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Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Writing · 1954–2022 · Tokyo, Japan

IMDb

8 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 63. The 2000s rate best: median 66 across 5 titles. Masahiro Kobayashi appears most often alongside Kazuki Kitamura (3 titles).

Biography

Masahiro Kobayashi (6 January 1954 - 20 August 2022) was a Japanese film writer and director. Kobayashi became the first Japanese filmmaker to win the Grand Prize at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. In its wake, he founded Monkey Town Productions and made three films back to back which won prizes in three consecutive years at Cannes: Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) and Man Walking on Snow (2001) in Un Certain Regard and Koroshi (2000) in the Directors' Fortnight. Description above from the Wikipedia article Masahiro Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting 4

Writing 48

Directing 16

Production 4

Sound 3

Crew 1