Akira Kobayashi

Acting

Akira Kobayashi

Born 3 November 1938 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 87

Akira Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 旭, Hepburn: Kobayashi Akira, born November 3, 1938) is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is Maito Gai (マイトガイ, "Might Guy").

Known for

Highlights

Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973 · Film
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973 · Film · Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974 · Film · Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974 · Film · Akira Takeda
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · Film · Genzui Kusaka
Violent Streets1974 · Film · Ryuji Yazaki

Filmography

Movies

142 films

Road to the Don Theatrical Version2003 · Film
Shura Group Part 22002 · Film
Shura Group2002 · Film
Shura Group Part 32002 · Film
Emperor of Upheaval1993 · Film
A Legend of Turmoil1992 · Film · Shuji Otaki
The Demon Comes in Spring1989 · Film · Director
Again1984 · Film
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980 · Film · Akira Takeda
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village1978 · Film · Bannai Tarao
Tarao Bannai1978 · Film · Bannai Tarao
The Gate of Youth Part 21977 · Film
The Yakuza Code Still Lives1976 · Film · Akimitsu Hojo
Operation Plazma in Osaka1976 · Film
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps1975 · Film
The Gate of Youth1975 · Film
Code of Wolves1974 · Film
Father of the Kamikaze1974 · Film
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974 · Film · Akira Takeda
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers1974 · Film
Violent Streets1974 · Film · Ryuji Yazaki
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974 · Film · Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973 · Film · Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973 · Film
Zorome no San Kyoudai1972 · Film
The Killer1971 · Film
Women Smell of Night1970 · Film
Sign of the Jack1970 · Film · Yuji Hanamura
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies1970 · Film · Masaaki Kagari
Records of Bloodshed1970 · Film · Minoru Nojiri
Greatest Boss of Japan1970 · Film
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger1970 · Film · Masaaki Kagari
Peonies And Dragons1970 · Film
Ginza Poacher1969 · Film · Tsuchida Akira
Bloody Territories1969 · Film · Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler1969 · Film
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell1969 · Film · One-eyed Ipponmatsu
The Rough One1969 · Film · Yuji
The Elder Sister1969 · Film · Goro Fujikawa
Women's Police: Part II1969 · Film · Masaaki Kagari
100 Gamblers1969 · Film
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood1969 · Film
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin1969 · Film
Women's Police1969 · Film · Masaaki Kagari
Exiled to Hell1969 · Film · Koiso Kikuji
Three Rogues1968 · Film
Retaliation1968 · Film · Kojiro Samukawa
Duel in the Storm1968 · Film · Seijiro Tamimura
Diamonds of the Andes1968 · Film
Dice and Swords1968 · Film
The Endless Duel1967 · Film
My Sweetheart1967 · Film · Director Sudo
Three Seconds to Zero Hour1967 · Film · Yabuki
対決1967 · Film
The Singing Gunman1967 · Film
The Reckless One1967 · Film
Immortal Guy1967 · Film
Shin yūkyōden1966 · Film
Fearless Comrades1966 · Film
Wandering Song1966 · Film
Black Tight Killers1966 · Film · Daisuke Hondo
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil1966 · Film · Koji Himura (Gambler)
The Dragon of Macao1965 · Film · Ryu
Bastards Without Borders1965 · Film · Shinsuke Henmi
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice1965 · Film · Koji Himuro
Three Stray Dogs1965 · Film
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate1965 · Film · Koji Himuro (Gambler)
Gambling is My Destiny1965 · Film · Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow1965 · Film
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry1965 · Film
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure1965 · Film
Traveling Alone with a Guitar1964 · Film
Call My Black Dice1964 · Film · Koji Himuro (Gambler)
The Call of Blood1964 · Film · Ryôta Asari
A Wandering Gambler1964 · Film · Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)
Punishment of a Lawless Villian1964 · Film
The Flower and the Angry Waves1964 · Film
Tale on Tokai Chivalry1964 · Film
Kanto Wanderer1963 · Film · Katsuta
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji1963 · Film
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary1963 · Film
Tale on Kanto Chivalry1963 · Film · Daisaku
Ginza no jirochō1963 · Film
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou1963 · Film
Badge of the Night1963 · Film
Hatoba no tobakushi1963 · Film
Utau abarenbō1962 · Film
Bōkyō no umi1962 · Film
Night of Bloody Hell1962 · Film
The Rambler Returns Home1962 · Film · Hiroshi Taki
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love1962 · Film · Jun Yamakawa
Return of the Whirlwind1962 · Film
Song of a Traveller1962 · Film
A Rampage Full of Dreams1962 · Film
Love in the Air1962 · Film · Shōji Satake
The Rambler Goes North1962 · Film
The Black Scar1961 · Film
Standing Towards the Great Forest1961 · Film
The Plateau Man1961 · Film
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun1961 · Film
Rambling in the Sea1961 · Film
The Drifter Against the Wind1961 · Film
The Famous Wanderer1961 · Film
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm1961 · Film · Ginza Whirlwind
Pacific Porters1961 · Film
The Rambler under the Southern Cross1961 · Film
The Wild, Unruly Drifter1960 · Film
The Rambler Rides Again1960 · Film · Shinji
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm1960 · Film
Tokyo Mighty Guy1960 · Film · Jirô Shimizu
The Rambler in the Sunset1960 · Film
Volcano Wind1960 · Film
Return of the Vagabond1960 · Film
He's the Witness1960 · Film
The Drifter from the Sea1960 · Film
Yakuza Song1960 · Film
The Guitarist and the Rancher1960 · Film
Who is in the Background?1959 · Film
The Rambling Guitarist1959 · Film · Taki
The Human Cyclone1959 · Film · Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
Farewell to Southern Tosa1959 · Film
Light The Explosives1959 · Film · Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
Young Panther1959 · Film
Tokyo no Kodoku1959 · Film
I Will Challenge1959 · Film
Gunshū no naka no taiyō1959 · Film
Get Over Her1959 · Film · Osamu Tadokoro
Friendship of Jazz1959 · Film · Minoru Hata
The Perfect Game1958 · Film · Sôji Ôki
Zesshou1958 · Film · Junkichi Sonoda
Young Breasts1958 · Film
The Boy Who Came Back1958 · Film · Nobuo Kasahara
The Nun1958 · Film · Akio Agata
Rusty Knife1958 · Film · Makoto Terada
高校四年1957 · Film
The Way of Youth1957 · Film
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era1957 · Film · Genzui Kusaka
Who's the Real Killer1957 · Film · Jiro
This Day's Life1957 · Film
The Champion1957 · Film · Cameo
Hungry Soul, Part II1956 · Film · Akira Ogouchi
Hungry Soul1956 · Film · Akira Ogouchi

Filmography

Series

2 shows

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands1993 · Series
Falcon1981 · Series