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Masaki Kobayashi(1916-1996)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Masaki Kobayashi
Masaki Kobayashi was born on 14 February 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Harakiri (1962), Rébellion (1967) and La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat (1961). He died on 4 October 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornFebruary 14, 1916
DiedOctober 4, 1996(80)
BornFebruary 14, 1916
DiedOctober 4, 1996(80)
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  • Awards
    • 22 wins & 12 nominations total

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Known for

Harakiri (1962)
Harakiri
8.6
  • Director
  • 1962
Toshirô Mifune in Rébellion (1967)
Rébellion
8.3
  • Director
  • 1967
La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat (1961)
La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat
8.8
  • Director
  • 1961
La Condition de l'homme 1 - Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour (1959)
La Condition de l'homme 1 - Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour
8.5
  • Director
  • 1959

Credits

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Director

  • La table vide (1985)
    La table vide
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1985
  • Le procès de Tokyo (1983)
    Le procès de Tokyo
    7.6
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Moeru aki (1979)
    Moeru aki
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Kaseki (1974)
    Kaseki
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Kaseki
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • L'Auberge du mal (1971)
    L'Auberge du mal
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Jeunesse du Japon (1968)
    Jeunesse du Japon
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Toshirô Mifune in Rébellion (1967)
    Rébellion
    8.3
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Kwaïdan (1964)
    Kwaïdan
    7.9
    • Director
    • 1964
  • Harakiri (1962)
    Harakiri
    8.6
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Karami-ai (1962)
    Karami-ai
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1962
  • La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat (1961)
    La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat
    8.8
    • Director
    • 1961
  • La Condition de l'homme 2 - Le Chemin de l'éternité (1959)
    La Condition de l'homme 2 - Le Chemin de l'éternité
    8.5
    • Director
    • 1959
  • La Condition de l'homme 1 - Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour (1959)
    La Condition de l'homme 1 - Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour
    8.5
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Le fleuve noir (1957)
    Le fleuve noir
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1957

Writer

  • Dora-heita (2000)
    Dora-heita
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 2000
  • La table vide (1985)
    La table vide
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Le procès de Tokyo (1983)
    Le procès de Tokyo
    7.6
    • writer
    • 1983
  • La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat (1961)
    La Condition de l'homme 3 - La Prière du soldat
    8.8
    • screenplay
    • 1961
  • La Condition de l'homme 2 - Le Chemin de l'éternité (1959)
    La Condition de l'homme 2 - Le Chemin de l'éternité
    8.5
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • La Condition de l'homme 1 - Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour (1959)
    La Condition de l'homme 1 - Il n'y a pas de plus grand amour
    8.5
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • Mittsu no ai (1954)
    Mittsu no ai
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1954
  • Yabure-daiko (1949)
    Yabure-daiko
    6.9
    • screenplay
    • 1949
  • Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Yotsuya kaidan
    6.9
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1949

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Feux d'artifice sur la mer (1951)
    Feux d'artifice sur la mer
    6.0
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Hideko Takamine in Carmen revient au pays (1951)
    Carmen revient au pays
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Yabure-daiko (1949)
    Yabure-daiko
    6.9
    • assistant director
    • 1949
  • Yotsuya kaidan (1949)
    Yotsuya kaidan
    6.9
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Serment rompu (1948)
    Serment rompu
    6.2
    • assistant director
    • 1948
  • Eitarô Ozawa and Ichirô Sugai in Shozo (1948)
    Shozo
    6.7
    • chief assistant director
    • 1948

Personal details

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  • Born
    • February 14, 1916
    • Hokkaido, Japan
  • Died
    • October 4, 1996
    • Tokyo, Japan(cardiac arrest)
  • Relatives
    • Kinuyo Tanaka(Cousin)

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  • Trivia
    Keisuke Kinoshita, Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikawa and Masaki Kobayashi founded 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. They managed to produce only one movie, Kurosawa's Dodeskaden (1970).
  • Trademarks
      Often worked with actor Tatsuya Nakadai.

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