# Masaki Kobayashi's best films, ranked

From Harakiri, The Human Condition and Kwaidan to the documentary Tokyo Trial: Kobayashi's key films, based on the Cinema Rank ranking and Shochiku's filmography.

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- Oct 14, 2020 · kobeeiga
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## Top 12

1. **Harakiri (1962)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Tatsuya Nakadai exposes the hypocrisy of samurai society; Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
2. **The Human Condition (1959)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Junpei Gomikawa's novel in six parts, starring Tatsuya Nakadai.
3. **Kwaidan (1964)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Four ghost stories from Lafcadio Hearn; Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
4. **Tokyo Trial (1983)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Documentary on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
5. **The Thick-Walled Room (1956)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — About Class B and C war criminals; its release was held back.
6. **Kaseki (1975)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From Yasushi Inoue, with Shin Saburi on a journey.
7. **Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A middle-aged man carrying memories of the war.
8. **Fate of a Family (1985)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — His last film, with Tatsuya Nakadai as a father.
9. **I Will Buy You (1956)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The scramble to sign a baseball rookie.
10. **Inn of Evil (1971)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A period film from Shugoro Yamamoto, with Tatsuya Nakadai.
11. **Samurai Rebellion (1967)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Toshiro Mifune defies his clan; FIPRESCI prize in Venice.
12. **Black River (1957)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Young people in a US base town; Tatsuya Nakadai's breakthrough.

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