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Akira Kobayashi

Akira Kobayashi

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

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

Shura Group Part 2

Shura Group Part 2

Shura Group

Shura Group Part 3

Shura Group Part 3

Emperor of Upheaval

Emperor of Upheaval

A Legend of Turmoil

A Legend of Turmoil

1992 • Shuji Otaki

Again

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

1980 • Akira Takeda

Full filmography

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

Road to the Don Theatrical Version

2003

Shura Group Part 2

Shura Group Part 2

2002

Shura Group

2002

Shura Group Part 3

Shura Group Part 3

2002

Emperor of Upheaval

Emperor of Upheaval

1993

A Legend of Turmoil

A Legend of Turmoil

1992 • Shuji Otaki

Again

1984

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

1980 • Akira Takeda

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

1978 • Bannai Tarao

Tarao Bannai

1978 • Bannai Tarao

The Gate of Youth Part 2

The Gate of Youth Part 2

1977

The Yakuza Code Still Lives

The Yakuza Code Still Lives

1976 • Akimitsu Hojo

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Operation Plazma in Osaka

1976

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps

1975

The Gate of Youth

The Gate of Youth

1975

Code of Wolves

1974

Father of the Kamikaze

Father of the Kamikaze

1974

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974 • Akira Takeda

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers

1974

Violent Streets

Violent Streets

1974 • Yazaki Ryuji

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974 • Akira Takeda

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973 • Akira Takeda

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

Zorome no San Kyoudai

Zorome no San Kyoudai

1972

The Killer

1971

Women Smell of Night

Women Smell of Night

1970

Sign of the Jack

Sign of the Jack

1970 • Yuji Hanamura

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

1970 • Masaaki Kagari

Records of Bloodshed

Records of Bloodshed

1970 • Minoru Nojiri

Greatest Boss of Japan

Greatest Boss of Japan

1970

Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger

Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger

1970 • Masaaki Kagari

Peonies And Dragons

Peonies And Dragons

1970

Ginza Poacher

1969 • Tsuchida Akira

Bloody Territories

Bloody Territories

1969 • Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler

1969

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell

1969 • One-eyed Ipponmatsu

The Rough One

1969 • Yuji

The Elder Sister

The Elder Sister

1969 • Goro Fujikawa

Women's Police: Part II

Women's Police: Part II

1969 • Masaaki Kagari

100 Gamblers

1969

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood

1969

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

1969

Women's Police

1969 • Masaaki Kagari

Exiled to Hell

1969 • Koiso Kikuji

Three Rogues

1968

Retaliation

1968 • Kojiro Samukawa

Duel in the Storm

Duel in the Storm

1968 • Seijiro Tamimura

Diamonds of the Andes

Diamonds of the Andes

1968

Dice and Swords

Dice and Swords

1968

The Endless Duel

The Endless Duel

1967

My Sweetheart

1967 • Director Sudo

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

Three Seconds to Zero Hour

1967 • Yabuki

1967

The Singing Gunman

The Singing Gunman

1967

The Reckless One

The Reckless One

1967

Immortal Guy

1967

Shin yūkyōden

Shin yūkyōden

1966

Fearless Comrades

Fearless Comrades

1966

Black Tight Killers

Black Tight Killers

1966 • Daisuke Hondo

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

1966

The Dragon of Macao

The Dragon of Macao

1965 • Ryu

Bastards Without Borders

Bastards Without Borders

1965 • Shinsuke Henmi

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

1965 • Koji Himuro

Three Stray Dogs

Three Stray Dogs

1965

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate

1965 • Koji Himuro

Gambling is My Destiny

Gambling is My Destiny

1965

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow

1965

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

Modern Yakuza: Chivalry

1965

Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure

1965

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

1964

Call My Black Dice

Call My Black Dice

1964

The Call of Blood

The Call of Blood

1964 • Ryôta Asari

A Wandering Gambler

A Wandering Gambler

1964

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

1964

The Flower and the Angry Waves

The Flower and the Angry Waves

1964

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

Tale on Tokai Chivalry

1964

Kanto Wanderer

1963 • Katsuta

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji

1963

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary

1963

Tale on Kanto Chivalry

Tale on Kanto Chivalry

1963 • Daisaku

Ginza no jirochō

Ginza no jirochō

1963

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou

1963

Badge of the Night

Badge of the Night

1963

Hatoba no tobakushi

Hatoba no tobakushi

1963

Utau abarenbō

1962

Bōkyō no umi

1962

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze

1962

The Rambler Returns Home

The Rambler Returns Home

1962 • Hiroshi Taki

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love

1962 • Jun Yamakawa

Return of the Whirlwind

Return of the Whirlwind

1962

Song of a Traveller

Song of a Traveller

1962

A Rampage Full of Dreams

A Rampage Full of Dreams

1962

Love in the Air

Love in the Air

1962 • Shōji Satake

The Rambler Goes North

The Rambler Goes North

1962

The Black Scar

1961

Standing Towards the Great Forest

Standing Towards the Great Forest

1961

The Plateau Man

The Plateau Man

1961

Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

1961

Rambling in the Sea

Rambling in the Sea

1961

Rambling in the Wind

Rambling in the Wind

1961

でかんしょ風来坊

でかんしょ風来坊

1961

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm

1961 • Ginza Whirlwind

Pacific Porters

Pacific Porters

1961

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

The Rambler under the Southern Cross

1961

The Angry Rambler

The Angry Rambler

1960

The Rambler Rides Again

The Rambler Rides Again

1960 • Shinji

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

1960

Tokyo Mighty Guy

Tokyo Mighty Guy

1960 • Jirô Shimizu

The Rambler in the Sunset

The Rambler in the Sunset

1960

Wind of Volcano

Wind of Volcano

1960

Return of the Vagabond

Return of the Vagabond

1960

He's the Witness

He's the Witness

1960

The Guitarist from the Sea

The Guitarist from the Sea

1960

The Poem of the Blue Star

The Poem of the Blue Star

1960

The Guitarist and the Rancher

The Guitarist and the Rancher

1960

Who is in the Background?

Who is in the Background?

1959

The Rambling Guitarist

The Rambling Guitarist

1959 • Taki

The Human Cyclone

The Human Cyclone

1959 • Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")

Farewell to Southern Tosa

Farewell to Southern Tosa

1959

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero

1959

Wakai hyou no mure

Wakai hyou no mure

1959

Tokyo no Kodoku

Tokyo no Kodoku

1959

I Will Challenge

I Will Challenge

1959

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

Gunshū no naka no taiyō

1959

Get Over Her

1959 • Osamu Tadokoro

Friendship of Jazz

Friendship of Jazz

1959 • Minoru Hata

The Perfect Game

The Perfect Game

1958 • Sôji Ôki

Zesshou

1958 • Junkichi Sonoda

Young Breasts

1958

The Boy Who Came Back

The Boy Who Came Back

1958

The Nun

1958 • Akio Agata

Rusty Knife

1958 • Makoto Terada

高校四年

1957

The Way of Youth

The Way of Youth

1957

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957 • Genzui Kusaka

Who's the Real Killer

Who's the Real Killer

1957 • Jiro

This Day's Life

This Day's Life

1957

The Champion

1957 • Cameo

Hungry Soul, Part II

Hungry Soul, Part II

1956 • Akira Ogouchi

Hungry Soul

1956 • Akira Ogouchi