Masaki Kobayashi Movies

  • 1954
    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

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    This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

    Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
  • 1957
    Black River

    Black River

    Black River

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    A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...

    Black River
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

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    Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
  • 1993
    Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'

    Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'

    Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'

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    In this 1993 video interview, filmed for the Directors Guild of Japan at Tokyo’s Haiyuza Theatre, director Masaki Kobayashi talks to fellow...

    Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
  • 1962
    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

    The Inheritance

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    A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown, so a bevy of lawyers and...

    The Inheritance
  • 1955
    Beautiful Days

    Beautiful Days

    Beautiful Days

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    Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.

    Beautiful Days
  • 1971
    Inn of Evil

    Inn of Evil

    Inn of Evil

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    The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an...

    Inn of Evil
  • 1956
    Fountainhead

    Fountainhead

    Fountainhead

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    A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

    Fountainhead
  • 1953
    Sincere Heart

    Sincere Heart

    Sincere Heart

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    A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

    Sincere Heart
  • 1931
    The Revenge Champion

    The Revenge Champion

    The Revenge Champion

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    Lost film, directed by Tomu Uchida. This film is a very funny comedy that makes fun of the moral code of the samurai Bushido, which has become...

    The Revenge Champion
  • 1952
    Youth of the Son

    Youth of the Son

    Youth of the Son

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    The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.

    Youth of the Son
  • 1954
    Three Loves

    Three Loves

    Three Loves

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    In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another...

    Three Loves
  • 1983
    Tokyo Trial

    Tokyo Trial

    Tokyo Trial

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    One of the major documentaries on a specific chapter in modern Japanese history, this look at the trial of Japanese militarists accused of war crimes...

    Tokyo Trial