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Masaki Kobayashi
Director 1916 - 1996

Masaki Kobayashi

Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹, Kobayashi Masaki; February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese filmmaker. He is best remembered for directing the epic war trilogy The Human Condition (1959–1961), the samurai films Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967), and the horror... Read full bio →