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Satoru Kobayashi(1930-2001)

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Satoru Kobayashi was born on 1 August 1930 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Kyosei Waisetsu Shimai (1994), The Blind Cat (1992) and Shikiyoku kaidan: hatsujô onna yûrei (1995). He died on 15 November 2001 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornAugust 1, 1930
DiedNovember 15, 2001(71)
BornAugust 1, 1930
DiedNovember 15, 2001(71)
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    • 1 win total

Known for

Kyosei Waisetsu Shimai (1994)
Kyosei Waisetsu Shimai
6.7
  • Director
  • 1994
The Blind Cat (1992)
The Blind Cat
5.6
  • Director
  • 1992
Shikiyoku kaidan: hatsujô onna yûrei (1995)
Shikiyoku kaidan: hatsujô onna yûrei
3.6
  • Director
  • 1995
Ghost Story: Foreign Ghost (1963)
Ghost Story: Foreign Ghost
  • Director
  • 1963

Credits

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Director



  • Kawana Mariko: Sakuragai no amai mizu (2002)
    Kawana Mariko: Sakuragai no amai mizu
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Miko no bihada (2001)
    Miko no bihada
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Seihanzai file: Yamide naku onnatachi
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Inran nyôbô: Kahanshin no amai kaori
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Bijin hisho: Oshaburi settai
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Wakaresase ya: Shikkin suru hitozuma
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Hoshigaru aniyome
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Minisuka kyôshi: Sosoru kyakusenbi
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Aizome Kyôko no hitozuma saleslady: Kairaku no jitsuen
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Ubu hada no aijin
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Enba no gotoku
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Mibôjin okami: Nigitte tabete
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Dosukebe onna shachô: Mibôjin no seiyoku
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Sexy pub: Chichi-momi shiri-sasuri
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Netchiri okami no midare-obi
    • Director
    • 1999

Writer



  • Kawana Mariko: Sakuragai no amai mizu (2002)
    Kawana Mariko: Sakuragai no amai mizu
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Seihanzai file: Yamide naku onnatachi
    • screenplay
    • 2001
  • Inran nyôbô: Kahanshin no amai kaori
    • screenplay
    • 2001
  • Bijin hisho: Oshaburi settai
    • screenplay
    • 2001
  • Wakaresase ya: Shikkin suru hitozuma
    • screenplay
    • 2001
  • Hoshigaru aniyome
    • screenplay
    • 2000
  • Dosukebe onna shachô: Mibôjin no seiyoku
    • screenplay
    • 2000
  • Seizange: Okashichatta
    • screenplay
    • 1998
  • Chikan chinnyû rannyû densha
    • screenplay
    • 1998
  • Kyûketsu hime: Shitataru binyû
    • original idea
    • 1998
  • Sasurai
    • screenplay
    • 1997
  • Ero kyôshi onanie-zukushi
    • screenplay
    • 1997
  • Shikkin kôkotsu: Nijû rape
    • draft
    • 1995
  • Shikiyoku kaidan: hatsujô onna yûrei (1995)
    Shikiyoku kaidan: hatsujô onna yûrei
    3.6
    • screenwriter
    • 1995
  • Onna henshûchô: Marudashi chijo kuzeme
    • screenwriter
    • 1995

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Keisatsukan shusse patrol (1958)
    Keisatsukan shusse patrol
    • assistant director
    • 1958
  • Takashima Tadao no Bonbon makaritôru (1958)
    Takashima Tadao no Bonbon makaritôru
    • assistant director
    • 1958
  • Botchan tengoku (1958)
    Botchan tengoku
    • assistant director
    • 1958
  • Botchan no shushô (1957)
    Botchan no shushô
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Botchan no tokudane kisha (1957)
    Botchan no tokudane kisha
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Dorai fujin to teishu kanpaku (1957)
    Dorai fujin to teishu kanpaku
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Botchan no gyakushû (1956)
    Botchan no gyakushû
    • assistant director
    • 1956

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  • Alternative names
    • Chiyuki Fujimoto
  • Born
    • August 1, 1930
    • Nagano Prefecture, Japan
  • Died
    • November 15, 2001
    • Tokyo, Japan(bladder cancer)

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