Masaki Kobayashi Movies

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...

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

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

One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths....

A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer....

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

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

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

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.

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

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...