Best movies of Masaki Kobayashi

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Shima Iwashita, Akira Ishihama, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

An elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord's home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide. But when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an unexpected turn.

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Misako Watanabe, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Gô Katô, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.

Actors : Tamao Nakamura, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûsuke Kawazu,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Sô Yamamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Keiko Kishi,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

Two-hundred million yen is up for grabs in a dying businessman's will. The businessman intends to will it to his 3 illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

Actors : Wakako Sakai, Kan'emon Nakamura, Komaki Kurihara, Tatsuya Nakadai,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers ...

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Komaki Kurihara, Shin Saburi, Keiko Kishi,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

Actors : Makoto Fujita, Michiyo Aratama, Toshio Kurosawa, Tomoko Naraoka,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

During WWII a soldier is beaten so badly by a superior officer he is left deaf. After the war he is an inventor and meets this officer at the patent office. The man is still the bully he was.

Actors : Mayumi Ogawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kie Nakai, Kiichi Nakai,
Directors : Masaki Kobayashi,

This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to a Japanese family when one of their sons shames them in front of the entire nation.