MASAKI KOBAYASHI
DIRECTING
Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director.
Among his films is Kwaidan (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each of which has a surprise ending.
Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist.
The total length of the films is over 9 hours.
Kwaidan 1965
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959
Samurai Rebellion 1967
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959
Harakiri 1962
Inn of Evil 1971
Black River 1957
I Will Buy You 1956
Tokyo Trial 1983
The Thick-Walled Room 1956
The Inheritance 1962
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky 1954
Hymn to a Tired Man 1968
Beautiful Days 1955
Three Loves 1954