Masaki Kobayashi

Regista, Sceneggiatore, Produttore

14 febbraio 1916 — 4 ottobre 1996 (80 anni)
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.

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Film e Serie su Plex

  • The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I
    The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I1949

Famoso per

  • Harakiri
    Harakiri1962
  • Kwaidan - Storie di fantasmi
    Kwaidan - Storie di fantasmi1964
  • La Condizione Umana: Parte I – Nessun amore è più grande
    La Condizione Umana: Parte I – Nessun amore è più grande1959
  • L'ultimo samurai
    L'ultimo samurai1967
  • La Condizione Umana: Parte II – Cammino verso l'eternità
    La Condizione Umana: Parte II – Cammino verso l'eternità1959
  • La Condizione Umana: Parte III – La preghiera del soldato
    La Condizione Umana: Parte III – La preghiera del soldato1961
  • Inn of Evil
    Inn of Evil1971
  • Dodes'ka-den
    Dodes'ka-den1970
  • Black River
    Black River1957
  • The Inheritance
    The Inheritance1962
  • The Thick-Walled Room
    The Thick-Walled Room1956
  • I Will Buy You
    I Will Buy You1956
  • Tokyo Trial
    Tokyo Trial1983
  • Carmen ritorna a casa
    Carmen ritorna a casa1951
  • Sincere Heart
    Sincere Heart1953
  • この広い空のどこかに
    この広い空のどこかに1954
  • Beautiful Days
    Beautiful Days1955
  • Fountainhead
    Fountainhead1956
  • The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I
    The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I1949
  • I Went To
    I Went To2000

Filmografia

2000
I Went To · as Screenplay
1985
1983
1961
1959
1959
1954
1949
A Broken Drum · as Screenplay
1949
The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I · as ScreenplaySu Plex

1951
Carmen Comes Home · as Assistant Director
1949
A Broken Drum · as Assistant Director
1949
The Ghost of Yotsuya: Part I · as Assistant DirectorSu Plex
1948
Apostasy · as Assistant Director
1948
The Portrait · as Assistant Director