Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context_1 : Hymn to a Tired Man (日本の青春 , Nihon no Seishun ) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. Context_2 : The Human Condition (人間の條件 , Ningen no jōken ) is a Japanese epic film trilogy made between 1959 and 1961, based on the six-volume novel published from 1956 to 1958 by Junpei Gomikawa. It was directed by Masaki Kobayashi and stars Tatsuya Nakadai. The trilogy follows the life of Kaji, a Japanese pacifist and socialist, as he tries to survive in the totalitarian and oppressive world of World War II-era Japan. Altogether, as a single film it is 9 hours, 47 minutes long, not including intermissions, making it one of the longest fiction films ever made. Context_3 : 'Inn of Evil (いのちぼうにふろう , "Inochi bonufuro" ) is a 1971 Japanese film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. The film set during the Tokugawa Shogunate and is about a tavern in Edo where smugglers use it as base of operations. The film was adapted from the novel "Fukagawa anarakutei" (  Fukagawa Comfort Restaurant ) by Shugoro Yamamoto. The film received four awards at the Mainichi Film Concours, including Best Actor and Best Score. Context_4 : Before Takemitsu started to compose "Eclipse", he was reticent to use Japanese traditional instruments, because, as he puts it, their sound "always recalled the bitter memories of war". He started to use these instruments in 1962 Masaki Kobayashi's "Harakiri". Since this first collaboration, Takemitsu started using these instruments more often, as seen in Shinoda's "Assassination" and Masaki Kobayashi's "Kwaidan". He finally composed "Eclipse" in 1966 and premiered it that same year with Kinshi Tsuruta at the biwa and Katsuya Yokoyama at the shakuhachi. The premiere took place in the Nissei Theater, in Tokyo, on May 4, 1966. It is published by Éditions Salabert and has received a catalogue number W43 by James Siddons. Context_5 : Kinuyo Tanaka (田中 絹代 , Tanaka Kinuyo , 29 November 1909 – 21 March 1977) was a Japanese actress and director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 credited films, and was best known for her roles in collaboration with director Kenji Mizoguchi over 15 films between 1940 and 1954. She was also a second cousin to director Masaki Kobayashi. Context_6 : Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹 , "Kobayashi Masaki" , February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese film director, best known for the epic trilogy "The Human Condition" (1959–1961), the samurai film "Seppuku" (1962), and "Ghost Stories" (1964). Context_7 : Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts – July 30, 1968, San Francisco, California) was an American film director and theatre actor. Context_8 : Kwaidan (怪談 , Kaidan , literally "strange stories") is a 1965 Japanese anthology horror film directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales, mainly "", for which it is named. The film consists of four separate and unrelated stories. "Kwaidan" is an archaic transliteration of "Kaidan", meaning 'ghost story'. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Context_9 : The Fossil (化石 , Kaseki ) is a 1975 Japanese film directed by Masaki Kobayashi and based on a 1965 novel by Yasushi Inoue. It was Japan's submission to the 47th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. Context_10 : Requiem for a Gringo (Italian: "Requiem per un gringo" , Spanish: "Réquiem para el gringo" , also known as "Duel in the Eclipse") is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Eugenio Martín and José Luis Merino and starring Lang Jeffries, Fernando Sancho and Femi Benussi. It is most known for the gore and psychedelic elements. It is the only western film of the Eurospy and peplum film genre star Lang Jeffries. The film is partially based on Masaki Kobayashi's film Harakiri. fact_1 : Alexander Hall (January 11, 1894, Boston, Massachusetts – July 30, 1968, San Francisco, California) was an American film director and theatre actor. fact_2 : Masaki Kobayashi (小林 正樹 , "Kobayashi Masaki" , February 14, 1916 – October 4, 1996) was a Japanese film director, best known for the epic trilogy "The Human Condition" (1959–1961), the samurai film "Seppuku" (1962), and "Ghost Stories" (1964). Question: Alexander Hall and Masaki Kobayashi, have which occupation?
Output (English): film director