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Masaki Kobayashi
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, First Assistant Director Born: February 14, 1916 in Otaru , Hokkaido, Japan Death: 1996 Biography:"Masaki Kobayashi" is considered one of the great cinematic masters of the Japanese immediate post-war era, a generation overshadowed by the towering presence of "Akira Kurosawa". No one of that generation of filmmakers was affected quite as strongly by the war as Kobayashi. His most acclaimed films are unflinching explorations into the dark side of Japanese culture, the side that drove men to commit gory suicide for the name of honor and commit horrific atrocities in the name of the Emperor. Kobayashi's exacting professionalism makes his films a visually and emotionally power experience.
Born in February, 1916, in Japan's northern-most island Hokkaido, Kobayashi entered prestigious Waseda University in 1933, where he studied Asian art history. Though he excelled at his studies and was mentored under renowned scholar Yaichi Aizu, Kobayashi eventually left Waseda to enter Shochiku's Ofuna studios.... Full Biography
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