| Masaki Kobayashi | |
| Occupation: | Film director, Producer, Screenwriter |
Masaki Kobayashi was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer who has directed twenty films in a career spanning 33 years. He is best known for The Human Condition Trilogy, the Academy Award–nominated horror film Kwaidan and the jidaigeki films Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion.[1] [2]
| Year | Title | Original title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | The Yotsuya Ghost Story | Shin'yaku Yotsuya kaidan | |||||
| Broken Drum | Yabure-daiko | ||||||
| 1952 | Youth of the Son | Musuko no seishun | Medium-Length film | ||||
| 1953 | Sincere Heart | Magokoro | Completed in 1953 | ||||
| 1954 | Three Loves | Mittsu no ai | |||||
| Somewhere Under The Broad Sky | Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni | ||||||
| 1955 | Beautiful Days | Uruwashiki saigetsu | |||||
| 1956 | The Thick-Walled Room | Kabe atsuki heya | |||||
| Fountainhead (also known as The Spring) | Izumi | ||||||
| I Will Buy You | Anata kaimasu | ||||||
| 1957 | Black River | Kuroi kawa | |||||
| 1959 | No Greater Love | Kore ijō no ai wanai | Part of The Human Condition: Film Series | ||||
| Road to Eternity | Eien e no michi | ||||||
| 1961 | A Soldier's Prayer | Heishi no inori | |||||
| 1962 | The Inheritance | Karami-ai | |||||
| 1962 | Harakiri | Seppuku | |||||
| 1964 | Kwaidan | Kaidan | |||||
| 1967 | Samurai Rebellion | Jōi-uchi: Hairyō-tsuma shimatsu | |||||
| 1968 | Hymn to a Tired Man | Nihon no seishun | |||||
| 1971 | Inn of Evil | Inōchi bō ni furō | |||||
| 1975 | The Fossil | Kaseki | |||||
| 1979 | Glowing Autumn | Moeruaki | |||||
| 1983 | Tokyo Trial | Tōkyō Saiban | Documentary film | ||||
| 1985 | Family Without a Dinner Table | Shokutaku no Nai Ie | Final directed film | ||||
| 2000 | Dora-heita | Posthumous release Written in 1969 with Kon Ichikawa, Akira Kurosawa and Keisuke Kinoshita |
| No. | Title | Year of Release | Original Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Portrait | 1948 | Shōzō | |
| 2. | Apostasy | 1948 | Hakai | |
| 3. | The Yotsuda-Phantom (uncredited) | 1949 | Shinshaku Yotsuya kaidan | |
| 4. | Broken Drum | 1949 | Yabure daiko | |
| 5. | Carmen Comes Home | 1951 | Karumen kokyō ni kaeru | |
| 6. | Fireworks Over the Sea | 1951 | Umi no hanabi |