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Masaki Kobayashi(1916-1996)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi was born on 14 February 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Seppuku (1962), Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967) and Ningen no jôken (1961). He died on 4 October 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornFebruary 14, 1916
DiedOctober 4, 1996(80)
BornFebruary 14, 1916
DiedOctober 4, 1996(80)
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  • Awards
    • 22 wins & 12 nominations

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Known for

Seppuku (1962)
Seppuku
8.6
  • Director
  • 1962
Toshirô Mifune in Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu
8.3
  • Director
  • 1967
Ningen no jôken (1961)
Ningen no jôken
8.8
  • Director
  • 1961
Ningen no jôken (1959)
Ningen no jôken
8.5
  • Director
  • 1959

Credits

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Director

  • Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)
    Shokutaku no nai ie
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Tôkyô saiban (1983)
    Tôkyô saiban
    7.7
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Moeru aki (1979)
    Moeru aki
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Kaseki (1974)
    Kaseki
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Kaseki
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Inochi bô ni furô (1971)
    Inochi bô ni furô
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Nihon no seishun (1968)
    Nihon no seishun
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Toshirô Mifune in Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
    Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu
    8.3
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Kaidan (1964)
    Kaidan
    7.9
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Seppuku (1962)
    Seppuku
    8.6
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Karami-ai (1962)
    Karami-ai
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Ningen no jôken (1961)
    Ningen no jôken
    8.8
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Ningen no jôken (1959)
    Ningen no jôken
    8.5
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Ningen no jôken (1959)
    Ningen no jôken
    8.5
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Kuroi kawa (1957)
    Kuroi kawa
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1957

Writer

  • Dora-heita (2000)
    Dora-heita
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 2000
  • Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)
    Shokutaku no nai ie
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Tôkyô saiban (1983)
    Tôkyô saiban
    7.7
    • writer
    • 1983
  • Ningen no jôken (1961)
    Ningen no jôken
    8.8
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • Ningen no jôken (1959)
    Ningen no jôken
    8.5
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • Ningen no jôken (1959)
    Ningen no jôken
    8.5
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • Mittsu no ai (1954)
    Mittsu no ai
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 1954
  • Yabure-daiko (1949)
    Yabure-daiko
    6.9
    • screenplay
    • 1949
  • Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Yotsuya kaidan
    6.9
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1949

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Umi no hanabi (1951)
    Umi no hanabi
    6.0
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Hideko Takamine in Karumen kokyô ni kaeru (1951)
    Karumen kokyô ni kaeru
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Yabure-daiko (1949)
    Yabure-daiko
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1949
  • Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Yotsuya kaidan
    6.9
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Hakai (1948)
    Hakai
    6.2
    • assistant director
    • 1948
  • Eitarô Ozawa and Ichirô Sugai in Shozo (1948)
    Shozo
    6.7
    • chief assistant director
    • 1948

Personal details

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  • Born
    • February 14, 1916
    • Hokkaido, Japan
  • Died
    • October 4, 1996
    • Tokyo, Japan(cardiac arrest)
  • Relatives
    • Kinuyo Tanaka(Cousin)

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  • Trivia
    Keisuke Kinoshita, Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikawa and Masaki Kobayashi founded their own company, Yonki No Kai ('Club of The Four Knights'), in 1969 to assert an independent film making process and escape the studio system. They managed to produce only one movie, Kurosawa's Dodesukaden (1970).
  • Trademarks
      Often worked with actor Tatsuya Nakadai.

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