Masahiro Kobayashi

Masahiro Kobayashi

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Tokyo, Japan
January 6, 1954

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.

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Representative Works

Killing Angel Muhan
Killing Angel Muhan
7.0
/ Japanese
Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara
Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara
4.2
/ Japanese
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
6.1
/ Japanese
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
6.4
/ Japanese
Tandem
Tandem
4.5
/ Japanese
Naomi
Naomi
3.5
/ Japanese
Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
5.3
/ Japanese
Lusty Hot Spring
Lusty Hot Spring
2.7
/ Japanese
Za shōgeki
Za shōgeki
2.0
/ Japanese
Kawarasaki Family
Kawarasaki Family
6.5
/ Japanese
Haru's Journey
Haru's Journey
6.6
/ Japanese
Apartment Wife: Adulterous Love
Apartment Wife: Adulterous Love
2.0
/ Japanese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Killing Angel Muhan
1995Nominee

Best Performance

Killing Angel Muhan

Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara
1987Nominee

Best Writing

Roppongi Reijô: Fushidara

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
1999Nominee

Best Writing

Kaizokuban Bootleg Film

Career Highlights

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
2002Highlight

Best Writing

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete

Tandem
1994Highlight

Best Writing

Tandem

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