Masaki Kobayashi
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Birth Place
Japan
Born
February 14, 1916
Died
October 04, 1996
Cause of Death
Cardiac Arrest
Biography
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Best known for his epic trilogy, "The Human Condition" ("No Greater Love" 1959, "Road to Eternity" 1959, "A Soldier's Prayer" 1961), which documents Japan's wartime atrocities as seen through the eyes of a young pacifist. Kobayashi's gift for grand widescreen compositions was also well used in his visually sumptuous, but socially critical, trilogy of period dramas--"Harakiri" (1962), "Kw...
Biography
Best known for his epic trilogy, "The Human Condition" ("No Greater Love" 1959, "Road to Eternity" 1959, "A Soldier's Prayer" 1961), which documents Japan's wartime atrocities as seen through the eyes of a young pacifist. Kobayashi's gift for grand widescreen compositions was also well used in his visually sumptuous, but socially critical, trilogy of period dramas--"Harakiri" (1962), "Kwaidan" (1964) and "Rebellion" (1967).
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Tokyo Saiban
(1985)
Director
Moeru aki
(1980)
Director
Kaseki
(1974)
Director
Inochi Bonifuro
(1971)
Director
No Greater Love
(1970)
Director
A Soldier's Prayer
(1970)
Director
Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
Director
Kwaidan
(1965)
Director
The Inheritance
(1964)
Director
Harakiri
(1963)
Director
The Human Condition
(1959)
Director
Assistant Direction (Feature Film)
Carmen Comes Home
(1951)
Assistant Director
Writer (Feature Film)
Dora-Heita
(2000)
Screenplay
Tokyo Saiban
(1985)
Screenwriter
Shokutaku No Nai Ie
(1985)
Screenplay
No Greater Love
(1970)
Screenwriter
A Soldier's Prayer
(1970)
Screenwriter
The Human Condition
(1959)
Dialogue
The Human Condition
(1959)
Screenwriter
Producer (Feature Film)
Dodes'ka-Den
(1971)
Producer
A Soldier's Prayer
(1970)
Producer