In 1933 he entered Waseda University in Tokyo where he studied East Asian art and philosophy.
He embarked on a career in film in 1941 as an apprentice director at Shochiku Studios, but was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in January 1942 and sent to Manchuria. Kobayashi regarded himself as a pacifist and a socialist, and resisted by refusing promotion to a rank higher than private.
He embarked on a career in film in 1941 as an apprentice director at Shochiku Studios, but was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in January 1942 and sent to Manchuria. Kobayashi regarded himself as a pacifist and a socialist, and resisted by refusing promotion to a rank higher than private.
In 1944 he was transferred to Miyakojima in the Ryuku Islands, and was taken prisoner near the end of the war.
After his release, in 1946, he returned to Shochiku as assistant to the director Keisuke Kinoshita. ===Films=== Kobayashi's directorial debut was in 1952 with Musuko no Seishun (My Son's Youth). From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed The Human Condition (1959–1961), a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist.
After his release, in 1946, he returned to Shochiku as assistant to the director Keisuke Kinoshita. ===Films=== Kobayashi's directorial debut was in 1952 with Musuko no Seishun (My Son's Youth). From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed The Human Condition (1959–1961), a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist.
After his release, in 1946, he returned to Shochiku as assistant to the director Keisuke Kinoshita. ===Films=== Kobayashi's directorial debut was in 1952 with Musuko no Seishun (My Son's Youth). From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed The Human Condition (1959–1961), a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist.
After his release, in 1946, he returned to Shochiku as assistant to the director Keisuke Kinoshita. ===Films=== Kobayashi's directorial debut was in 1952 with Musuko no Seishun (My Son's Youth). From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed The Human Condition (1959–1961), a trilogy on the effects of World War II on a Japanese pacifist and socialist.
The total length of the films is almost ten hours, which makes it one of the longest fiction films ever made for theatrical release. In 1962 he directed Harakiri, which won the Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. In 1964, Kobayashi made Kwaidan (1964), his first color film, a collection of four ghost stories drawn from books by Lafcadio Hearn.
The total length of the films is almost ten hours, which makes it one of the longest fiction films ever made for theatrical release. In 1962 he directed Harakiri, which won the Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. In 1964, Kobayashi made Kwaidan (1964), his first color film, a collection of four ghost stories drawn from books by Lafcadio Hearn.
The total length of the films is almost ten hours, which makes it one of the longest fiction films ever made for theatrical release. In 1962 he directed Harakiri, which won the Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. In 1964, Kobayashi made Kwaidan (1964), his first color film, a collection of four ghost stories drawn from books by Lafcadio Hearn.
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