Nenji Kobayashi

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Biography

Toshiji Kobayashi (小林稔侍, Kobayashi Toshiji, born on February 7, 1941), known by his stage name, Nenji Kobayashi (alternative reading of 稔侍), is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya.

Known For

The Twilight Samurai

Choubei Kusaka

The Ballad of Narayama

Tsune

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

Self

The Hidden Blade

Kôda

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

The Young Man

Love and Honor

Sakunosuke Higuchi

Tokyo Family

Numata

Virus

Doctor's Assistant #2

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Tokyo Taxi MOVIE	Self
2023	ホリデイ～江戸の休日～ MOVIE	Self
2021	森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」 MOVIE	Self
2021	It's a Flickering Life MOVIE	Self
2020	Labyrinth of Cinema MOVIE	Kizuma
2019	Tora-san, Wish You Were Here MOVIE	Self
2018	Impossibility Defense MOVIE	Hiroshi Torimori
2018	Hoshi Meguri no Machi MOVIE	Yusaku Shimada
2017	What a Wonderful Family! 2 MOVIE	Ginnpei Maruta
2017	Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 11 ~ Friendship Through Train Trip ~ MOVIE	Self
2016	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31 MOVIE	Self
2016	Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10 MOVIE	Self
2016	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 MOVIE	Self
2016	What a Wonderful Family! MOVIE	Numata
2016	Saraba Abunai Deka MOVIE	Self
2015	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son MOVIE	Self
2015	軽井沢駐在犬日誌 TV	Self
2015	Dr. Hikojiro MOVIE	Kyosuke Tanigawa
2015	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29 MOVIE	Self
2015	Yellow Taped Newswoman TV	Kenkichi Isomura
2014	Uzumasa Limelight MOVIE	Self
2014	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3 MOVIE	Self
2014	The Little House MOVIE	Gunji Arai
2013	It All Began When I Met You MOVIE	Taizou
2013	Clock Store's Girl MOVIE	Tomoyasu
2013	Tokyo Family MOVIE	Numata
2012	Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon TV	Tsuyosi Teshigawara（勅使河原毅）
2012	マリッジ TV	Self
2012	Hanayome MOVIE	Self
2011	The Castle of Sand TV	Self
2011	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File MOVIE	Sosuke Ohara
2011	Toire no kamisama MOVIE	Self
2010	樅ノ木は残った MOVIE	Self
2010	About Her Brother MOVIE	Shohei Tanno
2009	高村薫サスペンス去りゆく日に TV	Self
2009	Giwaku MOVIE	Fukutaro Shirakawa
2009	Mission To Kill TV	Self
2008	The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor MOVIE	Self
2007	Tsubaki Sanjuro MOVIE	Kurofuji
2007	Dear Students! TV	Self
2006	Love and Honor MOVIE	Sakunosuke Higuchi
2006	Nogaremono Orin TV	Mikawado Seneimon
2006	走れ！事件記者娘に捧げる最後のスクープ TV	Self
2006	Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits MOVIE	Kuhei Sagihara
2005	Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari TV	Narumi Toshiro
2005	鉄道警察官・清村公三郎 TV	Self
2005	実録・小野田少尉遅すぎた帰還 MOVIE	Self
2005	大空港警察副署長　日暮征次郎走る! TV	Self
2005	横山秀夫サスペンス「真相」 TV	Self
2004	The Motive MOVIE	Mutuo Toura
2004	The Hidden Blade MOVIE	Kôda
2004	Café Lumière MOVIE	Yoko's Father
2004	西村京太郎トラベルサスペンス寝台特急八分停車 TV	Self
2003	西村京太郎サスペンス寝台特急「はやぶさ」の女 TV	Self
2003	日丸教授の事件ノート TV	Self
2003	炎の警備隊長・五十嵐杜夫 TV	Self
2003	Papa for One Summer TV	Daigoro Konari
2003	Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan. MOVIE	Detective Kamei
2003	Another Battle/Conspiracy MOVIE	Oda Tsunemi
2002	真実を追う男 TV	Self
2002	The Twilight Samurai MOVIE	Choubei Kusaka
2001	いなか刑事伊原泰三の退職捜査日誌 TV	Self
2001	The Firefly MOVIE	Self
2000	Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran MOVIE	Self
2000	A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen MOVIE	Hideo
2000	Home Sweet Home MOVIE	Self
2000	The Stupid Teacher MOVIE	Self
1999	The Woman of S.R.I. TV	Shunsuke Koba
1999	Railroad Man MOVIE	Senji Sugiura
1999	Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young Eyewitness MOVIE	Yunoshin Yabuhara
1999	Amateur Singing Contest MOVIE	Self
1998	A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage MOVIE	Takano
1998	仮面の女 TV	Self
1998	Abunai Deka Forever The Movie MOVIE	Self
1998	Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice MOVIE	Yunoshin Yabuhara
1998	Oda Nobunaga MOVIE	Hirate Masahide
1998	A Dangerous Woman TV	Self
1997	Free and Easy 9 MOVIE	Tsunetaro Baba
1997	The Story of Bodyguard Shuhei Fujisawa TV	Matahachiro Aoe
1997	Insurance Investigator Shigarami Taro's Case Files ~Sanuki Murder Case~ MOVIE	Shiragami Taro
1997	Stalker TV	Self
1996	SMAP×SMAP TV	Skit Guest
1995	A Brief Message from the Heart MOVIE	Self
1995	Summer Department Store Story TV	Self
1995	The detective whose path was crossed by a snake MOVIE	Self
1995	MARKS MOVIE	Yuzo Rinbara
1994	47 Ronin MOVIE	Self
1994	Furuhata Ninzaburo TV	Self
1993	Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi TV	Self
1991	A Desirable Marriage MOVIE	Masayuki Yamauchi
1991	Papa to Nat-chan TV	Self
1990	Megumi no Sekai MOVIE	Self
1990	Flower Season MOVIE	Self
1990	HOTEL TV	Mochida Kenichi
1989	さよなら李香蘭 TV	Self
1989	Water Moon MOVIE	Self
1989	Virgin Road MOVIE	Self
1989	Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy MOVIE	Ryosuke Okada (Episode 1)
1989	The Political Game MOVIE	Self
1988	Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad MOVIE	Noboru Takahashi (Episode 4)
1988	Stay or go? MOVIE	Self
1988	Umi e, See You MOVIE	Mizuki
1987	The Drifting Classroom MOVIE	Yoshio
1987	Maiko monogatari MOVIE	Self
1987	Tokyo Bordello MOVIE	Giichi Tsubosaka
1987	Paper Lantern MOVIE	Self
1987	Makeup MOVIE	Self
1987	Night Train MOVIE	Shinji
1987	Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu TV	Self
1986	A Homance MOVIE	Fukuoka
1986	Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast MOVIE	Gonzoh
1986	Desperate Pursuit MOVIE	Sano
1986	His Motorbike, Her Island MOVIE	News Reporter
1986	Hanekonma TV	Kojiro Tachibana
1985	Tracked MOVIE	Moritani
1985	Early Spring Story MOVIE	Coffee shop owner
1985	Demon MOVIE	Toshio
1985	The Seburi Story MOVIE	Self
1985	Nuclear Gypsies MOVIE	Self
1985	Lonely Heart MOVIE	Douryou Inoue
1985	Moment of Demon MOVIE	Sushi chef
1984	The Island Closest to Heaven MOVIE	Yoshimi Aoyama
1984	The Story of a Man Among Men MOVIE	Self
1984	The Audition MOVIE	Yamawaki
1984	Jugyo Sankan no Onna MOVIE	Kirihara
1984	Turkish March: Castle of Dreams MOVIE	Yoshikazu Honjô
1983	Choji Snack Bar MOVIE	Kozeki
1983	Nogare no machi MOVIE	Self
1983	Crimson Night Dream MOVIE	Ichitarô Ogawa
1983	The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor MOVIE	Customer at 'Hero'
1983	The Ballad of Narayama MOVIE	Tsune
1983	Akuma no hitojichi MOVIE	Mariko's Former Husband
1983	The Yoshida School MOVIE	Eiichi Nishimura
1983	Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha MOVIE	Self
1982	The Longest Tunnel MOVIE	Self
1982	Zeccho shimai ochiru MOVIE	Shôji Sonoda
1982	Lullaby of Death MOVIE	Detective Akutsu
1982	Suspicion MOVIE	Prosecutor Munakata
1982	Farewell to the Land MOVIE	Farmer
1982	Gate of Youth 2 MOVIE	Ryoji Kimoto
1981	Station MOVIE	Detective Tatsumi
1981	Love Beast: Attack! MOVIE	Kawamura
1981	Essential Information for a College Girl MOVIE	Ken Kakurai - Handsome Homosexual
1981	Pro Hunter TV	木戸吾郎
1981	Gate of Youth MOVIE	Chota
1981	Why Not? MOVIE	Matakichi
1981	The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? TV	Self
1980	Momoe's Lips: Love Beast MOVIE	Masanobu Ômichi
1980	The Bear Storm MOVIE	Self
1980	The Wicked MOVIE	Detective
1980	Virus MOVIE	Doctor's Assistant #2
1980	Crazy Thunder Road MOVIE	Tsuyoshi
1980	The Revolt MOVIE	Sergeant Harada
1978	Japanese Godfather: Conclusion MOVIE	Takenosuke Shiga
1978	Winter's Flower MOVIE	Kiichiro Hanai
1978	Message from Space MOVIE	Officer Fox
1978	Shogun's Samurai MOVIE	Scarred Ronin
1977	Older brother TV	Bunkichi
1977	Doberman Cop MOVIE	Katsuo Kōyama
1977	Curse of the Dog God MOVIE	Self
1977	Nuns That Bite MOVIE	Self
1977	Hokuriku Proxy War MOVIE	Self
1977	Japan's Don MOVIE	Self
1976	New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion MOVIE	Self
1976	Yakuza Graveyard MOVIE	Akira Kitajima
1976	Truckster Goes to Hokkaido MOVIE	Self
1976	The Classroom of Terror MOVIE	Self
1976	Festival Champ MOVIE	Self
1976	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss MOVIE	Self
1976	Karate Warriors MOVIE	Goro Higashida
1976	Violent Panic: The Big Crash MOVIE	Self
1975	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss MOVIE	Self
1975	The Bullet Train MOVIE	Morimoto
1974	Military Comfort Woman MOVIE	Self
1974	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics MOVIE	Hiroshi Taniguchi
1973	The Ando Gang Documentary Film MOVIE	Self
1973	Love Lost in Tears MOVIE	Self
1973	A True Story of the Private Ginza Police MOVIE	Self
1973	Quarreling with Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1972	Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 MOVIE	The Young Man
1972	Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences MOVIE	Katsu
1972	Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers MOVIE	Self
1972	Yakuza Skirmishes MOVIE	Self
1972	Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion MOVIE	Self
1972	Woman His Prey MOVIE	Self
1972	Shōwa Gokudōshi MOVIE	Self
1972	Rogue Of The Night MOVIE	Self
1972	Street Mobster MOVIE	Tetsuo
1972	Gang Warfare MOVIE	Self
1972	Under the Flag of the Rising Sun MOVIE	Self
1972	Delinquent Street MOVIE	Self
1972	Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder MOVIE	Shimizu
1971	Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us MOVIE	Self
1971	The Armed Organization MOVIE	Self
1971	The Gambler's Counterattack MOVIE	Yamano Saburo
1971	Patience Has An End MOVIE	Self
1970	Thugs of Shinjuku MOVIE	Self
1970	Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters MOVIE	Self
1970	Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate MOVIE	Self
1970	Fear of Sex MOVIE	Self
1970	King of the Night Life MOVIE	Self
1970	A Kamikaze Cop MOVIE	Self
1970	A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life MOVIE	Self
1970	Code Between Brothers: All New MOVIE	Self
1970	Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers MOVIE	Self
1969	The Private Police MOVIE	Self
1969	Japan Organized Crime Boss MOVIE	Hamanaka-gumi Member
1969	The Domain: Flower and Dragon MOVIE	Shunji
1969	Girl in College MOVIE	Self
1969	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo MOVIE	Self
1968	Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1968	Night Guy MOVIE	Self
1968	The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze MOVIE	Self
1968	Secret Information MOVIE	Thug A
1968	Prison Boss MOVIE	Self
1967	Yanagase Blues MOVIE	Self
1967	Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil MOVIE	Self
1967	Gambler's World MOVIE	Honma
1967	Captain Ultra: The Movie MOVIE	Joe, Space Alien
1967	Organized Violence MOVIE	Self
1966	Glorious Fights MOVIE	Self
1966	Game of Chance MOVIE	Tiger
1966	Nerves for Victory MOVIE	Self
1966	Pretty Devil Yoko MOVIE	Cook
1965	Gang's Upward Strategy MOVIE	Self
1965	Secret Club 000 MOVIE	Self
1965	Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 MOVIE	Self
1965	The Hoodlum Brothers MOVIE	Self
1965	Color MOVIE	Self
1963	The Navy MOVIE	Self
	Zeimuchou Sakan Madogiwa Tarou no Jikenbo Special TV	Self

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