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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 a Japanese director and writer known for his samurai and anti-war films. He was born in 1916 and died in 1996, and worked with actors like Tatsuya Nakadai and Kinuyo Tanaka.
A list of the best movies directed by Masaki Kobayashi, a Japanese filmmaker known for his social and political critiques. The list includes classics such as The Human Condition, Harakiri, Kwaidan, and Samurai Rebellion.
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).
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.
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.
