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Masaki Kobayashi

Director

Masaki Kobayashi

Directing
1956 — 1971 · 11 films
Lived
14 February 1916 — d. 1996
From
Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director.

Career Signature

How Masaki Kobayashi’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

heavy emotional
bittersweet
emotionally devastating
emotionally restrained
melancholy beauty

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Andrzej WajdaAndrzej Wajda18 filmsAkira KurosawaAkira Kurosawa29 filmsAleksei GermanAleksei German5 filmsLee Joon-ikLee Joon-ik8 filmsMiklós JancsóMiklós Jancsó8 filmsTadashi ImaiTadashi Imai2 filmsVolker SchlöndorffVolker Schlöndorff13 filmsRaymond BernardRaymond Bernard2 films

Filmography

Inn of Evil

1971

Samurai Rebellion

1967

Kwaidan

1965

Harakiri

1962

The Inheritance

1962

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

Black River

1957

I Will Buy You

1956

The Thick-Walled Room

1956