Masaki Kobayashi Movies

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.

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths....

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.

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.

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

A very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by lecherous Saburi Shin and a handsome young photographer....

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...

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...

In this 1993 video interview, filmed for the Directors Guild of Japan at Tokyo’s Haiyuza Theatre, director Masaki Kobayashi talks to fellow...