Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi

Directing 1 horror film in catalog · Born February 14, 1916 · Died October 4, 1996 · 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 W...