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Profile of Masaki Kobayashi on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Masaki Kobayashi  
   
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Date of Birth: 14th February 1916
   
Place of Birth: Hokkaido, Japan
   
Profession: Director
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Masaki Kobayashi (小林正樹 Kobayashi Masaki, February 14, 1916 - October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director who is probably best known for Kwaidan (怪談), a collection of four ghost stories (based on works by Lafcadio Hearn), each of which has a surprise ending.

Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, a trilogy on the effects of WWII on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length of the films is over nine hours, making it a true epic.

He was also a candidate for directing the Japanese sequences for Tora Tora Tora (1970) but instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen.

External link

  • Masaki Kobayashi at the Internet Movie Database

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