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 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961), The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) and Harakiri (1962). He died on October 4, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan. See full bio »

Born:

February 14, 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan

Died:

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

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Known For

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer Director

(1961)

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Director

(1959)

Harakiri Director

(1962)

Samurai Rebellion Director

(1967)

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Director (22 credits)

1985 Shokutaku no nai ie

1983 Tokyo Trial (Documentary)

1979 Moeru aki

1974 Kaseki

1971 Inochi bô ni furô

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 Mittsu no ai

1953 Sincerity

1952 Youth of the Son

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Writer (9 credits)

2000 Dora-heita (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 Mittsu no ai

1949 Yabure-daiko (screenplay)

1949 The Yotsuda Phantom (screenplay - uncredited)

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (6 credits)

1951 Umi no hanabi (assistant director)

1951 Carmen Comes Home (assistant director)

1949 Yabure-daiko (assistant director)

1949 The Yotsuda Phantom (assistant director - uncredited)

1948 Hakai (assistant director)

1948 Shozo (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 (3 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)

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Self (3 credits)

1994 Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (TV Movie documentary)
Himself

1971 Festival international de Cannes (TV Series)
Himself

- 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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Trivia:

Keisuke Kinoshita, Kurosawa Akira, Ichikawa Kon and Kobayashi Masaki formed 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. See more »