Akira Kobayashi: movies and TV shows
Akira Kobayashi has 146 credits in the archive: 144 films and 2 TV series, from 1956 to 2003. Highest rated: Friendship of Jazz (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2003 · busiest year: 1969 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Road to the Don Theatrical Version | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2002 | Shura Group Part 2 | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2002 | Shura Group Part 3 | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2002 | Shura Group | Film | — | 63 | |
| 1993 | Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands | TV | — | 54 | |
| 1993 | Emperor of Upheaval | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1992 | A Legend of Turmoil | Shuji Otaki | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1989 | The Demon Comes in Spring | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 1984 | Again | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1981 | Falcon | TV | — | 42 | |
| 1980 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Akira Takeda | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1978 | The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village | Bannai Tarao | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1978 | Tarao Bannai | Bannai Tarao | Film | 9.5 | 39 |
| 1977 | The Gate of Youth Part 2 | Film | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1976 | Operation Plazma in Osaka | Film | 7.7 | 37 | |
| 1976 | The Yakuza Code Still Lives | Akimitsu Hojo | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1975 | The Gate of Youth | Film | 8.3 | 36 | |
| 1975 | Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode | Akira Takeda | Film | 7.2 | 35 |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Akira Takeda | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1974 | Violent Streets | Yazaki Ryuji | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1974 | Code of Wolves | Film | 7.5 | 35 | |
| 1974 | The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1974 | Father of the Kamikaze | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Akira Takeda | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Film | 7.4 | 34 | |
| 1972 | Zorome no San Kyoudai | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1971 | The Killer | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1970 | Women Smell of Night | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1970 | Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger | Masaaki Kagari | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1970 | Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies | Masaaki Kagari | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1970 | Records of Bloodshed | Minoru Nojiri | Film | — | 31 |
| 1970 | Sign of the Jack | Yuji Hanamura | Film | 8.5 | 31 |
| 1970 | Greatest Boss of Japan | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1970 | Peonies And Dragons | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1969 | Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood | Film | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1969 | Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1969 | Bloody Territories | Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member | Film | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1969 | The Rough One | Yuji | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1969 | Women's Police | Masaaki Kagari | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1969 | The Elder Sister | Goro Fujikawa | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1969 | Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1969 | Women's Police: Part II | Masaaki Kagari | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1969 | Exiled to Hell | Koiso Kikuji | Film | — | 30 |
| 1969 | Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell | One-eyed Ipponmatsu | Film | — | 30 |
| 1969 | Ginza Poacher | Tsuchida Akira | Film | — | 30 |
| 1969 | 100 Gamblers | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1968 | Retaliation | Kojiro Samukawa | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1968 | Dice and Swords | Film | 7.7 | 29 | |
| 1968 | Three Rogues | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1968 | Duel in the Storm | Seijiro Tamimura | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1968 | Diamonds of the Andes | Film | 10.0 | 29 | |
| 1967 | Three Seconds to Zero Hour | Yabuki | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1967 | The Singing Gunman | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1967 | Immortal Guy | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1967 | The Reckless One | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1967 | My Sweetheart | Director Sudo | Film | — | 28 |
| 1967 | 対決 | Film | 10.0 | 28 | |
| 1967 | The Endless Duel | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1966 | The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil | Film | 10.0 | 27 | |
| 1966 | Black Tight Killers | Daisuke Hondo | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1966 | Wandering Song | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1966 | Shin yūkyōden | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1966 | Fearless Comrades | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1965 | The Dragon of Macao | Ryu | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1965 | The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate | Koji Himuro | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1965 | Three Stray Dogs | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1965 | Bastards Without Borders | Shinsuke Henmi | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1965 | Modern Yakuza: Chivalry | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1965 | The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice | Koji Himuro | Film | — | 26 |
| 1965 | Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1965 | Gambling is My Destiny | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1965 | The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1964 | Call My Black Dice | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1964 | The Flower and the Angry Waves | Film | 7.2 | 25 | |
| 1964 | The Call of Blood | Ryôta Asari | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1964 | Punishment of a Lawless Villian | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1964 | Tale on Tokai Chivalry | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1964 | Traveling Alone with a Guitar | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1964 | A Wandering Gambler | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1963 | Ginza no jirochō | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1963 | Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1963 | Badge of the Night | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1963 | Tale on Kanto Chivalry | Daisaku | Film | — | 24 |
| 1963 | Kanto Wanderer | Katsuta | Film | 6.6 | 24 |
| 1963 | Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1963 | Hatoba no tobakushi | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1963 | Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1963 | Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1962 | Love in the Air | Shōji Satake | Film | — | 23 |
| 1962 | Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love | Jun Yamakawa | Film | — | 23 |
| 1962 | Song of a Traveller | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1962 | A Rampage Full of Dreams | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1962 | The Rambler Goes North | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1962 | Bōkyō no umi | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1962 | The Rambler Returns Home | Hiroshi Taki | Film | — | 23 |
| 1962 | Night of Bloody Hell | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1962 | Utau abarenbō | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1962 | Return of the Whirlwind | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1961 | Rambling in the Sea | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | The Famous Wanderer | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm | Ginza Whirlwind | Film | — | 22 |
| 1961 | The Black Scar | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | The Rambler under the Southern Cross | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | Pacific Porters | Film | 10.0 | 22 | |
| 1961 | Where the Horizon Meets the Sun | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | The Plateau Man | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | Standing Towards the Great Forest | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1961 | Rambling in the Wind | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1960 | The Rambler Rides Again | Shinji | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1960 | The Guitarist and the Rancher | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | The Rambler in the Sunset | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | Tokyo Mighty Guy | Jirô Shimizu | Film | 6.8 | 21 |
| 1960 | He's the Witness | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | Yakuza Song | Film | 7.0 | 21 | |
| 1960 | The Rambler on a Pearl Farm | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | Return of the Vagabond | Film | 5.0 | 21 | |
| 1960 | The Guitarist from the Sea | Film | 3.5 | 21 | |
| 1960 | The Angry Rambler | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1960 | Wind of Volcano | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1959 | Wakai hyou no mure | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | Get Over Her | Osamu Tadokoro | Film | — | 20 |
| 1959 | Tokyo no Kodoku | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | Farewell to Southern Tosa | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | The Rambling Guitarist | Taki | Film | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1959 | The Human Cyclone | Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind") | Film | — | 20 |
| 1959 | I Will Challenge | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | Gunshū no naka no taiyō | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | Who is in the Background? | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1959 | Friendship of Jazz | Minoru Hata | Film | 10.0 | 20 |
| 1958 | The Nun | Akio Agata | Film | — | 19 |
| 1958 | Young Breasts | Film | 7.0 | 19 | |
| 1958 | The Boy Who Came Back | Nobuo Kasahara | Film | 7.6 | 19 |
| 1958 | Rusty Knife | Makoto Terada | Film | 5.9 | 19 |
| 1958 | The Perfect Game | Sôji Ôki | Film | 6.2 | 19 |
| 1958 | Zesshou | Junkichi Sonoda | Film | — | 19 |
| 1957 | The Champion | Cameo | Film | 6.4 | 18 |
| 1957 | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Genzui Kusaka | Film | 7.0 | 18 |
| 1957 | Who's the Real Killer | Jiro | Film | 10.0 | 18 |
| 1957 | 高校四年 | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1957 | This Day's Life | Film | 8.0 | 18 | |
| 1957 | The Way of Youth | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1956 | Hungry Soul | Akira Ogouchi | Film | 6.2 | 17 |
| 1956 | Hungry Soul, Part II | Akira Ogouchi | Film | 6.5 | 17 |
| Twist & Shoot: Mister Suzuki | Self | Film | — | — |