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Masaki Kobayashi

Awards

Masaki Kobayashi

22 wins & 12 nominations

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Tokyo Trial (1983)
    1985 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Competition
    • Tokyo Trial
    The film screened out-of-competition.

Cannes Film Festival

  • Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
    1969 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Hymn to a Tired Man
  • Kwaidan (1964)
    1965 Winner Jury Special Prize
    • Kwaidan
  • Kwaidan (1964)
    1965 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Kwaidan
  • Harakiri (1962)
    1963 Winner Jury Special Prize
    • Harakiri
    Tied with When the Cat Comes (1963).
  • Harakiri (1962)
    1963 Nominee Palme d'Or
    • Harakiri

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

  • Harakiri (1962)
    1964 Nominee Silver Ribbon
    • Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
    • Harakiri

Awards of the Japanese Academy

  • Masaki Kobayashi
    1997 Winner Special Award
    For his work.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • The Inheritance (1962)
    1962 Nominee Crystal Globe
    • Best Film
    • The Inheritance

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1968 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • Samurai Rebellion

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Inn of Evil (1971)
    1971 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Inn of Evil
  • Inn of Evil (1971)
    1971 Nominee Golden Charybdis
    • Inn of Evil

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1968 Winner Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • Samurai Rebellion
  • Harakiri (1962)
    1965 Winner Award of the City of Valladolid
    • Harakiri

Venice Film Festival

  • Family Without a Dinner Table (1985)
    1985 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Family Without a Dinner Table
  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1967 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Samurai Rebellion
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
    1960 Winner Pasinetti Award
    • Competition
    • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
    1960 Winner San Giorgio Prize
    • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
    1960 Nominee Golden Lion
    • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Sant Jordi Awards

  • Kwaidan (1964)
    1968 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • Kwaidan

Kinema Junpo Awards

  • Inn of Evil (1971)
    1972 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Inn of Evil
    Fifth place
  • Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
    1969 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Hymn to a Tired Man
    Seventh place
  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1968 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Samurai Rebellion
  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1968 Winner Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Director
    • Samurai Rebellion
  • Harakiri (1962)
    1963 Nominee Kinema Junpo Award
    • Best Film
    • Harakiri
    Third place

Mainichi Film Concours

  • Masaki Kobayashi
    1997 Winner Special Award
    For his work.
  • The Fossil (1974)
    1976 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • The Fossil
  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1968 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • Samurai Rebellion
  • Harakiri (1962)
    1963 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • Harakiri
  • The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
    1962 Winner Mainichi Film Concours
    • Best Film
    • The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Blue Ribbon Awards

  • Tokyo Trial (1983)
    1984 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Film
    • Tokyo Trial
  • The Fossil (1974)
    1976 Winner Blue Ribbon Award
    • Best Film
    • The Fossil

British Film Institute Awards

  • Toshirô Mifune in Samurai Rebellion (1967)
    1967 Winner Sutherland Trophy
    • Samurai Rebellion

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