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Overview

Date of Birth:
14 February 1916, Hokkaido, Japan more
Date of Death:
4 October 1996, Tokyo, Japan more
Trivia:
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1969 more
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Awards:
17 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
The Human Condition d: Masaki Kobayashi
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 15 October 2009, 12:24 PM, PDT)
DVD Playhouse--September 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 26 September 2009, 1:01 PM, PDT)

Filmography

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Director
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- 1. Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)   1985 - 6.1 (9)
AKAs:
  • Family Without a Dinner Table
  • The Empty Table
- 2. Tokyo saiban (1983)   1983 - 7.0 (33)
AKAs:
  • Tokyo Trial (USA)
- 3. Moeru aki (1979)   1979 - 7.7 (7)
AKAs:
  • Glowing Autumn
- 4. Kaseki (1975)   1975 - 8.1 (28)
AKAs:
  • Kaseki (USA)
  • The Fossil (USA)
- 5. Inochi bô ni furô (1971)   1971 - 7.1 (85)
AKAs:
  • At the Risk of My Life
  • Inn of Evil
- 6. Nihon no seishun (1968)   1968 - 7.8 (18)
AKAs:
  • Hymn to a Tired Man (USA)
- 7. Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)   1967 - 8.0 (2,166)
AKAs:
  • Joî-uchi
  • Rebellion (USA)
  • Rebellion: Receive the Wife (literal English title)
  • Samurai Rebellion
- 8. Kaidan (1964)   1964 - 8.0 (3,580)
AKAs:
  • Ghost Stories (International: English title: literal title) (USA)
  • Hoichi the Earless
  • Kwaidan (USA)
  • Weird Tales
- 9. Seppuku (1962)   1962 - 8.1 (5,137)
AKAs:
  • Harakiri (USA)
- 10. Karami-ai (1962)   1962 - 6.9 (13)
AKAs:
  • The Inheritance (USA)
- 11. Ningen no jôken (1961)   1961 - 8.8 (489)
AKAs:
  • A Soldier's Prayer
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 5 bu - Shi no dasshutsu (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 6 bu - Kôya no hôkô (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Kanketsu hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no joken V-VI
  • The Human Condition III (USA)
- 12. Ningen no jôken (1959/II)   1959 - 8.5 (495)
AKAs:
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 3 bu - Bôkyô hen (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 4 bu - Sen'un hen (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no joken III-IV
  • The Human Condition II (USA)
  • The Road to Eternity
  • Zoku ningen no joken
- 13. Ningen no jôken (1959/I)   1959 - 8.7 (688)
AKAs:
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 bu - Jun'ai hen (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 bu - Gekido hen (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no joken I-II
  • No Greater Love
  • The Human Condition I (USA)
- 14. Kuroi kawa (1957)   1957 - 7.1 (79)
AKAs:
  • Black River
- 15. Anata kaimasu (1956)   1956 - 5.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • I'll Buy You
- 16. Izumi (1956)   1956 - -
AKAs:
  • The Spring
- 17. Uruwashiki saigetsu (1955)   1955 - -
AKAs:
  • Beautiful Days
- 18. Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni (1954)   1954 - -
AKAs:
  • Somewhere Under the Broad Sky
- 19. Mittsu no ai (1954)   1954 - -
AKAs:
  • Three Loves
- 20. Magokoro (1953)   1953 - 6.0 (5)
AKAs:
  • Sincerity
- 21. Kabe atsuki heya (1953)   1953 - 6.7 (14)
AKAs:
  • The Thick-Walled Room
- 22. Musuko no seishun (1952)   1952 - -
AKAs:
  • My Sons' Youth
Writer
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- 1. Dora-heita (2000)   (writer) 2000 - 7.1 (278)
AKAs:
  • Alley Cat
  • Playboy
- 2. Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)   (writer) 1985 - 6.1 (9)
AKAs:
  • Family Without a Dinner Table
  • The Empty Table
- 3. Tokyo saiban (1983)   (writer) 1983 - 7.0 (33)
AKAs:
  • Tokyo Trial (USA)
- 4. Ningen no jôken (1961)   (screenplay) 1961 - 8.8 (489)
AKAs:
  • A Soldier's Prayer
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 5 bu - Shi no dasshutsu (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 6 bu - Kôya no hôkô (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Kanketsu hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no joken V-VI
  • The Human Condition III (USA)
- 5. Ningen no jôken (1959/II)   (screenplay) 1959 - 8.5 (495)
AKAs:
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 3 bu - Bôkyô hen (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 4 bu - Sen'un hen (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no joken III-IV
  • The Human Condition II (USA)
  • The Road to Eternity
  • Zoku ningen no joken
- 6. Ningen no jôken (1959/I)   (screenplay) 1959 - 8.7 (688)
AKAs:
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 bu - Jun'ai hen (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 1 hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 bu - Gekido hen (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no joken I-II
  • No Greater Love
  • The Human Condition I (USA)
- 7. Mittsu no ai (1954)   (writer) 1954 - -
AKAs:
  • Three Loves
- 8. Yabure-daiko (1949)   (screenplay) 1949 - 7.0 (5)
AKAs:
  • A Broken Drum (informal literal English title)
- 9. Yotsuya kaidan (1949)   (screenplay) 1949 - 6.7 (28)
AKAs:
  • Ghost of Yotsuya
  • The Yotsuda Phantom (USA)
  • The Yotsuya Ghost Story
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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- 1. Karumen kokyo ni kaeru (1951)   (assistant director) 1951 - 6.9 (73)
AKAs:
  • Carmen Comes Home
- 2. Yabure-daiko (1949)   (assistant director) 1949 - 7.0 (5)
AKAs:
  • A Broken Drum (informal literal English title)
- 3. Yotsuya kaidan (1949)   (assistant director) 1949 - 6.7 (28)
AKAs:
  • Ghost of Yotsuya
  • The Yotsuda Phantom (USA)
  • The Yotsuya Ghost Story
- 4. Shozo (1948)   (chief assistant director) 1948 - 9.3 (15)
AKAs:
  • The Portrait
Producer
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- 1. Dodesukaden (1970)   (executive producer) 1970 - 7.6 (1,810)
AKAs:
  • Clickety-Clack (literal English title)
  • Dô desu ka den (Japan: alternative transliteration)
  • Dodes'ka-den (Japan: alternative transliteration)
- 2. Ningen no jôken (1961)   (producer) 1961 - 8.8 (489)
AKAs:
  • A Soldier's Prayer
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 5 bu - Shi no dasshutsu (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 6 bu - Kôya no hôkô (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Kanketsu hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no joken V-VI
  • The Human Condition III (USA)
- 3. Ningen no jôken (1959/II)   (producer) 1959 - 8.5 (495)
AKAs:
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 2 hen (Japan: promotional title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 3 bu - Bôkyô hen (Japan: first part title)
  • Ningen no jôken: Dai 4 bu - Sen'un hen (Japan: second part title)
  • Ningen no joken III-IV
  • The Human Condition II (USA)
  • The Road to Eternity
  • Zoku ningen no joken
Self
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- 1. Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu (1994) Himself 1994 - 7.4 (33)

Additional Details

Genres:
Drama | War | History | Comedy more
Plot Keywords:
Based On Novel | Soldier | Japan | Japanese more

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