Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi
Kobayashi on Geijutsu Shincho (September 1953)
Born(1916-02-14)February 14, 1916
Otaru, Japan
DiedOctober 4, 1996(1996-10-04) (aged 80)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, writer

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).[1] Senses of Cinema described him as "one of the finest depicters of Japanese society in the 1950s and 1960s."[2]

  1. ^ Kirkup, James (October 15, 1996). "Masaki Kobayashi: Obituary". The Independent. London.
  2. ^ Andrea Grunert. "Kobayashi, Masaki – Senses of Cinema". Retrieved April 17, 2022.

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