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Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹, Kobayashi Masaki, February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, best known for the epic trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961), the samurai films Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967), and the horror anthology Kwaidan (1964).
Masaki Kobayashi was born on 14 February 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Harakiri (1962), Samurai Rebellion (1967) and The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961). He died on 4 October 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
Jan 29, 2024 · Masaki Kobayashi made some of the greatest Japanese movies of all time, from his epic The Human Condition trilogy to the samurai classic Harakiri.
Kobayashi Masaki was a Japanese motion-picture director whose 9 12-hour trilogy, Ningen no joken (The Human Condition: No Greater Love, 1959; Road to Eternity, 1959; A Soldier’s Prayer, 1961), a monumental criticism of war, constitutes the best example of his films of social concern.
Jul 10, 2016 · Kobayashi was one of the finest depicters of Japanese society in the 1950s and 1960s, and explored the war and post-war situation by addressing controversial topics such as corruption, economic exploitation and the denial of war atrocities.
Director Masaki Kobayashi Stars Tatsuya Nakadai Michiyo Aratama Tamao Nakamura. 2. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity. 1959 3h 1m Not Rated. 8.5 (7.6K) Rate. As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer who has directed twenty films in a career spanning 33 years. He is best known for The Human Condition Trilogy , the Academy Award–nominated horror film Kwaidan and the jidaigeki films Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion .
The Human Condition (人間の條件, Ningen no jōken) is a trilogy of Japanese epic war drama films co-written and directed by Masaki Kobayashi, based on the novel of the same name by Junpei Gomikawa. The films are subtitled No Greater Love (1959), Road to Eternity (1959), and A Soldier's Prayer (1961).
The stage-trained actor was discovered, while working as a shop clerk, in 1953 by director Masaki Kobayashi, who promptly cast him in a tiny role in the controversial drama The Thick-Walled Room; a year later, he was given a walk-on part in Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
Highest Rated: 100% Hara-Kiri (1962) Lowest Rated: 73% The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) Birthday: Feb 14, 1916. Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan. Best known for his epic trilogy, "The ...
