Born in Tokyo, Japan, 1954. A folksinger and screenwriter, KOBAYASHI Masahiro has founded the film production company Monkey Town Productions in 1996 to finish his feature debut Closing Time which won grand prize at Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Bootleg Film, Koroshi, Man Walking on Snow were invited to Cannes International Film Festival for three year in a row and Bashing was nominated for Palme d´Or. He has known as ´the director beloved by Cannes´. Amazing Story, Where are you were invited in competition to Locarno International Film Festival and The Rebirth won four prizes at the 60th Locarno International Film Festival including the Golden Leopard and the Daniel Schmid award. In 2008, International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Buenos Aires International Film Festival hosted a retrospective of his films to great acclaim. Haru´s Journey won many domestic and international awards including best picture, best director and audience award. KOBAYASHI Masahiro has explored madness that lies beneath quite daily life. Since 1996, ´Living legend of Japan´, KOBAYASHI Masahiro makes out of as many as 14 feature films that mostly written and produced by himself.