Directed credits
16
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Masahiro Kobayashi
Writing
Career Snapshot
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0.4
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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 0All crew credits: 51
TMDB ID: 236350
IMDb ID: nm0462029
Known for: Writing
Born: January 6, 1954
Died: August 20, 2022
Age: 68
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1986 - 2019
Years active: 34
Wikidata: Q3297121
Also known as
Koichi Kobayashi • 小林宏一 • 林ヒロシ
Frequent jobs
Director (16)Screenplay (27)Writer (7)Script (1)
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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Masahiro Kobayashi.
6.2
Lear on the Shore
Director
2017 Movie
Strangers When We Meet
Director
2013 Movie
Strangers
Director
2013 Movie
6.5
Japan's Tragedy
Director
2012 Movie
6.2
Where Are You?
Director
2009 Movie
8.0
White Night
Director
2009 Movie
5.8
The Rebirth
Director
2007 Movie
The Happiness
Director
2006 Movie
6.0
Bashing
Director
2006 Movie
6.2
Flic
Director
2005 Movie
4.9
Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
Director
2004 Movie
6.0
Man Walking on Snow
Director
2002 Movie
7.0
Film Noir
Director
2000 Movie
2.7
One Week
Director
2000 Movie
5.9
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
Director
1999 Movie
5.0
Closing Time
Director
1996 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Masahiro Kobayashi.
Mr. Gosuto ni Yoroshiku
Screenplay
1991 Movie
6.5
Haru's Journey
Writer
2010 Movie
3.3
Adultery Diary: One More Time While I'm Still Wet
Screenplay
1996 Movie
6.4
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Screenplay
2002 Movie
4.9
Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
Director
2004 Movie
8.7
小さな橋で
Screenplay
2017 Movie
6.0
Bashing
Director
2006 Movie
6.2
Flic
Director
2005 Movie
3.0
New Apartment Complex Wife: Adultery is a Taste of Honey
Screenplay
1999 Movie
6.0
Man Walking on Snow
Director
2002 Movie
3.0
The Lustful Sister-in-Law 2: Erotic Games
Screenplay
1999 Movie
3.7
Apartment Wife: Adultery in broad daylight
Writer
1997 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Masahiro Kobayashi.
8.0
The Return
Screenplay
2019 Movie
8.7
小さな橋で
Screenplay
2017 Movie
8.0
A Duel Tale
Screenplay
2015 Movie
6.5
Haru's Journey
Writer
2010 Movie
2.0
Déracine
Writer
2004 Movie
4.0
Tokyo Booty Nights
Writer
2004 Movie
6.4
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Screenplay
2002 Movie
3.0
The Sister‑in‑Law Who Yearns: A Promiscuous Relationship
Writer
2001 Movie
2.0
Endless Lust: Make Me Squirm!
Screenplay
2000 Movie
2.0
Apartment Wife: Adulterous Love
Screenplay
2000 Movie
3.0
The Lustful Sister-in-Law 2: Erotic Games
Screenplay
1999 Movie
2.7
Lusty Hot Spring
Writer
1999 Movie
3.0
Drops of Eros
Screenplay
1999 Movie
3.0
New Apartment Complex Wife: Adultery is a Taste of Honey
Screenplay
1999 Movie
3.7
My Brother's Lover
Screenplay
1998 Movie
3.3
Apartment Wife: Lost Cat
Screenplay
1998 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Masahiro Kobayashi.
