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Masaki Kobayashi

Director • Born 1916

Masaki Kobayashi

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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.

Known for

Harakiri posterHarakiriMovie • 1962The Human Condition I: No Greater Love posterThe Human Condition I: No Greater LoveMovie • 1959Kwaidan posterKwaidanMovie • 1965The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer posterThe Human Condition III: A Soldier's PrayerMovie • 1961The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity posterThe Human Condition II: Road to EternityMovie • 1959Samurai Rebellion posterSamurai RebellionMovie • 1967Dodes'ka-den posterDodes'ka-denMovie • 1970The Inheritance posterThe InheritanceMovie • 1962Inn of Evil posterInn of EvilMovie • 1971Tokyo Olympiad posterTokyo OlympiadMovie • 1965Carmen Comes Home posterCarmen Comes HomeMovie • 1951I Will Buy You posterI Will Buy YouMovie • 1956Black River posterBlack RiverMovie • 1957The Thick-Walled Room posterThe Thick-Walled RoomMovie • 1956