It’s entirely fitting that throughout The Human Condition, Masaki Kobayashi’s epic three-part adaptation of an equally expansive novel by Junpei Gomikawa that was recently released on Blu-ray through ...

Masaki Kobayashi’s 1964 film Kwaidan is a masterpiece, and as is often the case with masterpieces, has endured trials that lesser films frequently manage to avoid. The first barrier to appreciation of ...

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Tatsuya Nakadai starred in The Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity. In the eyes of many Western enthusiasts of Japanese film, director Masaki Kobayashi (1916-1996) was primarily a specialist in ...

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If I’ve always considered Akira Kurosawa the emperor of Japanese cinema, Masaki Kobayashi is its prince. His films, like the harrowing anti-war masterpiece “The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer ...

In this 1993 video interview filmed for the Directors Guild of Japan at Tokyos Haiyuza Theatre director Masaki Kobayashi talks to fellow filmmaker and longtime ...