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

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Self

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Akira Takeda

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Akira Takeda

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Akira Takeda

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Genzui Kusaka

Violent Streets

Yazaki Ryuji

Rusty Knife

Makoto Terada

Retaliation

Kojiro Samukawa

Full Filmography

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

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