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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 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 »

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 1983 Tokyo Trial (Documentary)
 1979 Moeru aki
 1974 The Fossil
 1964 Kwaidan
 1962 Harakiri
 1957 Black River
 1956 Fountainhead
 1954 Mittsu no ai
 1953 Sincerity
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 527-533. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more »

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Films based around the Japanese experience in World War II, with a strong anti-war bent See more »

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