Actor

Masahiro Kobayashi

Writing

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Movies: 52Series: 0Crew 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

Other jobs

Screenplay (27)Director (11)Writer (11)Producer (1)Script (1)

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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.

Movies

Movie credits linked with Masahiro Kobayashi.