Masaki Kobayashi's best films, ranked
The top 3 according to 10 votes from people: Harakiri (1962) · The Human Condition (1959) · Kwaidan (1964). (Updated Oct 14, 2020.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 12
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1
Harakiri (1962)
Tatsuya Nakadai exposes the hypocrisy of samurai society; Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
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2
The Human Condition (1959)
Junpei Gomikawa's novel in six parts, starring Tatsuya Nakadai.
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3
Kwaidan (1964)
Four ghost stories from Lafcadio Hearn; Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
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4
Tokyo Trial (1983)
Documentary on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
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5
The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
About Class B and C war criminals; its release was held back.
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6
Kaseki (1975)
From Yasushi Inoue, with Shin Saburi on a journey.
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7
Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
A middle-aged man carrying memories of the war.
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8
Fate of a Family (1985)
His last film, with Tatsuya Nakadai as a father.
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9
I Will Buy You (1956)
The scramble to sign a baseball rookie.
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10
Inn of Evil (1971)
A period film from Shugoro Yamamoto, with Tatsuya Nakadai.
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11
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Toshiro Mifune defies his clan; FIPRESCI prize in Venice.
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12
Black River (1957)
Young people in a US base town; Tatsuya Nakadai's breakthrough.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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