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May 21, 2015 · Kobayashi’s stories are not hack works of socialist realism or “party propaganda.” They contain the best qualities of proletarian literature — engrossing narratives, sharp imagery, and memorable characters, both individual and collective.
Oct 24, 2005 · In Samurai Rebellion, Kobayashi took his study of the individual against society as far as he could, and enriched it by refusing to restrict himself to the manly world of sword fights. By focusing on family, and particularly on women in family roles, he widened his subject and heightened its emotional potential.
Feb 9, 2017 · Masaki Kobayashi’s whole oeuvre is marked by his lifelong preoccupation with the complex relationship between the individual and society, the longing for freedom, and the struggle against oppression.
Apr 17, 2013 · By Michael Koresky. Essays — Apr 17, 2013. THE THICK-WALLED ROOM: A RECKONING. Among all the important directors who emerged in Japan just after World War II, Masaki Kobayashi would distinguish himself as the most aggressively social-minded.
Sep 8, 2009 · The Human Condition —nine and a half hours long, three years in the making—can be seen as one of the most monumental acts of personal expiation in all of cinematic history. By Japanese standards, Kobayashi was unprolific, with fewer than twenty narrative features to his name.
Nov 2, 2022 · For Kobayashi, “patriotism” was as certain as biological function (“sexual desire”) and concrete materiality (“movement of things”). In this way, by denying rationalistic “big politics” (Marxism), Kobayashi succumbed to another type of big politics – that of irrational fascism and nationalism.
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Feb 14, 2021 · Political hypocrisy is the idea at the core of Kobayashi’s masterpiece, and even though the film is set in 1630 Japan, its themes are universal. It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you are from—we are all born into a system that influences our thoughts, decisions, and behavior.
