Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

14/02/1916

Day of Death

04/10/1996
(80) years old

Place of Birth

Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

Biography

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 W... Read More

Filmography

Crew

2000

Dora-heita

as Screenplay

1985

The Empty Table

as Director

1985

The Empty Table

as Screenplay

1983

Tokyo Trial

as Director

1983

Tokyo Trial

as Writer

1978

Glowing Autumn

as Director

1975

The Fossil

as Director

1971

Inn of Evil

as Director

1970

Dodes'ka-den

as Executive Producer

1968

Hymn to a Tired Man

as Director

1967

Samurai Rebellion

as Director

1965

Tokyo Olympiad

as Thanks

1965

Kwaidan

as Director

1962

Harakiri

as Director

1962

The Inheritance

as Director

1962

The Inheritance

as Producer

1957

Black River

as Director

1956

I Will Buy You

as Director

1956

The Thick-Walled Room

as Director

1956

Fountainhead

as Director

1955

Beautiful Days

as Director

1954

Three Loves

as Director

1954

Three Loves

as Writer

1953

Sincere Heart

as Director

1952

Youth of the Son

as Director

1951

Carmen Comes Home

as Assistant Director

1949

Broken Drum

as Screenplay

1949

Broken Drum

as Assistant Director

1949

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

as Assistant Director

1948

Apostasy

as Assistant Director

1948

The Portrait

as Assistant Director

1931

The Revenge Champion

as Screenplay