Akira Kobayashi
Born: 1938-11-03 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known For: Acting
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").
Filmography
1992
- A Legend of Turmoil as Shuji Otaki
1989
- The Demon Comes in Spring ... (Director)
1984
1981
1980
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Akira Takeda
1978
- Tarao Bannai as Bannai Tarao
- The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village as Bannai Tarao
1976
- Operation Plazma in Osaka
- The Yakuza Code Still Lives as Akimitsu Hojo
1974
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Akira Takeda
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Akira Takeda
- Violent Streets as Yazaki Ryuji
- Father of the Kamikaze
- Code of Wolves
- The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1973
1971
1970
- Peonies And Dragons
- Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger as Masaaki Kagari
- Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies as Masaaki Kagari
- Records of Bloodshed as Minoru Nojiri
- Sign of the Jack as Yuji Hanamura
- Greatest Boss of Japan
- Women Smell of Night
1969
- Bloody Territories as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
- Exiled to Hell as Koiso Kikuji
- Women's Police as Masaaki Kagari
- The Rough One as Yuji
- Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
- Women's Police: Part II as Masaaki Kagari
- Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
- 100 Gamblers
- Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
- The Elder Sister as Goro Fujikawa
- Ginza Poacher as Tsuchida Akira
- Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1968
- Retaliation as Kojiro Samukawa
- Dice and Swords
- Three Rogues
- Diamonds of the Andes
- Duel in the Storm as Seijiro Tamimura
1967
- My Sweetheart as Director Sudo
- Immortal Guy
- The Reckless One
- The Singing Gunman
- Three Seconds to Zero Hour as Yabuki
- The Endless Duel
- 対決
1966
1965
- Gambling is My Destiny
- Bastards Without Borders as Shinsuke Henmi
- Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
- The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice as Koji Himuro
- Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
- The Dragon of Macao as Ryu
- The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate as Koji Himuro
- The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
- Three Stray Dogs
1964
1963
1962
- The Rambler Goes North
- The Rambler Returns Home as Hiroshi Taki
- A Rampage Full of Dreams
- Return of the Whirlwind
- Utau abarenbō
- Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
- Bōkyō no umi
- Love in the Air as Shōji Satake
- Song of a Traveller
- Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love as Jun Yamakawa
1961
1960
1959
- Farewell to Southern Tosa
- The Rambling Guitarist as Taki
- Who is in the Background?
- Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
- The Human Cyclone as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
- Tokyo no Kodoku
- Friendship of Jazz as Minoru Hata
- Wakai hyou no mure
- I Will Challenge
- Get Over Her as Osamu Tadokoro
- Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1958
- The Perfect Game as Sôji Ôki
- Rusty Knife as Makoto Terada
- Zesshou as Junkichi Sonoda
- The Boy Who Came Back as Nobuo Kasahara
- Young Breasts
- The Nun as Akio Agata
1957
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Genzui Kusaka
- Who's the Real Killer as Jiro
- This Day's Life
- The Champion as Cameo
- 高校四年
- The Way of Youth
1956
- Hungry Soul, Part II as Akira Ogouchi
- Hungry Soul as Akira Ogouchi