Masaki Kobayashi
Born: 1916-02-14 in Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
Died: 1996-10-04
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2004
- Final Approach ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- Dora-heita ... (Screenplay)
1993
1985
- The Empty Table ... (Director)
1983
- Tokyo Trial ... (Director)
1978
- Glowing Autumn ... (Director)
1975
- The Fossil ... (Director)
1972
- Fossil ... (Director)
1971
- Inn of Evil ... (Director)
1970
- Dodes'ka-den ... (Executive Producer)
1968
- Hymn to a Tired Man ... (Director)
1967
- Samurai Rebellion ... (Director)
1965
- Kwaidan ... (Director)
- Tokyo Olympiad ... (Thanks)
1962
- Harakiri ... (Director)
- The Inheritance ... (Director)
1961
- The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer ... (Screenplay)
1959
- The Human Condition I: No Greater Love ... (Director)
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity ... (Producer)
- The Human Condition ... (Creator)
1957
- Black River ... (Director)
1956
- The Thick-Walled Room ... (Director)
- Fountainhead ... (Director)
- I Will Buy You ... (Director)
1955
- Beautiful Days ... (Director)
1954
- Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky ... (Director)
- Three Loves ... (Director)
1953
- Sincere Heart ... (Director)
1952
- Youth of the Son ... (Director)
1951
- Carmen Comes Home ... (Assistant Director)
1949
- Broken Drum ... (Screenplay)
- Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 ... (Assistant Director)
1948
- Apostasy ... (Assistant Director)
- The Portrait ... (Assistant Director)
1931
- The Revenge Champion ... (Screenplay)