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 Notes1949The Yotsuya Ghost StoryShin'yaku Yotsuya kaidanBroken DrumYabure-daiko 1952 Youth of the Son Musuko no seishun Medium-Length film 1953 Sincere Heart MagokoroCompleted in 19531954 Three Loves Mittsu no ai Somewhere Under The Broad Sky Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni 1955 Beautiful Days Uruwashiki saigetsu1956 The Thick-Walled Room Kabe atsuki heya Fountainhead (also known as The Spring) Izumi I Will Buy You Anata kaimasu1957 Black River Kuroi kawa1959 No Greater Love Kore ijō no ai wanai Part of The Human Condition: Film Series Road to Eternity Eien e no michi1961A Soldier's Prayer Heishi no inori1962 The Inheritance Karami-ai 1962 Harakiri Seppuku 1964 Kwaidan Kaidan1967 Samurai Rebellion Jōi-uchi: Hairyō-tsuma shimatsu 1968 Hymn to a Tired Man Nihon no seishun 1971 Inn of Evil Inōchi bō ni furō 1975 The Fossil Kaseki 1979 Glowing Autumn MoeruakiOne remaining copy, kept in the National Film Archive of Japan 1983 Tokyo Trial Tōkyō Saiban Documentary film1985 The Empty Table Shokutaku no Nai Ie Final directed film2000Dora-heita Posthumous releaseFrom a screenplay written in 1969 with Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa and Keisuke Kinoshita at Yonki-no-kai Productions
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
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