Masaki Kobayashi
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 …
Also Known As
Масаки Кобаяси · 小林正树 · 고바야시 마사키 · 코바야시 마사키 · 마사키 고바야시 · 마사키 코바야시
Acting (2)
Crew (44)
Final Approach
Executive Producer
2004
Dora-heita
Screenplay
2000
The Empty Table
Director
1985The Empty Table
Screenplay
1985
Tokyo Trial
Writer
1983Tokyo Trial
Director
1983
Glowing Autumn
Director
1978
The Fossil
Director
1975
Fossil
Director
1972Fossil
Creator
1972
Inn of Evil
Director
1971
Dodes'ka-den
Executive Producer
1970
Hymn to a Tired Man
Director
1968
Samurai Rebellion
Director
1967
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks
1965
Kwaidan
Director
1965
Harakiri
Director
1962
The Inheritance
Director
1962The Inheritance
Producer
1962
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Producer
1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Director
1961The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Screenplay
1961
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Producer
1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Screenplay
1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Director
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Director
1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Screenplay
1959
Black River
Director
1957
I Will Buy You
Director
1956
The Thick-Walled Room
Director
1956
Fountainhead
Director
1956
Beautiful Days
Director
1955
Three Loves
Director
1954Three Loves
Writer
1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Director
1954
Sincere Heart
Director
1953
Youth of the Son
Director
1952
Carmen Comes Home
Assistant Director
1951
Broken Drum
Screenplay
1949Broken Drum
Assistant Director
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Assistant Director
1949
Apostasy
Assistant Director
1948
The Portrait
Assistant Director
1948
The Revenge Champion
Screenplay
1931