Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Born 6 January 1954 in Tokyo, Japan

Died 20 August 2022 (aged 68)

Masahiro Kobayashi (6 January 1954 - 20 August 2022) was a Japanese film writer and director.

Read more

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.

Writer

See all 52 →
Sealed
2002
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete Screenplay
Sealed
2010
Haru's Journey Writer
Sealed
2002
Man Walking on Snow Writer
Sealed
2006
Bashing Writer

Director

See all 18 →
Sealed
2010
Haru's Journey Director
Sealed
2002
Man Walking on Snow Director
Sealed
2006
Bashing Director
Sealed
2017
Lear on the Shore Director

Producer

See all 5 →
Sealed
2002
Man Walking on Snow Producer
Sealed
2017
Lear on the Shore Producer
Sealed
2005
Flic Producer
Sealed
2009
Where Are You? Producer

Actor

Sealed
2010
Code Name: Melville Self
Sealed
2007
The Rebirth Junichi
Sealed
2009
Where Are You? Kawai's Father
Sealed
2013
Strangers When We Meet

Sound

Sealed
2006
Bashing Original Music Composer
Sealed
1994
Tandem Songs
Sealed
2007
The Rebirth Original Music Composer

Crew

Sealed
1995
Killing Angel Muhan Script