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.
List of feature films
Year | Title | Original title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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1949 | The Yotsuya Ghost Story | Shin'yaku Yotsuya kaidan | No | Uncredited | No | |
Broken Drum | Yabure-daiko | No | Yes | No | ||
1952 | Youth of the Son | Musuko no seishun | Yes | No | No | Medium-Length film |
1953 | Sincere Heart | Magokoro | Yes | No | No | Completed in 1953 |
1954 | Three Loves | Mittsu no ai | Yes | Yes | No | |
Somewhere Under The Broad Sky | Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni | Yes | No | No | ||
1955 | Beautiful Days | Uruwashiki saigetsu | Yes | No | No | |
1956 | The Thick-Walled Room | Kabe atsuki heya | Yes | No | No | |
Fountainhead (also known as The Spring) | Izumi | Yes | No | No | ||
I Will Buy You | Anata kaimasu | Yes | No | No | ||
1957 | Black River | Kuroi kawa | Yes | No | No | |
1959 | No Greater Love | Kore ijō no ai wanai | Yes | Yes | No | Part of The Human Condition: Film Series |
Road to Eternity | Eien e no michi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
1961 | A Soldier's Prayer | Heishi no inori | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1962 | The Inheritance | Karami-ai | Yes | No | Yes | |
1962 | Harakiri | Seppuku | Yes | No | No | |
1964 | Kwaidan | Kaidan | Yes | No | No | |
1967 | Samurai Rebellion | Jōi-uchi: Hairyō-tsuma shimatsu | Yes | No | No | |
1968 | Hymn to a Tired Man | Nihon no seishun | Yes | No | No | |
1971 | Inn of Evil | Inōchi bō ni furō | Yes | No | No | |
1975 | The Fossil | Kaseki | Yes | No | No | |
1979 | Glowing Autumn | Moeruaki | Yes | No | No | |
1983 | Tokyo Trial | Tōkyō Saiban | Yes | Yes | No | Documentary film |
1985 | Family Without a Dinner Table | Shokutaku no Nai Ie | Yes | Yes | No | Final directed film |
2000 | Dora-heita | No | Yes | No | Posthumous release Written in 1969 with Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa and Keisuke Kinoshita |
As assistant director
No. | Title | Year of Release | Original Title |
---|---|---|---|
1. | The Portrait | 1948 | Shōzō |
2. | Apostasy | 1948 | Hakai |
3. | The Yotsuda-Phantom (uncredited) | 1949 | Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan |
4. | Broken Drum | 1949 | Yabure daiko |
5. | Carmen Comes Home | 1951 | Karumen kokyō ni kaeru |
6. | Fireworks Over the Sea | 1951 | Umi no hanabi |
Citations
- mubi. "Masaki Kobayashi films". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- "Most Popular Movies and TV Shows with Masaki Kobayashi". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 5 January 2020.