Directing
Masaki Kobayashi
Born Feb 14, 1916 · Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan · Died Oct 4, 1996
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.
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Directed
The Empty Table
1985
Drama
Tokyo Trial
1983
War · Documentary
Glowing Autumn
1978
Comedy
The Fossil
1975
Drama · Fantasy
Fossil
1972
Drama
Inn of Evil
1971
Crime · Drama
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Drama
Samurai Rebellion
1967
Drama
Kwaidan
1965
Horror · Fantasy · Drama
Harakiri
1962
Action · Drama · History
The Inheritance
1962
Drama
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
War · Drama · History
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
War · Drama · History
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
War · Drama · History
Black River
1957
Crime · Drama
I Will Buy You
1956
Drama
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Drama · War
Fountainhead
1956
Drama
Beautiful Days
1955
Drama · Romance
Three Loves
1954
Drama
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
1954
Drama
Sincere Heart
1953
Drama · Romance
Youth of the Son
1952
Comedy · Drama
Written
Dora-heita
2000
Comedy
Broken Drum
1949
Comedy · Drama
The Revenge Champion
1931
Acting
Unification of Japan 62
2024
Action · Crime · Drama
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
1993
Documentary