Akira Kobayashi
Biography
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").
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Acting History
2003
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2002Shura Group Part 2
2002Shura Group
2002Shura Group Part 3
1993Emperor of Upheaval
1993Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1992A Legend of Turmoil as Shuji Otaki
1984Again
1981Falcon
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Akira Takeda
1978The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village as Bannai Tarao
1978Tarao Bannai as Bannai Tarao
1977The Gate of Youth Part 2
1976The Yakuza Code Still Lives as Akimitsu Hojo
1976Operation Plazma in Osaka
1975The Murder Corps
1975The Gate of Youth
1974Code of Wolves
1974Father of the Kamikaze
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Akira Takeda
1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974Violent Streets as Yazaki Ryuji
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Akira Takeda
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Akira Takeda
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1972Zorome no San Kyoudai
1971The Killer
1970Women Smell of Night
1970Sign of the Jack as Yuji Hanamura
1970Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies as Masaaki Kagari
1970Records of Bloodshed as Minoru Nojiri
1970Greatest Boss Of Japan
1970Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger as Masaaki Kagari
1970Peonies And Dragons
1969Ginza Poacher as Tsuchida Akira
1969Bloody Territories as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
1969Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
1969The Rough One as Yuji
1969The Elder Sister as Goro Fujikawa
1969Women's Police: Part II as Masaaki Kagari
1969100 Gamblers
1969Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969Women's Police as Masaaki Kagari
1969Exiled to Hell as Koiso Kikuji
1968Three Rogues
1968Retaliation as Kojiro Samukawa
1968Duel in the Storm as Seijiro Tamimura
1968Diamonds of the Andes
1968Dice and Swords
1967The Endless Duel
1967My Sweetheart as Director Sudo
1967Three Seconds to Zero Hour as Yabuki
1967対決
1967The Singing Gunman
1967The Reckless One
1967Immortal Guy
1966Shin yūkyōden
1966Fearless Comrades
1966Black Tight Killers as Daisuke Hondo
1966The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1965The Dragon of Macao as Ryu
1965Bastards Without Borders as Shinsuke Henmi
1965The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice as Koji Himuro
1965Three Stray Dogs
1965The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate as Koji Himuro
1965Gambling is My Destiny
1965The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1964Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964Call My Black Dice
1964The Call of Blood as Ryôta Asari
1964A Wandering Gambler
1964Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1963Kanto Wanderer as Katsuta
1963Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
1963Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963Tale on Kanto Chivalry as Daisaku
1963Ginza no jirochō
1963Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963Badge of the Night
1963Hatoba no tobakushi
1962Utau abarenbō
1962Bōkyō no umi
1962Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1962The Rambler Returns Home as Hiroshi Taki
1962Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love as Jun Yamakawa
1962Return of the Whirlwind
1962Song of a Traveller
1962Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1962Love in the Air as Shōji Satake
1962The Rambler Goes North
1961The Black Scar
1961Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961The Plateau Man
1961Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961Rambling in the Sea
1961Rambling in the Wind
1961でかんしょ風来坊
1961Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm as Ginza Whirlwind
1961Pacific Porters
1961The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1960The Angry Rambler
1960The Rambler Rides Again as Shinji
1960The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960The Tokyo Mighty Guy as Jirô Shimizu
1960The Rambler in the Sunset
1960Wind of Volcano
1960Return of the Vagabond
1960He's the Witness
1960The Guitarist from the Sea
1960The Poem of the Blue Star
1960The Guitarist and the Rancher
1959Who is in the Background?
1959The Rambling Guitarist as Taki
1959The Human Cyclone as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
1959Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959Wakai hyou no mure
1959Tokyo no Kodoku
1959I Will Challenge
1959Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959Get Over Her
1959Friendship of Jazz as Minoru Hata
1958The Perfect Game as Sôji Ôki
1958Zesshou as Junkichi Sonoda
1958Young Breasts
1958The Boy Who Came Back
1958The Nun as Akio Agata
1958Rusty Knife as Makoto Terada
1957高校四年
1957The Way of Youth
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Genzui Kusaka
1957Who's the Real Killer as Jiro
1957This Day's Life
1957The Champion as Cameo
1956Hungry Soul, Part II as Akira Ogouchi
1956Hungry Soul as Akira Ogouchi