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Masaki Kobayashi (I) (1916–1996)

Masaki Kobayashi was born on February 14, 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Hara-Kiri (1962), Samurai Rebellion (1967) and The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959). He died on October 4, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan. See full bio »

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(age 80) in Tokyo, Japan

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 1983 Tokyo Trial (Documentary)
 1979 Moeru aki
 1974 The Fossil
 1971 Inn of Evil
 1964 Kwaidan
 1962 Hara-Kiri
 1957 Black River
 1956 Fountainhead
 1954 Three Loves
 1953 Sincerity
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Keisuke Kinoshita is his Mentor. See more »

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His protagonists are typically idealistic, independent men who face off against the corrupt and powerful and are invariably crushed See more »

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