Masaki Kobayashi, 小林 正樹 (born
February 14,
1916) is a Japanese director who is probably best known for
Kwaidan[?] (怪談), a collection of four
ghost stories[?], each of which has a surprise ending. (Some versions of the film in the U.S. have had the second story removed--look for the 164 minute version if you wish to see all four). Kobayashi also directed
The Human Condition[?], a trilogy on war clocking in at nine and a half hours; the film is nearly impossible to find except in metropolitan areas.
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