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Masaki Kobayashi, 小林 正樹 (born February 14, 1916) is a Japanese director
who is probably best known for Kwaidan (怪談), a collection of four ghost
stories, each of which has a surprise ending. (Some versions of the film in
the U.S. have had the second story removed--look for the 164 minute version
if you wish to see all four). Kobayashi also directed The Human Condition, a
trilogy on war clocking in at nine and a half hours; the film is nearly
impossible to find except in metropolitan areas.
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