Masaki Kobayashi

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Masaki Kobayashi was born on February 14, 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Harakiri (1962), The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961) and Samurai Rebellion (1967). He died on October 4, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan. See full bio »

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February 14, 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan

Died:

October 4, 1996 (age 80) in Tokyo, Japan

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Harakiri Director

(1962)

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Director

(1961)

Samurai Rebellion Director

(1967)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Director

(1959)

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Director (22 credits)

1985 Shokutaku no nai ie

1983 Tokyo Trial (Documentary)

1979 Moeru aki

1974 The Fossil

1971 Inn of Evil

1968 Hymn to a Tired Man

1967 Samurai Rebellion

1964 Kwaidan

1962 Harakiri

1962 The Inheritance

1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1959/II The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959/I The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1957 Black River

1956 I Will Buy You

1956 The Thick-Walled Room

1956 Fountainhead

1955 Beautiful Days

1954 Somewhere Under the Broad Sky

1954 Three Loves

1953 Sincerity

1952 Youth of the Son

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Writer (9 credits)

2000 I Went To (screenplay)

1985 Shokutaku no nai ie

1983 Tokyo Trial (Documentary) (writer)

1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (screenplay)

1959/II The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (screenplay)

1959/I The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (screenplay)

1954 Three Loves

1949 A Broken Drum (screenplay)

1949 The Yotsuda Phantom (screenplay - uncredited)

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (6 credits)

1951 Fireworks Over the Sea (assistant director)

1951 Carmen Comes Home (assistant director)

1949 A Broken Drum (assistant director)

1949 The Yotsuda Phantom (assistant director - uncredited)

1948 Apostasy (assistant director)

1948 The Portrait (chief assistant director)

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Producer (4 credits)

1970 Dodes'ka-den (planner)

1962 The Inheritance (producer)

1961 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (producer)

1959/II The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (producer)

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Thanks (4 credits)

The Wicked Hollows (acknowledgment) (pre-production)

2014 Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (special thanks)

2011 Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou (Documentary) (special thanks)

1965 Tokyo Olympiad (Documentary) (special thanks)

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Self (3 credits)

1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (TV Movie documentary)
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1971 Cannes Film Festival (TV Series)
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- 25ème festival de Cannes (1971) ... Himself

1963 Toki no hito (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 10 July 1963 (1963) ... Himself

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