Masaki Kobayashi
Occupation(s)Film director, Producer, Screenwriter

Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer who has directed twenty films in a career spanning 33 years. He is best known for The Human Condition Trilogy, the Academy Award–nominated horror film Kwaidan and the jidaigeki films Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion.[1][2]

List of feature films

Year Title Original title Director Writer Producer Notes
1949 The Yotsuya Ghost Story Shin'yaku Yotsuya kaidan No Uncredited No
Broken Drum Yabure-daiko No Yes No
1952 Youth of the Son Musuko no seishun Yes No No Medium-Length film
1953 Sincere Heart Magokoro Yes No No Completed in 1953
1954 Three Loves Mittsu no ai Yes Yes No
Somewhere Under The Broad Sky Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni Yes No No
1955 Beautiful Days Uruwashiki saigetsu Yes No No
1956 The Thick-Walled Room Kabe atsuki heya Yes No No
Fountainhead (also known as The Spring) Izumi Yes No No
I Will Buy You Anata kaimasu Yes No No
1957 Black River Kuroi kawa Yes No No
1959 No Greater Love Kore ijō no ai wanai Yes Yes No Part of The Human Condition: Film Series
Road to Eternity Eien e no michi Yes Yes Yes
1961 A Soldier's Prayer Heishi no inori Yes Yes Yes
1962 The Inheritance Karami-ai Yes No Yes
1962 Harakiri Seppuku Yes No No
1964 Kwaidan Kaidan Yes No No
1967 Samurai Rebellion Jōi-uchi: Hairyō-tsuma shimatsu Yes No No
1968 Hymn to a Tired Man Nihon no seishun Yes No No
1971 Inn of Evil Inōchi bō ni furō Yes No No
1972 The Fossil Kaseki Yes No No
1979 Glowing Autumn Moeruaki Yes No No
1983 Tokyo Trial Tōkyō Saiban Yes Yes No Documentary film
1985 Family Without a Dinner Table Shokutaku no Nai Ie Yes Yes No Final directed film
2000 Dora-heita No Yes No Posthumous release
Written in 1969 with Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa and Keisuke Kinoshita

As assistant director

No. Title Year of Release Original Title
1. The Portrait 1948 Shōzō
2. Apostasy 1948 Hakai
3. The Yotsuda-Phantom (uncredited) 1949 Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan
4. Broken Drum 1949 Yabure daiko
5. Carmen Comes Home 1951 Karumen kokyō ni kaeru
6. Fireworks Over the Sea 1951 Umi no hanabi

Citations

  1. ↑ mubi. "Masaki Kobayashi films". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Most Popular Movies and TV Shows with Masaki Kobayashi". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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