x

Login

Remember me
Forget password ?

Or via social

x

sign up

person_profile-Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi Died at age: 80

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Masaki Kobayashi

Date of Birth:

Feb 14, 1916

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Oct 04, 1996

Biography of

Masaki Kobayashi

    Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director.

    Among his films is Kwaidan (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each of which has a surprise ending.

    Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length of the films is over 9 hours. Other notable films include Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967). Harakiri won him an award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, solidifying his place in the history of cinema.

    In 1969, he was a member of the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.

    He was also a candidate for directing the Japanese sequences for Tora! Tora! Tora!, once Akira Kurosawa left the film. But instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen.

    Kobayashi, himself a pacifist, was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, but refused to fight and refused promotion to a rank higher than private.

    Description above from the Wikipedia article Masaki Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Photos of

Masaki Kobayashi

Photos ( 2 Photos

Filmography of

Masaki Kobayashi

Found 27 Movies in total

... 1985

... 1983

... 1978

The Fossil

Director

... 1975

Inn of Evil

Director

... 1971

... 1968

... 1967

Kwaidan

Director

... 1965

Harakiri

Director

... 1962

... 1962

... 1961

... 1959

... 1959

Black River

Director

... 1957

... 1956

... 1956

... 1956

... 1955

... 1954

... 1954

... 1953

... 1952

Carmen Comes Home

Assistant Director

... 1951

Broken Drum

Screenplay

... 1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Assistant Director

... 1949

Apostasy

Assistant Director

... 1948

The Portrait

Assistant Director

... 1948