Masaki Kobayashi Movies
- 1968
Hymn to a Tired Man
Hymn to a Tired Man7.81968HD
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.
- 1953
Sincere Heart
Sincere Heart6.21953HD
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
- 1949
Broken Drum
Broken Drum6.71949HD
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...
- 1975
The Fossil
The Fossil6.51975HD
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...
- 1948
The Portrait
The Portrait61948HD
The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.
- 1952
Youth of the Son
Youth of the Son6.41952HD
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.
- 1956
Fountainhead
Fountainhead5.81956HD
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
- 1954
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky61954HD
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
- 1978
Glowing Autumn
Glowing Autumn01978HD
A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer....
- 1931
The Revenge Champion
The Revenge Champion01931HD
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...
- 1954
Three Loves
Three Loves61954HD
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another...
- 1993
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'01993HD
In this 1993 video interview, filmed for the Directors Guild of Japan at Tokyo’s Haiyuza Theatre, director Masaki Kobayashi talks to fellow...