Akira Kobayashi

Known for: Acting

Born: 1938-11-03 (age 87)

From: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

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 (144)

MOVIE
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003
MOVIE
Shura Group Part 2
2002
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Shura Group
2002
MOVIE
Shura Group Part 3
2002
MOVIE
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
TV
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
1993
MOVIE★ 7.5
A Legend of Turmoil
1992
as Shuji Otaki
MOVIE
Again
1984
TV
Falcon
1981
MOVIE★ 5.5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
as Akira Takeda
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1978
as Bannai Tarao
MOVIE★ 9.5
Tarao Bannai
1978
as Bannai Tarao
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976
as Akimitsu Hojo
MOVIE★ 7.7
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
MOVIE★ 9.0
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Gate of Youth
1975
MOVIE★ 7.5
Code of Wolves
1974
MOVIE
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
MOVIE★ 7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
as Akira Takeda
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
MOVIE★ 6.7
Violent Streets
1974
as Yazaki Ryuji
MOVIE★ 7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Akira Takeda
MOVIE★ 7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Akira Takeda
MOVIE★ 7.4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
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Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Killer
1971
MOVIE★ 7.0
Women Smell of Night
1970
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sign of the Jack
1970
as Yuji Hanamura
MOVIE★ 9.0
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
1970
as Masaaki Kagari
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Records of Bloodshed
1970
as Minoru Nojiri
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Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
MOVIE★ 8.0
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
1970
as Masaaki Kagari
MOVIE★ 7.0
Peonies And Dragons
1970
MOVIE
Ginza Poacher
1969
as Tsuchida Akira
MOVIE★ 5.1
Bloody Territories
1969
as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
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Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969
MOVIE
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rough One
1969
as Yuji
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Elder Sister
1969
as Goro Fujikawa
MOVIE★ 7.0
Women's Police: Part II
1969
as Masaaki Kagari
MOVIE★ 7.0
100 Gamblers
1969
MOVIE★ 9.0
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
MOVIE★ 10.0
Women's Police
1969
as Masaaki Kagari
MOVIE
Exiled to Hell
1969
as Koiso Kikuji
MOVIE★ 7.0
Three Rogues
1968
MOVIE★ 5.9
Retaliation
1968
as Kojiro Samukawa
MOVIE★ 10.0
Duel in the Storm
1968
as Seijiro Tamimura
MOVIE★ 10.0
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
MOVIE★ 7.7
Dice and Swords
1968
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Endless Duel
1967
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My Sweetheart
1967
as Director Sudo
MOVIE★ 6.8
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
1967
as Yabuki
MOVIE★ 10.0
対決
1967
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The Singing Gunman
1967
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The Reckless One
1967
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Immortal Guy
1967
MOVIE
Shin yūkyōden
1966
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Fearless Comrades
1966
MOVIE
Wandering Song
1966
MOVIE★ 6.9
Black Tight Killers
1966
as Daisuke Hondo
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1966
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Dragon of Macao
1965
as Ryu
MOVIE★ 9.0
Bastards Without Borders
1965
as Shinsuke Henmi
MOVIE
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965
as Koji Himuro
MOVIE
Three Stray Dogs
1965
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
1965
as Koji Himuro
MOVIE
Gambling is My Destiny
1965
MOVIE
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
MOVIE
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
MOVIE
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
MOVIE
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
MOVIE
Call My Black Dice
1964
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Call of Blood
1964
as Ryôta Asari
MOVIE
A Wandering Gambler
1964
MOVIE
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
MOVIE
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
MOVIE★ 6.6
Kanto Wanderer
1963
as Katsuta
MOVIE
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
1963
MOVIE
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963
MOVIE
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
as Daisaku
MOVIE
Ginza no jirochō
1963
MOVIE
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
MOVIE
Badge of the Night
1963
MOVIE
Hatoba no tobakushi
1963
MOVIE
Utau abarenbō
1962
MOVIE
Bōkyō no umi
1962
MOVIE
Night of Bloody Hell
1962
MOVIE
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
as Hiroshi Taki
MOVIE
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962
as Jun Yamakawa
MOVIE
Return of the Whirlwind
1962
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Song of a Traveller
1962
MOVIE
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
MOVIE
Love in the Air
1962
as Shōji Satake
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The Rambler Goes North
1962
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The Black Scar
1961
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Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
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The Plateau Man
1961
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Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961
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Rambling in the Sea
1961
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Rambling in the Wind
1961
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The Famous Wanderer
1961
MOVIE
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
1961
as Ginza Whirlwind
MOVIE★ 10.0
Pacific Porters
1961
MOVIE
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
MOVIE
The Angry Rambler
1960
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
as Shinji
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The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
MOVIE★ 6.8
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960
as Jirô Shimizu
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The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
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Wind of Volcano
1960
MOVIE★ 5.0
Return of the Vagabond
1960
MOVIE
He's the Witness
1960
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
MOVIE★ 7.0
Yakuza Song
1960
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
MOVIE
Who is in the Background?
1959
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Rambling Guitarist
1959
as Taki
MOVIE
The Human Cyclone
1959
as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
MOVIE
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
MOVIE
Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959
MOVIE
Wakai hyou no mure
1959
MOVIE
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
MOVIE
I Will Challenge
1959
MOVIE
Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959
MOVIE
Get Over Her
1959
as Osamu Tadokoro
MOVIE★ 10.0
Friendship of Jazz
1959
as Minoru Hata
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Perfect Game
1958
as Sôji Ôki
MOVIE
Zesshou
1958
as Junkichi Sonoda
MOVIE★ 7.0
Young Breasts
1958
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Boy Who Came Back
1958
as Nobuo Kasahara
MOVIE
The Nun
1958
as Akio Agata
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rusty Knife
1958
as Makoto Terada
MOVIE
高校四年
1957
MOVIE
The Way of Youth
1957
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Genzui Kusaka
MOVIE★ 10.0
Who's the Real Killer
1957
as Jiro
MOVIE★ 8.0
This Day's Life
1957
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Champion
1957
as Cameo
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Akira Ogouchi
MOVIE★ 6.2
Hungry Soul
1956
as Akira Ogouchi
MOVIE
Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki
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as Self