Masaki Kobayashi

6 titles·Since 1959

February 14, 1916 · Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

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.

Frequently works with

Michiyo Aratama

4 titles together

Tatsuya Nakadai

4 titles together

Filmography (6)

Samurai Rebellion

1967 · Director

Kwaidan

1965 · Director

Harakiri

1962 · Director

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961 · Director

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959 · Director

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959 · Director

February 14, 1916 · Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

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.