Akira Kobayashi
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1938-11-03
Locus Natus: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Et ut: Акира Кобаяси
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying...
release : 1964.01.12popularis : 0.5
Women's Police
Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep order here is Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) who...
release : 1969.02.08popularis : 3.473
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses,...
release : 1969.06.24popularis : 2.889
Zorome no San Kyoudai
In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke, Tadayoshi, and Eizo – when they come together...
release : 1972.01.15popularis : 1.109
100 Gamblers
Set in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss takes over his territory, takes over and takes...
release : 1969.05.14popularis : 1.974
Fearless Comrades
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal...
release : 1966.10.08popularis : 1.717
Kanto Wanderer
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic...
release : 1963.11.23popularis : 1.463
The Angry Rambler
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
release : 1960.11.16popularis : 1.056
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to...
release : 2003.06.18popularis : 1.551
Violent Streets
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
release : 1974.04.13popularis : 3.374
Black Tight Killers
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo...
release : 1966.02.12popularis : 2.625
Rusty Knife
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a...
release : 1958.03.11popularis : 2.275
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new...
release : 1973.09.25popularis : 4.967
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new...
release : 1974.01.15popularis : 4.445
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel...
release : 1967.10.21popularis : 1.66
Badge of the Night
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case....
release : 1963.03.31popularis : 2.017
Records of Bloodshed
Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of...
release : 1970.06.10popularis : 2.461
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...
release : 1957.07.14popularis : 4.825
Bloody Territories
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a...
release : 1969.07.26popularis : 4.068
The Perfect Game
College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even...
release : 1958.11.11popularis : 7.493
The Flower and the Angry Waves
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity...
release : 1964.02.08popularis : 2.262
Greatest Boss Of Japan
A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
release : 1970.04.18popularis : 3.331
Women's Police: Part II
Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. One day he visits Club Aron, to complain about...
release : 1969.05.28popularis : 0.825
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a scout and overseer of Ginza bar hostesses, receives an urgent phone call from Sawako, a hostess at the bar Rie, and...
release : 1970.02.07popularis : 1.669
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his...
release : 1970.07.11popularis : 1.705
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
Strife between competing lumber mills.
release : 1961.09.23popularis : 0.938
Exiled to Hell
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and...
release : 1969.01.22popularis : 1.254
Peonies And Dragons
Yakuza Ryuichi, nicknamed the Dragon-killer, went on a journey with his son Tatsuo after he lost his wife. Due to Tatsuo's sudden illness, Ryuichi...
release : 1970.01.15popularis : 2.47
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in...
release : 1974.06.29popularis : 4.014
Bastards Without Borders
Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of...
release : 1965.11.13popularis : 0.981
Gambling is My Destiny
Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's...
release : 1965.04.04popularis : 0.785
Duel in the Storm
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His...
release : 1968.08.01popularis : 2.395
Three Rogues
Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again...
release : 1968.10.19popularis : 2.307
The Black Gambler
Place your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling skills. Shortly after his return to Tokyo, he is...
release : 1965.08.01popularis : 1.057
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
As a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must face their leader - and his dangerous...
release : 1965.10.08popularis : 0.44
He's the Witness
Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association,...
release : 1960.03.26popularis : 0.966
Shura Group
Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
release : 2002.02.16popularis : 2.716
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series.
release : 1964.12.19popularis : 1.229
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many...
release : 1964.03.25popularis : 4.645
I Will Challenge
Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during...
release : 1959.04.08popularis : 0.795
Return of the Vagabond
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives...
release : 1960.04.23popularis : 1.322
Immortal Guy
Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea off the coast of Kobe. However, three months...
release : 1967.01.14popularis : 1.511
The Gate of Youth
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly...
release : 1975.02.15popularis : 2.9
The Rambler Rides Again
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from...
release : 1960.10.12popularis : 1.172
The Rambling Guitarist
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival...
release : 1959.10.11popularis : 1.642
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.
release : 1960.09.03popularis : 1.386
The Elder Sister
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.
release : 1969.06.09popularis : 3.983
The Reckless One
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe...
release : 1967.04.09popularis : 3.055
Retaliation
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with...
release : 1968.10.05popularis : 3.958
The Singing Gunman
Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the...
release : 1967.06.28popularis : 1.798
若い豹のむれ
A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō...
release : 1959.06.16popularis : 0.25
新遊侠伝
In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving...
release : 1966.11.20popularis : 1.201
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil.
release : 1978.08.12popularis : 3.425
Shura Group Part 2
Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the control of the influential members of the Guretai,...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 2.051
Shura Group Part 3
Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified the emblem of the Inahara-kai. Then, in 1961,...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 2.324
A Legend of Turmoil
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza...
release : 1992.01.15popularis : 2.46
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and...
release : 1960.07.29popularis : 2.399
The Call of Blood
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
release : 1964.10.03popularis : 2.44
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
release : 1973.01.13popularis : 7.165
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly...
release : 1980.04.05popularis : 3.395
Tokyo no Kodoku
A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.
release : 1959.05.12popularis : 2.045
Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop of a large landfill full of intrigue and violence.
release : 1959.07.05popularis : 1.997
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player...
release : 1966.01.27popularis : 1.25
The Poem of the Blue Star
Might Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to avenge his girlfriend, who was shot by a yakuza on a...
release : 1960.01.31popularis : 2.886
Father of the Kamikaze
Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated...
release : 1974.09.14popularis : 6.559
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
release : 1976.12.04popularis : 1.848
Young Breasts
A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing scheme targeting his young stepmother (Watanabe...
release : 1958.09.08popularis : 2.36
The Boy Who Came Back
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
release : 1958.06.29popularis : 2.331
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
release : 1974.06.01popularis : 2.098
Code of Wolves
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
release : 1974.10.05popularis : 2.619
Dice and Swords
The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime...
release : 1968.01.13popularis : 1.46
The Rambler in the Sunset
The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town...
release : 1960.07.01popularis : 1.003
The Plateau Man
Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
release : 1961.08.13popularis : 1.372
Wind of Volcano
An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the...
release : 1960.05.28popularis : 1.183
The Guitarist from the Sea
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base...
release : 1960.02.28popularis : 1.252
The Rough One
A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the...
release : 1969.06.13popularis : 4.369
My Sweetheart
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to...
release : 1967.11.03popularis : 1.123
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.
release : 1961.02.25popularis : 1.676
Love in the Air
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible...
release : 1962.02.03popularis : 2.822
Sign of the Jack
Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner...
release : 1970.10.14popularis : 2.242
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...
release : 1961.01.03popularis : 2.986
The Rambler Goes North
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...
release : 1962.01.03popularis : 3.632
Operation Plazma in Osaka
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
release : 1976.01.31popularis : 2.047
The Black Scar
A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek revenge only to fall in love with the daughter of...
release : 1961.12.10popularis : 2.586
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
release : 1959.08.02popularis : 1.131
The Dragon of Macao
Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong...
release : 1965.12.18popularis : 1.807
Hungry Soul
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s...
release : 1956.10.31popularis : 3.289
The Murder Corps
A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of...
release : 1975.05.24popularis : 1.136
Hungry Soul, Part II
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...
release : 1956.11.28popularis : 3.216
The Rambler Returns Home
Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
release : 1962.08.12popularis : 1.846
The Champion
Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s...
release : 1957.05.01popularis : 2.6
Who's The Real Killer
Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
release : 1957.07.03popularis : 2.553
Emperor of Upheaval
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
release : 1993.06.12popularis : 0.523
The Killer
A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new city to take revenge on a giant alliance of...
release : 1971.05.05popularis : 0.992
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-hire friend, he sets about to stop the mob from...
release : 1960.01.03popularis : 1.273
Rambling in the Sea
Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
release : 1961.04.29popularis : 2.471
Again
An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to...
release : 1984.02.18popularis : 2.237
Friendship of Jazz
Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion...
release : 1959.01.03popularis : 1.187
Diamonds of the Andes
Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to leave the world of the yakuza and live with his...
release : 1968.04.28popularis : 2.128
A Wandering Gambler
Koji Himuro, a brilliant gambler, was killed by his brother and lover for discovering cheating gambling. As a result, he vows never to roll the dice,...
release : 1964.08.05popularis : 1.408