Masaki Kobayashi (1916–1996)
Author of Kwaidan [1964 film]
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Works by Masaki Kobayashi
Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System (The Thick-Walled Room, I Will Buy You, Black River, The… (1956) 5 copies
Rebel Samurai: Sixties Swordplay Classics (Samurai Rebellion / Sword of the Beast / Samurai Spy / Kill!) (2005) — Director — 5 copies
The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity [1959 film] — Director — 2 copies
CRITERION COLL: KWAIDAN 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1916-02-14
- Date of death
- 1996-10-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan
- Occupations
- film director
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Reviews
# 1 greatest film of all-time! Shot in beautiful black and white cinemascope. Great performance by Nakadai. 3 films, 10 hours total!
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Members
- 249
- Popularity
- #91,698
- Rating
- 4.3
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 21
- Languages
- 2
3/4 (Good).
It's clearly a major influence for Samurai Jack. The middle of the movie is painfully slow, and the ending is (deliberately) unsatisfying, but the great scenes are too great to give the movie less than a 3/4.