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Masaki Kobayashi is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Assistant Director and Thanks Japonais born on 14 february 1916 at Otaru City (Japon)
Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹, Kobayashi Masaki, February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese film director.
From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed The Human Condition (1959-1961), a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length of the films is over nine hours.
In 1962 he directed Harakiri, which won the Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1965, Kobayashi made Kwaidan (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from books by Lafcadio Hearn. Kwaidan won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1969, he was a member of the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.
He was also a candidate for directing the Japanese sequences for Tora! Tora! Tora!, once Akira Kurosawa left the film. But instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen.
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Masaki Kobayashi
Nationality Japon
Birth 14 february 1916 at Otaru City (Japon)
Death 4 october 1996 (at 80 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Birth 14 february 1916 at Otaru City (Japon)
Death 4 october 1996 (at 80 years) at Tokyo (Japon)
Biography
Kobayashi embarked on a career in film in 1941 when he entered Shochiku Studios as an apprentice director, but his career was almost immediately interrupted when he was drafted into the army and sent to Manchuria. Kobayashi regarded himself as a pacifist. His way of resisting was to refuse promotion to a rank higher than private. He spent time as a prisoner of war. After his release, in 1946, he returned to Shochiku as assistant to the director Keisuke Kinoshita. His own directorial debut was in 1952 when he made Musuko no Seishuri (My Son's Youth).From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed The Human Condition (1959-1961), a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length of the films is over nine hours.
In 1962 he directed Harakiri, which won the Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1965, Kobayashi made Kwaidan (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from books by Lafcadio Hearn. Kwaidan won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1969, he was a member of the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.
He was also a candidate for directing the Japanese sequences for Tora! Tora! Tora!, once Akira Kurosawa left the film. But instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen.
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Filmography of Masaki Kobayashi (16 films)
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Tokyo Trial (1983)
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Kei Satō
Rating76%
L'un des principaux documentaires sur un chapitre spécifique de l'histoire moderne du Japon, ce film sur le procès des militaristes japonais accusés de crimes de guerre est excellemment traité par le réalisateur Masaki Kobayashi.
The Fossil (1975)
, 3h20Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Actors Keiko Kishi, Shin Saburi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ogawa, Gō Katō, Komaki Kurihara
Rating74%
A detailed look at a Tokyo business tycoon (played by Shin Saburi) given a diagnosis of terminal cancer who must now re-assess his life and values.
Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
, 2h10Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Genres Drama
Actors Michiyo Aratama, Makoto Fujita, Tomoko Naraoka, Kei Satō, Kunie Tanaka
Rating73%
Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un soldat est battu par son officier supérieur et laissé pour mort.
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
, 2h8Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Yōko Tsukasa, Isao Yamagata, Jun Hamamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Gō Katō
Rating82%
In the Edo period of Japan, Isaburo Sasahara (Toshiro Mifune) is a vassal of the daimyo of the Aisu clan. Sasahara is the most skilled swordsman in the land, whose only rival in ability is his good friend Tatewaki Asano (Tatsuya Nakadai). Isaburo is in a loveless marriage with a shrew of a woman. One day one of the daimyo's advisors orders Isaburo's elder son Yogoro (Go Kato) to marry the daimyo's ex-concubine, Ichi (Yoko Tsukasa), even though she is the mother to one of the daimyo's sons. With much trepidation, the family agrees. In time, Ichi and Yogoro find love and happiness in the marriage and a daughter Tomi is born.
Kwaidan (1965)
, 3h3Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Ghost films
Actors Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, Takashi Shimura, Michiyo Aratama, Kei Satō, Misako Watanabe
Rating78%
"The Black Hair" (黒髪, Kurokami) was adapted from "The Reconciliation", which appeared in Hearn's collection Shadowings (1900). An impoverished swordsman living in Kyoto divorces his wife, a weaver, for a woman of a wealthy family to attain greater social status. He takes his new wife to his new position as a district governor. However, the swordsman's second marriage proves to be unhappy. His second wife being callous and shallow, the swordsman regrets leaving his more devoted ex-wife.
Harakiri (1962)
, 2h15Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about suicide, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarō Mikuni, Shima Iwashita, Kei Satō, Hisashi Igawa, Yoshio Inaba
Rating85%
Edo, 1630. Tsugumo Hanshirō arrives at the estate of the Ii clan and says that he wishes to commit seppuku within the courtyard of the palace. To deter him Saitō Kageyu (Rentarō Mikuni), the Daimyo's senior counselor, tells Hanshirō the story of another rōnin, Chijiiwa Motome – formerly of the same clan as Hanshirō.
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Chishū Ryū, Taketoshi Naito, Kyōko Kishida
Rating87%
Partie 3 : La Prière du soldat - Tandis que l’armée japonaise est en déroute, Kaji parvient à survivre aux assauts de l’armée soviétique et tente, avec un groupe de rescapés, de regagner le Sud de la Mandchourie dans l’espoir de retrouver Michiko. En cours de route, il est arrêté par les soldats soviétiques et fait prisonnier dans un camp militaire. Alors qu’il risque d’être envoyé en Sibérie, Kaji parvient à s’évader et, seul, s’enfonce dans les étendues neigeuses de Mandchourie.
Black River (1957)
, 1h54Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Ineko Arima, Keiko Awaji, Eijirō Tōno, Isuzu Yamada, Seiji Miyaguchi
Rating71%
Une ville du Japon, près d'une base américaine, peu après la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un étudiant emménage dans un logement collectif aux allures de bidonville, tenu par une propriétaire sans scrupules et où vivote déjà une population misérable. Il s'éprend d'une jeune femme que convoite également le yakuza local...
Three Loves (1954)
, 1h54Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Isuzu Yamada, Isao Yamagata, Yūnosuke Itō, Keiko Kishi, Yūko Mochizuki, Eitarō Shindō
Rating61%
Dans un village montagneux, Heita, le fils d'un traducteur, est un garçon doué mais il est rejeté par les villageois. Il peut imiter le cri des oiseaux et se lie d'amitié avec un autre garçon qui travaille dans une brasserie. Heita trouve également du réconfort auprès du pasteur du village, Yasugi, et de son professeur, Michiko, mais ils ont eux aussi leurs propres problèmes.
Sincere Heart (1953)
, 1h35Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Hitomi Nozoe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Awaji, Chieko Higashiyama, Keiko Tsushima, Koreya Senda
Rating69%
Hiroshi Ariga est lycéen et vit au sein d'une famille aisée. C'est un jeune homme plein de vie qui préfère ses entrainements de rugby à ses études, si bien que Keiichi Yajima, le fiancé de sa sœur Midori, lui donne des cours particuliers en anglais dans le but d'intégrer la prestigieuse université Keiō. Quand de la fenêtre de sa chambre, il aperçoit à la fenêtre de la maison d'en face une jolie jeune fille à l'air mélancolique, son cœur chavire et il tombe aussitôt amoureux de Fumiko.
Carmen Comes Home (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzō Matsuyama
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Hideko Takamine, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Igawa, Takeshi Sakamoto, Keiji Sada, Yūko Mochizuki
Rating64%
Une femme revient dans son village natal après être partie dans une grande ville pour gagner sa vie. Elle porte des vêtements modernes et est fière d'elle. Les villageois la regardent avec des sentiments divers. Certains sont admiratifs, d'autres jaloux, d'autres choqués par son éloignement des manières traditionnelles, notamment quand ils apprennent qu'elle est stripteaseuse. Elle s'efforce de garder la tête haute malgré tout, et de rire et de danser, plutôt que de s'attrister du mauvais accueil de certains. C'est une histoire très simple, et il n'y a pas vraiment d'intrigue.
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Dora-heita (2000)
, 1h51Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Comedy
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Bunta Sugawara, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Takashi Miike, Renji Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Rating66%
A new magistrate (played by Koji Yakusho) in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
Tokyo Trial (1983)
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Kei Satō
Roles Writer
Rating76%
L'un des principaux documentaires sur un chapitre spécifique de l'histoire moderne du Japon, ce film sur le procès des militaristes japonais accusés de crimes de guerre est excellemment traité par le réalisateur Masaki Kobayashi.
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Tamao Nakamura, Chishū Ryū, Taketoshi Naito, Kyōko Kishida
Rating87%
Partie 3 : La Prière du soldat - Tandis que l’armée japonaise est en déroute, Kaji parvient à survivre aux assauts de l’armée soviétique et tente, avec un groupe de rescapés, de regagner le Sud de la Mandchourie dans l’espoir de retrouver Michiko. En cours de route, il est arrêté par les soldats soviétiques et fait prisonnier dans un camp militaire. Alors qu’il risque d’être envoyé en Sibérie, Kaji parvient à s’évader et, seul, s’enfonce dans les étendues neigeuses de Mandchourie.
Three Loves (1954)
, 1h54Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Isuzu Yamada, Isao Yamagata, Yūnosuke Itō, Keiko Kishi, Yūko Mochizuki, Eitarō Shindō
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Dans un village montagneux, Heita, le fils d'un traducteur, est un garçon doué mais il est rejeté par les villageois. Il peut imiter le cri des oiseaux et se lie d'amitié avec un autre garçon qui travaille dans une brasserie. Heita trouve également du réconfort auprès du pasteur du village, Yasugi, et de son professeur, Michiko, mais ils ont eux aussi leurs propres problèmes.