feature Film2012

Women on the Edge Feature Film2011

Haru's Journey Poster

Haru's Journey Feature Film2010

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Poster

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Feature Film2009

White Night Poster

White Night Feature Film2009

Riviera: The Promised Land Poster

Riviera: The Promised Land Video Game2007

The Rebirth Poster

The Rebirth Feature Film2007

Eejanaika nippon miyagi hen kesennuma densetsu Feature Film2006

Shiawase Poster

Shiawase Feature Film2006

Bashing Feature Film2005

Flic Feature Film2005

Déracine Poster

Déracine Feature Film2004

Tokyo Booty Nights Poster

Tokyo Booty Nights Feature Film2004

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi Poster

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi Feature Film2003

Perfect Blue Poster

Perfect Blue Feature Film2002

Joshi shain aiyoku izonsho Feature Film2001

Man Walking on Snow Poster

Man Walking on Snow Feature Film2001

Shin shitagaru aniyome: Fushidara na kankei Poster

Shin shitagaru aniyome: Fushidara na kankei Feature Film2001

1 shûkan aiyoku nikki Poster

1 shûkan aiyoku nikki Feature Film2000

Danchi-zuma: Furin de rabu rabu Poster

Danchi-zuma: Furin de rabu rabu Feature Film2000

Dosukebe anechan Feature Film2000

Film Noir Poster

Film Noir Feature Film2000

Hate shinai yokujô: Mowaseste! Poster

Hate shinai yokujô: Mowaseste! Feature Film2000

Aiyoku onsen: Bihada no numeri Feature Film1999

Eros no shitatari Poster

Eros no shitatari Feature Film1999

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Poster

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Feature Film1999

Lusty Hot Spring Poster

Lusty Hot Spring Feature Film1999

Shin danchizuma: Furin wa mitsu no aji: Koyoi kagiri wa... Poster

Shin danchizuma: Furin wa mitsu no aji: Koyoi kagiri wa... Feature Film1999

Shitagaru aniyome 2: Midara na tawamure Poster

Shitagaru aniyome 2: Midara na tawamure Feature Film1999

Hakui to hitozuma: shitagaru aniyome Poster

Hakui to hitozuma: shitagaru aniyome Feature Film1998

Shinjuku mesu nikki: Mayoi neko Poster

Shinjuku mesu nikki: Mayoi neko Feature Film1998

Akai hankô: Yume no ato shimatsu Feature Film1997

Akai yokujô: Hame jôzu Poster

Akai yokujô: Hame jôzu Feature Film1997

Danchizuma: Hakuchû no furin Poster

Danchizuma: Hakuchû no furin Feature Film1997

Hakui inran nikki: Nureta mama nido, sando Poster

Hakui inran nikki: Nureta mama nido, sando Feature Film1997

Closing Time Poster

Closing Time Feature Film1996

Furin nikki: Nureta mama mô ichidô Poster

Furin nikki: Nureta mama mô ichidô Feature Film1996

Tandem Feature Film1994

Megami ga boku ni hohoende TV Movie1993

Sekkusu to kaiwa to tsûkin-densha Poster

Sekkusu to kaiwa to tsûkin-densha Feature Film1993

Tobikkiri, seishun TV Series1993

Furinzuma no sei: Kairaku asari Poster

Furinzuma no sei: Kairaku asari Feature Film1992

I Love Smap! Poster

I Love Smap! TV Series1991

Deka kizoku TV Series1990

Kageki honban shô: Ijôsha-tachi no yoru Poster

Kageki honban shô: Ijôsha-tachi no yoru Feature Film1990

The Woman in the Rain TV Movie1988

Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara Poster

Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara Feature Film1987

Kyoko no taiken: The honban Poster

Kyoko no taiken: The honban Feature Film1986

The Shocking Poster

The Shocking Feature Film1986

Director

21

Type

Year

Lear on the Shore Poster

Lear on the Shore Feature Film2017

Strangers Poster

Strangers Documentary2013

Strangers When We Meet Poster

Strangers When We Meet Feature Film2013

Japan's Tragedy Poster

Japan's Tragedy Feature Film2012

Women on the Edge Feature Film2011

'Wakaranai' no sekai Documentary2010

Haru's Journey Poster

Haru's Journey Feature Film2010

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Poster

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Feature Film2009

White Night Poster

White Night Feature Film2009

The Rebirth Poster

The Rebirth Feature Film2007

Eejanaika nippon miyagi hen kesennuma densetsu Feature Film2006

Shiawase Poster

Shiawase Feature Film2006

Bashing Feature Film2005

Flic Feature Film2005

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi Poster

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi Feature Film2003

Joshi shain aiyoku izonsho Feature Film2001

Man Walking on Snow Poster

Man Walking on Snow Feature Film2001

1 shûkan aiyoku nikki Poster

1 shûkan aiyoku nikki Feature Film2000

Film Noir Poster

Film Noir Feature Film2000

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Poster

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Feature Film1999

Closing Time Poster

Closing Time Feature Film1996

Producer

12

Lear on the Shore Poster

Lear on the Shore Feature Film2017

Japan's Tragedy Poster

Japan's Tragedy Feature Film2012

Women on the Edge Feature Film2011

Haru's Journey Poster

Haru's Journey Feature Film2010

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Poster

Wakaranai: Where Are You? Feature Film2009

Eejanaika nippon miyagi hen kesennuma densetsu Feature Film2006

Bashing Feature Film2005

Flic Feature Film2005

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi Poster

Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi Feature Film2003

Man Walking on Snow Poster

Man Walking on Snow Feature Film2001

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Poster

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film Feature Film1999

Closing Time Poster

Closing Time Feature Film1996

Art Director

1

Film Noir Poster

Film Noir Feature Film2000

Composer

1

Bashing Feature Film2005

Other Crew

1

WWE 2K19 Poster

WWE 2K19 Video Game2018

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