Masaki Kobayashi

  • Known for: Director
  • Date of birth: 1916. February 14.
  • Place of birth: Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan

Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) was a Japanese director. Among his films is Kwaidan (1965), a collection of four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each of which has a surprise ending. Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, a trilogy on the effects of...

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