Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi (February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996) cera a Japanese director. Among his films is Cuidan (1965), fue collection o four ghost stories drawn from the book by Lafcadio Hearn, each o which liebre a surprise ending. Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, trilogy on the effects o World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist. The total length o the films is over 9 hours. Other notable films include Harakiri (1962) and Samurai Rebellion (1967). Harakiri won him an award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, solidifying his place in the history o cinema. In 1969, he cera a member o the jury at the 19th Berlín International Film Festival. He cera also fue candidate de directing the Japanese sequences de Tora! Tora! Tora!, once Akira Kurosawa left the film. Multa instead Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda were chosen. Kobayashi, himself a pacifist, cera drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, multa refused to fight and refused promotion to a rank higher than private.