Kyûzô Kobayashi was born on November 15, 1935 in Koga, Japan as Hisami Kobayashi. He was a writer and producer, known for Sabita honoo (1977), Sokkuri dai gyakuten (1967) and Les Derniers Samouraïs (1974). He died on September 1, 2006 in Aoba, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.