Akira Kobayashi
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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").
Known For
Filmography
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
2026
as Self
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003
Shura Group
2002
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
as Shuji Otaki
Again
1984
Falcon
1981
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Akira Takeda
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1978
as Bannai Tarao
Tarao Bannai
1978
as Bannai Tarao
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976
as Akimitsu Hojo
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
The Gate of Youth
1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
Violent Streets
1974
as Ryuji Yazaki
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Akira Takeda
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
Code of Wolves
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
The Killer
1971
Records of Bloodshed
1970
as Minoru Nojiri
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
1970
as Masaaki Kagari
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
1970
as Masaaki Kagari
Peonies And Dragons
1970
Women Smell of Night
1970
Sign of the Jack
1970
as Yuji Hanamura
Women's Police
1969
as Masaaki Kagari
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
100 Gamblers
1969
Bloody Territories
1969
as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
Women's Police: Part II
1969
as Masaaki Kagari
Exiled to Hell
1969
as Koiso Kikuji
The Elder Sister
1969
as Goro Fujikawa
The Rough One
1969
as Yuji
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
Ginza Poacher
1969
as Tsuchida Akira
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Duel in the Storm
1968
as Seijiro Tamimura
Three Rogues
1968
Retaliation
1968
as Kojiro Samukawa
Dice and Swords
1968
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
1967
as Yabuki
Immortal Guy
1967
The Reckless One
1967
The Singing Gunman
1967
My Sweetheart
1967
as Director Sudo
The Endless Duel
1967
対決
1967
Fearless Comrades
1966
Black Tight Killers
1966
as Daisuke Hondo
Shin yūkyōden
1966
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1966
as Koji Himura (Gambler)
Wandering Song
1966
Bastards Without Borders
1965
as Shinsuke Henmi
Gambling is My Destiny
1965
as Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
1965
as Koji Himuro (Gambler)
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965
as Koji Himuro
The Dragon of Macao
1965
as Ryu
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
The Call of Blood
1964
as Ryôta Asari
A Wandering Gambler
1964
as Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)
Call My Black Dice
1964
as Koji Himuro (Gambler)
Kanto Wanderer
1963
as Katsuta
Badge of the Night
1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963
Hatoba no tobakushi
1963
Ginza no jirochō
1963
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
as Daisaku
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
Night of Bloody Hell
1962
Return of the Whirlwind
1962
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Utau abarenbō
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
as Jun Yamakawa
Love in the Air
1962
as Shōji Satake
The Rambler Goes North
1962
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
as Hiroshi Taki
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
The Plateau Man
1961
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
1961
as Ginza Whirlwind
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
The Black Scar
1961
Rambling in the Sea
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961
The Drifter Against the Wind
1961
The Famous Wanderer
1961
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
He's the Witness
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
as Shinji
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
as Jirô Shimizu
Yakuza Song
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Volcano Wind
1960
The Drifter from the Sea
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Who is in the Background?
1959
I Will Challenge
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as Taki
Young Panther
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Light The Explosives
1959
as Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
The Human Cyclone
1959
as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Friendship of Jazz
1959
as Minoru Hata
Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959
Get Over Her
1959
as Osamu Tadokoro
Zesshou
1958
as Junkichi Sonoda
Rusty Knife
1958
as Makoto Terada
The Perfect Game
1958
as Sôji Ôki
Young Breasts
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Nobuo Kasahara
The Nun
1958
as Akio Agata
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Genzui Kusaka
This Day's Life
1957
The Champion
1957
as Cameo
Who's the Real Killer
1957
as Jiro
高校四年
1957
The Way of Youth
1957
Hungry Soul
1956
as Akira Ogouchi
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Akira Ogouchi