Masaki Kobayashi at Criticker

Masaki Kobayashi
	Country: Japan Total Films at Criticker: 12 - You've Seen 0
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Tokyo Trial (1983)

Summary: Kobayashi has edited the enormous material recorded at the Tokyo trials 1946 - 1948, released by the Pentagon in 1980. The narrator explains the complex issues that arose during the trial, among these some that are discussed vigorously to this day. To what extent can a court set up by an occupying nation be considered legal? How should one regard the act of declaring that "crimes against peace" have taken place - when no precedent exists? Is the starting of a war a war-crime in itself? (imdb)

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The Fossil (1975)

Summary: An industrialist learns of a medical condition which will greatly shorten his life. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to fantasize about her as the personification of his impending death. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he actually meets the living woman who is the template for his fantasy, and together they tour rural churches. (All Movie Guide)

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Inn of Evil (1971)

Summary: The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel. (imdb)

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Nihon no seishun (1968)

Summary: During WWII a soldier is beaten so badly by a superior officer he is left deaf. After the war he is an inventor and meets this officer at the patent office. The man is still the bully he was. (imdb)

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Samurai Rebellion (1967)

Summary: During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan lord requests that Isaburo's son marry the lord's mistress... (imdb)

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Kwaidan (1964)

Summary: This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money... (imdb)

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Harakiri (1962)

Summary: Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty... (imdb)

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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Summary: In this third part of the trilogy Kaji, a Japanese WWII soldier, finds himself struggling to survive behind enemy lines towards the end of the war.

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

Summary: First of a trilogy of films. During the Second World War, a Japanese conscientious objector named Kaji works as a supervisor in a Manchurian prison camp. He hopes to avoid duty as a soldier, but he also hopes to be helpful to the welfare of his prisoners. An escape attempt by Chinese prisoners results in Kaji's arrest for collusion. He faces the possibility of transferral to combat -- or worse

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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

Summary: Second part of a trilogy. Conscientious objector Kaji, now forced to serve in the Japanese army during the Second World War... (imdb)

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Black River (1957)

Summary: The story is set around an American Air Force base which has attracted bars and brothels and the native Japanese who need this sordid world to scape by and make money to just barely survive. A love triangle develops among the dwellers of a falling down apartment building and a local gangster called Killer Joe. (imdb)

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Tokyo Trial (1983)

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The Fossil (1975)

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Inn of Evil (1971)

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Nihon no seishun (1968)

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Samurai Rebellion (1967)

Summary: During peace in 1725, aging swordsman Isaburo is living a henpecked life when his clan lord requests that Isaburo's son marry the lord's mistress... (imdb)

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Kwaidan (1964)

Summary: This film contains four distinct, separate stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money... (imdb)

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Harakiri (1962)

Summary: Peace in 17th-century Japan causes the Shogunate's breakup of warrior clans, throwing thousands of samurai out of work and into poverty... (imdb)

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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Summary: In this third part of the trilogy Kaji, a Japanese WWII soldier, finds himself struggling to survive behind enemy lines towards the end of the war.

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

Summary: Second part of a trilogy. Conscientious objector Kaji, now forced to serve in the Japanese army during the Second World War... (imdb)

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Black River (1957)

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Yotsuya kaidan (1949)

Summary: A psychological take on the classic myth.

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Tokyo Trial (1983)

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)

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Yotsuya kaidan (1949)

Summary: A psychological take on the classic myth.

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