Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Masaki Kobayashi Biography and Timeline

Follow Masaki Kobayashi through 2 dated historical records for Japan.

Masaki Kobayashi, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1961–1965Years on this page

1961

A Soldiers Prayer

Arts / Cinema

Masaki Kobayashi made two of the three films which would collectively become known as the Human Condition Trilogy: No Greater Love (1958), and The Road To Eternity (1959). The trilogy was completed in 1961, with A Soldiers Prayer

1965

Kwaidan

Arts / Cinema

Masaki Kobayashis Kwaidan picks up the Special Jury Prize at Cannes

Records, sources and methodology

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