Birthday: 1937-02-23
Place of Birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
The three henchmen join forces to challenge the brutal gang that is trying to control the city of Iz...
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In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, ...
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The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds h...
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Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira....
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A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's ...
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Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-u...
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Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorne...
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A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer....
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Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl...
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The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal ...
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Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a despe...
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College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the mon...
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A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pu...
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Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him i...
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During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two fac...
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Kensaku Muro and his father manage a farm in Sakudaira at the foot of the Yatsugatake Mountains. One...
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Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells th...
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Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chair...
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A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as th...
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Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his ...
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An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energeti...
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Third film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series....
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In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokk...
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A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the se...
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A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the ...
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A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. Wh...
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Kumazou, a "cleaner" for hire, encounters a woman attempting to commit suicide with her two young si...
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A man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave....
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The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher rev...
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An action masterpiece about Might Guy Akira, a hot-blooded man who explodes against the backdrop of ...
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The group led by Teruko was the most famous in the port city of Yokohama. One day, however, a group ...
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A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover t...
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When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shog...
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Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterio...
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When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects...
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Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local ...
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Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by ...
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A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting h...
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A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth....
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An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from ...
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The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Ban...
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Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in hi...
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A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a...
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Yōko dreams of becoming a dancer and begins working with the famous musician Takeo....
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Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just rel...
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The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of M...
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The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami....
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In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi...
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In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads wi...
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A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friend...
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A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ash...
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Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in...
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A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He...
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Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assass...
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Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while ...
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Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle....
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Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-...
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Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place...
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Senko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the badminton c...
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Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Capta...
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A lively coming-of-age movie about the activities of Mr. Yu-chan, a teacher who helps the weak and d...
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A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds ...
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A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they ...
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A master rifleman challenges a family of yakuza who have stolen his favorite gun....
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This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of ...
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Goro Akitsu is a man playing poker in a bar in the port of Yokohama. He is a drifter from Kobe, Japa...
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Set in Toyohashi, the fifth and final installment of the ‘The Wanderer’ series sees Kobayashi Akira ...
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A romantic story about a knight who becomes involved in the murder of his brother's wife and ultimat...
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