Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi (小林正樹 Kobayashi Masaki, February 141916 - 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.

Related Topics:
February 14 - 1916 - October 4 - 1996 - Kwaidan - Ghost stories - Lafcadio Hearn

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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.

Related Topics:
The Human Condition - Epic

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

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