Masahiro Kobayashi

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Code Name: Melville (2010) — Self
2. The Rebirth (2007) — Junichi
3. Where Are You? (2009) — Kawai's Father
4. Strangers When We Meet (2013)

Directed

1. Man Walking on Snow (2002) — Director
2. Bashing (2006) — Director
3. Haru's Journey (2010) — Director
4. Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story (2004) — Director
5. Lear on the Shore (2017) — Director
6. Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) — Director
7. Flic (2005) — Director
8. The Rebirth (2007) — Director
9. Where Are You? (2009) — Director
10. Film Noir (2000) — Director
11. Closing Time (1996) — Director
12. One Week (2000) — Director
13. Japan's Tragedy (2012) — Director
14. White Night (2009) — Director
15. Women on the Edge (2011) — Director
16. Strangers When We Meet (2013) — Director
17. Strangers (2013) — Director
18. The Happiness (2006) — Director