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Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi

Director, Writer, 2nd Unit / Asst Director

Born February 14, 1916 in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

Died October 4, 1996

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Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director.

Among his films is Kwaidan (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each of which has a surprise ending.

Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length of the films is over 9 hours. Other notable films include Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967). Harakiri won him an award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, solidifying his place in the history of cinema.

In 1969, he was a member of the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.

He was also a candidate for directing the Japanese sequences for Tora! Tora! Tora!, once Akira Kurosawa left the film. But instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen.

Kobayashi, himself a pacifist, was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, but refused to fight and refused promotion to a rank higher than private.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Masaki Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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23 wins and 9 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

3

Type

Year

Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu Poster

Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu Documentary1994Self

Toki no hito Poster

Toki no hito TV Series1963Self

Cannes Film Festival Poster

Cannes Film Festival TV Series1952Self

Director

22

Type

Year

Family Without a Dinner Table Poster

Family Without a Dinner Table Feature Film1985

Tokyo Trial Poster

Tokyo Trial Documentary1983

Moeru aki Poster

Moeru aki Feature Film1979

The Fossil Poster

The Fossil Feature Film1974

Inn of Evil Poster

Inn of Evil Feature Film1971

Hymn to a Tired Man Poster

Hymn to a Tired Man Feature Film1968

Samurai Rebellion Poster

Samurai Rebellion Feature Film1967

Kwaidan Feature Film1964

Harakiri Poster

Harakiri Feature Film1962

The Inheritance Poster

The Inheritance Feature Film1962

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Poster

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Feature Film1961

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Poster

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Feature Film1959

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Feature Film1959

Black River Poster

Black River Feature Film1957

Fountainhead Poster

Fountainhead Feature Film1956

I Will Buy You Poster

I Will Buy You Feature Film1956

The Thick-Walled Room Poster

The Thick-Walled Room Feature Film1956

Beautiful Days Poster

Beautiful Days Feature Film1955

Somewhere Under the Broad Sky Poster

Somewhere Under the Broad Sky Feature Film1954

Three Loves Poster

Three Loves Feature Film1954

Sincerity Poster

Sincerity Feature Film1953

Youth of the Son Poster

Youth of the Son Feature Film1952

Writer

9

Type

Year

I Went To Poster

I Went To Feature Film2000

Family Without a Dinner Table Poster

Family Without a Dinner Table Feature Film1985

Tokyo Trial Poster

Tokyo Trial Documentary1983

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Poster

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Feature Film1961

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Poster

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Feature Film1959

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Feature Film1959

Three Loves Poster

Three Loves Feature Film1954

A Broken Drum Poster

A Broken Drum Feature Film1949

Ghost of Yotsuya Poster

Ghost of Yotsuya Feature Film1949

2nd Unit / Asst Director

6

Carmen Comes Home Poster

Carmen Comes Home Feature Film1951

Fireworks Over the Sea Poster

Fireworks Over the Sea Feature Film1951

A Broken Drum Poster

A Broken Drum Feature Film1949

Ghost of Yotsuya Poster

Ghost of Yotsuya Feature Film1949

Apostasy Poster

Apostasy Feature Film1948

The Portrait Poster

The Portrait Feature Film1948

Thanks

5

Type

Year

Moriya, mi Ciudad Poster

Moriya, mi Ciudad Documentary2019

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk Poster

Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk Feature Film2014

Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou Poster

Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou Documentary2011

Tokyo Olympiad Poster

Tokyo Olympiad Documentary1965

The Wicked Hollows Poster

The Wicked Hollows Feature Film

Producer

4

Dodes'ka-den Poster

Dodes'ka-den Feature Film1970

The Inheritance Poster

The Inheritance Feature Film1962

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Poster

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Feature Film1961

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity Feature Film1959

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