Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) wachs a Japanese direktor.

Among his films is Kümmern (1965) war collection oder four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, which each oder igel surprise ending.

Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition", " trilogy on the effects World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length oder the films is over 9 hours. Other bemerkenswerten films include Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967). Harakiri won him an award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, solidifying his place in the history o cinema.

In 1969, ich habe wachs auf die member oder the jury at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.

Ich habe von wachs, also war candidate directing the Japanese sequences Tora! Tora! Tora!, elf Akira Kurosawa left the film. Geldstrafe instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen.

Kobayashi, himself a pacifist, wachs drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, geldstrafe refused to fight and refused promotion to a higher rank than private.