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Akira Kobayashi

Acting Born Nov 3, 1938 Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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").

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Full filmography

  • Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (1993)
  • The Gate of Youth Part 2 (1977)
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) as Akira Takeda
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) as Akira Takeda
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) as Akira Takeda
  • A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) as Genzui Kusaka
  • A Legend of Turmoil (1992) as Shuji Otaki
  • Violent Streets (1974) as Yazaki Ryuji
  • Tarao Bannai (1978) as Bannai Tarao
  • Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
  • Road to the Don Theatrical Version (2003)
  • Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood (1969)
  • The Boy Who Came Back (1958) as Nobuo Kasahara
  • Black Tight Killers (1966) as Daisuke Hondo
  • The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers (1974)
  • The Gate of Youth (1975)
  • Again (1984)
  • Retaliation (1968) as Kojiro Samukawa
  • The Yakuza Code Still Lives (1976) as Akimitsu Hojo
  • The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
  • Night of Bloody Hell (1962)
  • Code of Wolves (1974)
  • The Rambler Returns Home (1962) as Hiroshi Taki