Editing Masaki Kobayashi

{{short description|Japanese film director}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| image              = Masaki Kobayashi.jpg
| caption            = Kobayashi in 1953
| native_name        = 小林 正樹
| native_name_lang   = ja
| birth_name         = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1916|02|14}}
| birth_place        = [[Otaru]], [[Empire of Japan]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1996|10|04|1916|02|14}}
| death_place        = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| education          = [[Waseda University]]
| occupation         = Film director, screenwriter
| years_active       = 1941, 1946–1985
| notable_works      = {{plainlist|
* [[The Human Condition (film series)|''The Human Condition'']] trilogy (1959-1961)
* [[Harakiri (1962 film)|''Harakiri'']] (1962)
* [[Kwaidan (film)|''Kwaidan'']] (1964)
* ''[[Samurai Rebellion]]'' (1967)
}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Chiyoko Fumiya|April 1, 1952}}
| relatives          = [[Kinuyo Tanaka]] (second cousin)
| module             =
{{Infobox military person
| embed              = yes
| allegiance         = [[Empire of Japan]]
| branch             = [[Imperial Japanese Army]]
| branch_label       = Branch
| serviceyears       = 1942–1945
| rank               = [[Private (rank)|Private]]
| unit               = Azabu Third Regiment
}}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Masaki Kobayashi'''|小林 正樹|''Kobayashi Masaki''|February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996}} was a Japanese [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]], best known for the [[epic (genre)|epic]] trilogy ''[[The Human Condition (film series)|The Human Condition]]'' (1959–1961), the samurai films ''[[Harakiri (1962 film)|Harakiri]]'' (1962) and ''[[Samurai Rebellion]]'' (1967), and the horror anthology ''[[Kwaidan (film)|Kwaidan]]'' (1964).<ref name=I1996>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-masaki-kobayashi-1358495.html |title=Masaki Kobayashi: Obituary|first=James |last=Kirkup|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|date=October 15, 1996}}</ref> ''[[Senses of Cinema]]'' described him as "one of the finest depicters of Japanese society in the 1950s and 1960s."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrea Grunert |title=Kobayashi, Masaki – Senses of Cinema |date=August 27, 2007 |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2016/great-directors/masaki-kobayashi/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life (1916–1946)===
====Childhood and schooling (1916–1942)====
Kobayashi was born on February 14, 1916, in [[Otaru]], a port city on the island of [[Hokkaido]].<ref name=I1996/><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=World film directors|publisher=H.W. Wilson|year=1988|isbn=0-8242-0763-7|editor-last=Wakeman|editor-first=John|location=New York|pages=527|oclc=778946190}}</ref> Kobayashi's family was a part of the upper-middle class, as his father, Yuichi, worked for [[Mitsui & Co.]], and his mother, Hisako, was part of a merchant family.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kuramoto |first1=Sō |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51299958 |title=Gusha no tabi |last2=倉本聰 |date=2002 |publisher=Rironsha |isbn=4-652-07709-2 |edition=Shohan |pages=137 |oclc=51299958}}</ref><ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru">{{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Prince |date=November 16, 2017 |title=A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki |chapter=Conjoining Spirit and World |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |pages=13-19 |isbn=978-0-8135-9235-0}}</ref> He had two older brothers and a younger sister.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/> He was also a second cousin of the actress and director [[Kinuyo Tanaka]].<ref name=Jasper>{{cite book |last=Sharpe |first=Jasper |date=2011 |title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema |publisher=Scarecrow Press |pages= 240–242|isbn=978-0-8108-7541-8}}</ref> The Kobayashi family descends from a samurai from [[Shimonoseki]].<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/> Kobayashi lived in [[Tokyo]] while in elementary school, but otherwise lived in Otaru until he was 17 years-old.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/> Kobayashi's household was warm and tolerant, and his parents encouraged the exploration of the arts.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/> He saw a movie for the first time when he was 7 years-old, and he frequently watched movies and visited art exhibitions, concerts, and theatre performances with his mother.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/> Kobayashi's older brother, Yasuhiko, who attended film study groups while in university, also helped further Kobayashi's understanding of film.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/>

In 1938, Kobayashi enrolled in [[Waseda University]] in Tokyo.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="PrinceDreamAizu">{{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Prince |date=November 16, 2017 |title=A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki |chapter=Conjoining Spirit and World |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |pages=19-30 |isbn=978-0-8135-9235-0}}</ref> At the university, Kobayashi was taught by [[Aizu Yaichi]], a poet and historian who became a mentor of Kobayashi and influenced Kobayashi's perspectives on life and art.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Aizu specialized in [[Buddhist]] art, particularly that of the [[Nara period]], and frequently brought his class to Buddhist temples.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Outside of class, Kobayashi accompanied Aizu on trips to [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]] and often visited Aizu's house.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Due in part to Aizu's influence, Kobayashi decided to study East Asian art and philosophy.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Kobayashi wrote his thesis on [[Murō-ji]], a Buddhist temple located in Nara.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> He spent a month living at Murō-ji while researching its history for his thesis.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Kobayashi would later work on a documentary about Aizu released in 1996.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/>

While attending Waseda University, Kobayashi would visit [[Shochiku Studio]] to watch Kinuyo Tanaka, his second cousin, while she worked.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/> It was during his time at Waseda University that Kobayashi began to want to become a film director.<ref name="PrinceDreamOtaru"/>

After graduating from Waseda University in 1941, Kobayashi worked at Shochiku as a director in training for eight months.<ref name=I1996 /><ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> While at Shochiku, Kobayashi assisted [[Hiroshi Shimizu (director)|Hiroshi Shimizu]] on ''Dawn Chorus'' and [[Hideo Ōba]] on ''Kaze kaoru niwa''.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> During this time, Kobayashi began writing a book set in Nara, about an Oriental art scholar who enlisted in the army.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/>

====Wartime (1942-1946)====
In January 1942, Kobayashi was drafted into the Azabu Third Regiment of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]].<ref name=I1996 /><ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> After three months of training as a heavy machine gunner, Kobayashi was sent near [[Harbin]] in [[Manchuria]].<ref name=I1996 /><ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> In September 1943, Kobayashi's squad was sent to patrol along the [[Ussuri]] river.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> In June 1944, his regiment returned to Japan, from which they were to be transferred to the [[Philippines]].<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> However, [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] submarines prevented the Azabu Third Regiment from reaching the Philippines, so they headed for [[Okinawa Island]] instead.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> While traveling to Okinawa, Kobayashi's group diverted to [[Miyako-jima]] in the [[Ryukyu Islands]], where they remained until the end of the war.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> During that time, his group worked towards building an airfield.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Kobayashi's time on the island was difficult, with his group frequently resorting to eating grasshoppers and dogs to survive.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> He kept a diary during his time on Miyako-jima, which documented his experience in the war and included an [[I-novel]] about the loss of his youth.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> In his diary, Kobayashi shows support for the Japanese war effort, but laments the death and destruction that the war caused.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Kobayashi never participated in frontline fighting during his time in the army.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Kobayashi regarded himself as a pacifist and a socialist, and resisted by refusing promotion to a rank higher than [[private (rank)|private]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/381 |title=Harakiri: Kobayashi and History – From the Current – The Criterion Collection |publisher=Criterion.com |access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref>

After the war ended, Kobayashi spent nearly a year in a [[prisoner of war]] labor camp in [[Kadena, Okinawa]].<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/><ref>{{Cite book|title=Japanese film directors|last=Bock|first=Audie|publisher=Kodansha International|year=1985|isbn=978-0-87011-714-5|pages=248|language=en|oclc=1015968920}}</ref> At the camp, Kobayashi ran a theater company with other inmates, and produced several shows.<ref name="PrinceDreamAizu"/> Kobayashi was released from the labor camp in November 1946.<ref name=I1996 /><ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita">{{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Prince |date=November 16, 2017 |title=A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki |chapter=Conjoining Spirit and World |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |pages=30-38 |isbn=978-0-8135-9235-0}}</ref> Upon returning home, he learned that his father had died in 1945 and that his older brother, Yasuhiko, died in battle in China in 1944.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/>

===Film career (1946–1996)===
====Assisting Kinoshita (1946–1953)====
After returning to Japan in 1946, Kobayashi rejoined [[Shochiku]] as assistant.<ref name=I1996 /> He was initially assigned to assist Keisuke Sasaki, but then was assigned to [[Keisuke Kinoshita]].<ref name=I1996 /><ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> During his time helping Kinoshita, Kobayashi grew to admire the compassion, intelligence and skill in directing of Kinoshita.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> The two bonded over shared experiences in the war and in the deaths of their mothers.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> Kobayashi's first job under Kinoshita was as a second assistant director on ''Phoenix'' in 1947.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> In 1948, Kobayashi was promoted to the position of chief assistant director on [[Apostasy (1948 film)|''Apostasy'']].<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> He remained as a chief assistant director for the rest of his time spent as an assistant to Kinoshita.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> In 1949, Kobayashi co-scripted ''Broken Drum'' with Kinoshita.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> The final Kinoshita film that Kobayashi assisted with was ''[[A Japanese Tragedy]]'', released in 1953.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> In 1953, Kinoshita began looking for material that could be adapted for Kobayashi's debut film.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> Kinoshita had Shochiku purchase the rights to the ''Jinkō Teien'' novel, with the intent of the novel being used for Kobayashi's debut film.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/> Kinoshita would end up adapting the novel himself in the 1954 film ''[[The Garden of Women]]''.<ref name="PrinceDreamKinoshita"/>

====Early films (1953-1959)====
Kobayashi's directorial debut was in 1952 with ''My Son's Youth''.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion">{{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Prince |date=November 16, 2017 |title=A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki |chapter=Conjoining Spirit and World |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |pages=38-69 |isbn=978-0-8135-9235-0}}</ref> This film was part of an initiative by [[Shochiku]] to release short films, called "sister films", that were intended as introductions to new directors.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> On April 1, 1952, Kobayashi married Chiyoko Fumiya, an actress at Shochiku.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> In 1953, ''Sincerity'' was released, which was Kobayashi's first feature length film.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> The film was written by Kobayashi's mentor, [[Keisuke Kinoshita]].<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> Both ''My Son's Youth'' and ''Sincerity'' drew inspiration from Kobayashi's family and childhood, with some of the characters being modeled after members of his family.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/>

In 1953, Kobayashi finished filming ''[[The Thick-Walled Room]]'', about [[Japanese war crimes#Definitions|Class B and Class C war criminals]] being held in [[Sugamo Prison]].<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> The film was based on the diaries of real war criminals and was a substantial departure from the type of films Shochiku typically at that time.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> Shochiku initially refused to release ''The Thick-Walled Room'' without alteration, due to the Japan government's fear that the film's criticism of the [[Occupation of Japan|Allied occupation of Japan]] would upset the [[United States]].<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/><ref name="Eclipse38">{{Cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2738-eclipse-series-38-kobayashi-against-the-system |title=Eclipse Series 38: Kobayashi Against the System |last1=Koresky |first1=Michael |date=April 17, 2013 |website=The Criterion Collection |access-date=December 26, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241208000918/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2738-eclipse-series-38-kobayashi-against-the-system |archive-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref> Kobayashi refused to cut any content, so the film was not released until 1956.<ref name="Eclipse38"/> ''The Thick-Walled Room'' hurt Kobayashi's reputation within Shochiku, so he attempted to reestablish himself by making his next four films more similar to the typical style of Shochiku.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/>

In 1954, ''Three Loves'' was released.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> This film features scenes shot inside the same church that Kobayashi and Chiyoko Fumiya were married in.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> Later in 1954, ''Somewhere Under the Broad Sky'' was released.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> This film included the first appearance of [[Keiji Sada]] in a Kobayashi-directed film, who was close friends with Kobayashi and would go on to appear in 6 of Kobayashi's films.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/> In 1956, ''Fountainhead'' was released, which was the last of Kobayashi's films that strongly resembled the typical Shochiku style.<ref name="PrinceDreamPromotion"/>

In 1956, ''The Thick-Walled Room'' was released to the public.<ref name="Eclipse38"/> Later that year, ''[[I Will Buy You]]'' was released, about [[corruption]] in [[baseball]] [[Scout (sport)|scouting]].<ref name="PrinceDreamThorn">{{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Prince |date=November 16, 2017 |title=A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki |chapter=A Sharp and Piercing Thorn |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |pages=70-122 |isbn=978-0-8135-9235-0}}</ref> In 1957, ''[[Black River (1957 film)|Black River]]'' was released, about the crime and prostitution that arose around US bases in Japan during and after the American occupation.<ref name="PrinceDreamThorn"/> This was the first of Kobayashi's films to star [[Tatsuya Nakadai]] in a major role.<ref name="PrinceDreamThorn"/> Nakadai would become a mainstay of Kobayashi's film, starring in 9 of Kobayashi's next 13 films.<ref name="PrinceDreamThorn"/>

====Peak of recognition (1959-1967)====
[[File:Kinema-Junpo-1959-January-Special-1.jpg|thumb|right|Kobayashi (bottom, second from left) with the cast of [[The Human Condition I: No Greater Love|No Greater Love]] in 1959]]

From 1959 to 1961, Kobayashi directed ''[[The Human Condition (film series)|The Human Condition]]'' (1959–1961), a trilogy on the effects of [[World War II]] on a Japanese [[pacifism|pacifist]] and socialist. The total length of the films is almost ten hours, which makes it one of the longest fiction films ever made for theatrical release.<ref name=I1996 />

In 1962 he directed ''[[Harakiri (1962 film)|Harakiri]]'', which won the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Festival)|Jury Prize]] at the [[1963 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1963/allAward.html |title=Awards 1963: All Awards |website=[[Cannes Film Festival|Festival de Cannes]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225120236/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1963/allAward.html |archive-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>

In 1964, Kobayashi made ''[[Kwaidan (film)|Kwaidan]]'' (1964), his first color film, a collection of four ghost stories drawn from books by [[Lafcadio Hearn]]. Kwaidan won the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Special Jury Prize]] at the [[1965 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2895/year/1965.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Kwaidan |access-date=March 4, 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> and received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name="Oscars1966">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1966 |title=The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 6, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

====Later films (1967-1996)====
In 1968, [[Akira Kurosawa]], [[Keisuke Kinoshita]], [[Kon Ichikawa]] and Kobayashi founded the directors group, ''Shiki no kai''-''The Four Horsemen Club'', in an attempt to create movies for younger generations.<ref name=I1996 /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnQaBwAAQBAJ&q=The+Four+Horsemen+Club+akira&pg=PT204|title=Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I|first=Shinobu|last=Hashimoto|publisher=Vertical, Inc|year=2015|isbn=9781939130587}}</ref>

In 1969, he was a member of the jury at the [[19th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="berlinale 1969">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1969/04_jury_1969/04_Jury_1969.html |title=Berlinale 1969: Juries |access-date=March 6, 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>

He was also a candidate for directing the Japanese sequences for ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'' after Akira Kurosawa left the film. But instead [[Kinji Fukasaku]] and [[Toshio Masuda (director)|Toshio Masuda]] were chosen.

In 1990, Kobayashi was awarded the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] by the [[Japanese government]] and the [[Order of Arts and Letters]] by the [[French government]].<ref name="PrinceDreamIntroduction">{{cite book |last=Prince |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Prince |date=November 16, 2017 |title=A Dream of Resistance: The Cinema of Kobayashi Masaki |chapter=Introduction |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |pages=1-11 |isbn=978-0-8135-9235-0}}</ref>

One of his grand projects was a film on [[Yasushi Inoue]]'s novel about Buddhist China, ''Tun Huang'', which never came to fruition.<ref name=I1996 />

==Filmography==
{{main|Masaki Kobayashi filmography}}

==Awards and honors==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Year of Award or Honor !! Name of Award or Honor !! Awarding Organization !! Country of <br />Origin !! Film Title <br />(if applicable)
|-
|rowspan=2|1960
|San Giorgio Prize<ref name="ShochikuAwards">{{Cite web |url=https://www.shochiku.co.jp/global/en/cinema/award/ |title=Internationally |website=[[Shochiku]] |access-date=December 30, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241223154915/https://www.shochiku.co.jp/global/en/cinema/award/ |archive-date=December 23, 2024}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Venice Film Festival]]
|rowspan=2|Italy
|rowspan=2|''[[The Human Condition (film series)|The Human Condition]]''
|-
|Pasinetti Award<ref name="ShochikuAwards"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|1961
|[[Mainichi Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history16.html |script-title=ja:16 1961年 |publisher=japan-movie.net |language=Japanese |accessdate=2011-01-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005052019/http://www.japan-movie.net/about/history16.html |archivedate=2010-10-05}}</ref>
|rowspan=3|[[Mainichi Film Awards]]
|rowspan=3|Japan
|rowspan=2|[[A Soldier's Prayer]]
|-
|[[Mainichi Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/016.html |website=[[Mainichi Film Awards]] |language=ja |script-title=ja:毎日映画コンクール 第16回（1961年） |trans-title=16th Mainichi Film Awards (1961) |access-date=December 30, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241126181757/https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/016.html |archive-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|1962
|Best Film<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/017.html |website=[[Mainichi Film Awards]] |language=ja |script-title=ja:毎日映画コンクール 第17回（1962年） |trans-title=17th Mainichi Film Awards (1962) |access-date=December 30, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241126233352/http://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/017.html |archive-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|''[[Harakiri (1962 film)|Harakiri]]''
|-
|1963
|rowspan=2|[[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Special Jury Prize]]
|rowspan=2|[[Cannes Film Festival]]
|rowspan=2|France
|-
|1965
|''[[Kwaidan (film)|Kwaidan]]''
|-
|rowspan=4|1967
|[[Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year|Best Film of the Year]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%8A%E6%84%8F%E8%A8%8E%E3%81%A1%20%E6%8B%9D%E9%A0%98%E5%A6%BB%E5%A7%8B%E6%9C%AB-716032|title=デジタル大辞泉プラス「上意討ち 拝領妻始末」の解説|work=KOTOBANK|accessdate=July 21, 2021}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|''[[Kinema Junpo]]''
|rowspan=2|Japan
|rowspan=4|''[[Samurai Rebellion]]''
|-
|Best Director<ref name="GalbrathTohoStudios">{{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7o8pq6G_dYC |access-date=October 29, 2013 |year=2008 |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-1461673743}}</ref>
|-
|[[FIPRESCI Prize]]<ref name="GalbrathTohoStudios"/>
|[[International Federation of Film Critics]]
|
|-
|Best Film<ref name="GalbrathTohoStudios"/>
|rowspan=2|Mainichi Film Awards
|rowspan=3|Japan
|-
|1975
|Best Film<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/030.html |website=[[Mainichi Film Awards]] |language=ja |script-title=ja:毎日映画コンクール 第30回（1975年） |trans-title=30th Mainichi Film Awards (1975) |access-date=December 30, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230120171238/https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/030.html |archive-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref>
|''[[The Fossil (film)|The Fossil]]''
|-
|1983
|[[Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film|Best Film]]<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1983/|script-title= ja:ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー|access-date= 2010-01-17|language= ja|publisher= Cinema Hochi|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090207075705/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/1983/|archive-date= 2009-02-07}}</ref>
|[[Blue Ribbon Awards]]
|''[[International Military Tribunal for the Far East (film)|Tokyo Trials]]''
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|[[Order of Arts and Letters]]
|[[French government]]
|France
|-
|[[Order of the Rising Sun]]
|[[Japanese government]]
|rowspan=2|Japan
|-
|1996
|Special Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/051.html |website=[[Mainichi Film Awards]] |language=ja |script-title=ja:毎日映画コンクール 第51回（1996年） |trans-title=51st Mainichi Film Awards (1996) |access-date=December 30, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240927121114/https://mainichi.jp/mfa/history/051.html |archive-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref>
|Mainichi Film Awards
|-
|}

==References==
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