Kobayashi Masahiro
After a career as a folk singer and scenario writer, KOBAYASHI Masahiro (1954-2022, Japan) directed his feature debut Closing Time in 1996. He then set up the film production company Monkey Town Productions. His films have been screened in Cannes and other festivals and brought him international attention. The Rebirth (2007) won a Golden Leopard in Locarno. In 2008, his work was shown in a retrospective at the IFFR. Strangers When We Meet (2013) is Kobayashi's contribution to the digital project of the Jeonju International Film Festival (South Korea).
Filmography
Closing Time (1996), Bootleg Film (1999), 1 shukan aiyoku nikki (2000), Koroshi/Film Noir (2000), Joshi shain aiyoku izonsho (2001), Aruku, hito/Man Walking on Snow (2001), Kanzen-naru shiiku: Onna rihatsushi no koi/Amazing Story (2003), Flic (2004), Bashing (2005), Eejanaika nippon miyagi hen kesennuma densetsu (2006), Shiawase/The Happiness (2006), Ai no yokan/The Rebirth (2007), Byakuya/A White Night (2009), Wakanarai/Where Are You? (2009), 'Wakanarai' no sekai (2010 doc), Haru tono tabi/Haru's Journey (2010), Girigiri no onnatachi/Women on the Edge (2011), Nippon no higeki/Japan's Tragedy (2012), Strangers When We Meet (2013)
Kobayashi Masahiro op IFFR
Tandem
60'
Japan
IFFR 1995
Lunatic
85'
Japan
IFFR 1996
Amazing Story
103'
Japan
IFFR 2008
Bashing
82'
Japan
IFFR 2008
Bootleg Film
74'
Japan
IFFR 2008
Closing Time
81'
Japan
IFFR 2008
Flic
154'
Japan
IFFR 2008
Man Walking on Snow
102'
Japan
IFFR 2008
The Rebirth
102'
Japan
IFFR 2008
Where Are You?
104'
Japan
IFFR 2010
Haru's Journey
134'
Japan
IFFR 2011
Women on the Edge
101'
Japan
IFFR 2012
Japan's Tragedy
101'
Japan
IFFR 2013
Strangers When We Meet
45'
Zuid-Korea
IFFR 2014