Top 12 Masaki Kobayashi Films

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.

As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.

A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.

Ein älterer Ronin-Samurai kommt im Haus eines Feudalherrn an und bittet um einen ehrenwerten Ort, an dem er Selbstmord begehen kann. Aber als der Ronin nach einem jüngeren Samurai fragt, der vor ihm ankam, nehmen die Dinge eine unerwartete Wendung.

Eine Sammlung von vier japanischen Volksmärchen mit übernatürlichen Themen.

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.

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.

A dying businessman intends to will two hundred million yen to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to his team.

A family in the city of Tokyo running a liquor store overcome their impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.

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 to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.