Masaki Kobayashi Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Masaki Kobayashi was born on February 14, 1916 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Harakiri (1962), The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) and Kwaidan (1964). He died on October 4, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan.
Attended art classes at Waseda University. His work with the Shochiku film company was interrupted by becoming a POW during the Sino-Japanese war. His most famous film, the epic "The Human Condition", set in a Manchurian forced labour camp, was partly based on his experience of wartime incarceration. With films like "Hara-Kiri" and "Kwaidan", he came to be feted in the 1960's as a master of both the samurai movie and the supernatural genre.
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Keisuke Kinoshita is his Mentor.
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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1969
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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 527-533. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shokutaku no nai ie
1985
Tokyo Trial
1983
Documentary
Moeru aki
1979
Kaseki
1975
Inochi bô ni furô
1971
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Samurai Rebellion
1967
Kwaidan
1964
Harakiri
1962
The Inheritance
1962
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959/II
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959/I
Black River
1957
I Will Buy You
1956
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Fountainhead
1956
Beautiful Days
1955
Somewhere Under the Broad Sky
1954
Mittsu no ai
1954
Sincerity
1953
Youth of the Son
1952
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dora-heita
2000
screenplay
Shokutaku no nai ie
1985
Tokyo Trial
1983
Documentary writer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959/II
screenplay
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959/I
screenplay
Mittsu no ai
1954
Yabure-daiko
1949
screenplay
The Yotsuda Phantom
1949
screenplay - uncredited
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Umi no hanabi
1951
assistant director
Karumen kokyô ni kaeru
1951
assistant director
Yabure-daiko
1949
assistant director
The Yotsuda Phantom
1949
assistant director - uncredited
Hakai
1948
assistant director
Shozo
1948
chief assistant director
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dodes'ka-den
1970
planner
The Inheritance
1962
producer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
producer
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959/II
producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk
2014
special thanks
Black Sunshine: Conversations with T.F. Mou
2011
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Music for the Movies: Tôru Takemitsu
1994
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Toki no hito
1963
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1997
Special Award
Awards of the Japanese Academy
For his work.
1997
Special Award
Mainichi Film Concours
For his work.
1985
FIPRESCI Prize
Berlin International Film Festival
Competition
Tôkyô saiban (1983)
1984
Blue Ribbon Award
Blue Ribbon Awards
Best Film
Tôkyô saiban (1983)
1976
Blue Ribbon Award
Blue Ribbon Awards
Best Film
Kaseki (1975)
1976
Mainichi Film Concours
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Kaseki (1975)
1971
Special Jury Prize
Taormina International Film Festival
Inochi bô ni furô (1971)
1968
Kinema Junpo Award
Kinema Junpo Awards
Best Film
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
1968
Kinema Junpo Award
Kinema Junpo Awards
Best Director
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
1968
Mainichi Film Concours
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
1968
Sant Jordi
Sant Jordi Awards
Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
Kaidan (1964)
1967
Sutherland Trophy
British Film Institute Awards
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
1967
FIPRESCI Prize
Venice Film Festival
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
1965
Jury Special Prize
Cannes Film Festival
Kaidan (1964)
1963
Jury Special Prize
Cannes Film Festival
Seppuku (1962)
1963
Mainichi Film Concours
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Seppuku (1962)
1962
Mainichi Film Concours
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Film
Ningen no jôken (1961)
1962
Mainichi Film Concours
Mainichi Film Concours
Best Director
Ningen no jôken (1961)
1960
Pasinetti Award
Venice Film Festival
Competition
Ningen no jôken (1959)
1960
San Giorgio Prize
Venice Film Festival
Ningen no jôken (1959)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
Golden Lion
Venice Film Festival
Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)
1971
Golden Charybdis
Taormina International Film Festival
Inochi bô ni furô (1971)
1969
Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival
Nihon no seishun (1968)
1968
Best Film
Mar del Plata Film Festival
International Competition
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
1965
Palme d'Or
Cannes Film Festival
Kaidan (1964)
1964
Silver Ribbon
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)