Nenji Kobayashi: movies and TV shows
Nenji Kobayashi has 232 credits in the archive: 193 films and 39 TV series, from 1963 to 2025. Highest rated: Yakuza Skirmishes (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1963 – 2025 · busiest year: 1972 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tokyo Taxi | Customer | Film | 7.7 | 84 |
| 2023 | ホリデイ~江戸の休日~ | Film | — | 82 | |
| 2021 | It's a Flickering Life | Film | 6.4 | 80 | |
| 2021 | 森村誠一女のサスペンス「マリッジ」 | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2020 | Labyrinth of Cinema | Kizuma | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2019 | Tora-san, Wish You Were Here | Film | 8.0 | 78 | |
| 2018 | Impossibility Defense | Hiroshi Torimori | Film | 7.2 | 77 |
| 2018 | Hoshi Meguri no Machi | Yusaku Shimada | Film | — | 77 |
| 2017 | What a Wonderful Family! 2 | Ginnpei Maruta | Film | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2017 | Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 11 ~ Friendship Through Train Trip ~ | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2016 | What a Wonderful Family! | Numata | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2016 | Saraba Abunai Deka | Film | 7.0 | 75 | |
| 2016 | Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31 | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2016 | Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2016 | Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo 10 | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2015 | Nagasaki: Memories of My Son | Film | 6.8 | 74 | |
| 2015 | Yellow Taped Newswoman | Kenkichi Isomura | TV | — | 74 |
| 2015 | Dr. Hikojiro | Kyosuke Tanigawa | Film | — | 74 |
| 2015 | 軽井沢駐在犬日誌 | TV | — | 74 | |
| 2015 | Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29 | Film | — | 74 | |
| 2014 | The Little House | Gunji Arai | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2014 | Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3 | Film | — | 73 | |
| 2014 | Uzumasa Limelight | Film | 6.8 | 73 | |
| 2013 | Tokyo Family | Numata | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2013 | It All Began When I Met You | Taizou | Film | 7.1 | 72 |
| 2013 | Clock Store's Girl | Tomoyasu | Film | — | 72 |
| 2012 | Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon | Tsuyosi Teshigawara(勅使河原 毅) | TV | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2012 | マリッジ | TV | — | 71 | |
| 2012 | Hanayome | Film | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 2011 | The Castle of Sand | TV | 7.0 | 70 | |
| 2011 | Toire no kamisama | Shunji Uemura | Film | 8.7 | 70 |
| 2011 | Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File | Sosuke Ohara | Film | — | 70 |
| 2010 | About Her Brother | Shohei Tanno | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 2010 | 樅ノ木は残った | Film | 7.0 | 69 | |
| 2009 | Mission To Kill | TV | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 2009 | 高村薫サスペンス 去りゆく日に | TV | — | 68 | |
| 2009 | Giwaku | Fukutaro Shirakawa | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2008 | The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor | Film | 8.5 | 67 | |
| 2007 | Dear Students! | TV | 6.5 | 66 | |
| 2007 | Tsubaki Sanjuro | Kurofuji | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2006 | Love and Honor | Sakunosuke Higuchi | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2006 | Nogaremono Orin | Mikawado Seneimon | TV | — | 65 |
| 2006 | Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits | Kuhei Sagihara | Film | — | 65 |
| 2006 | 走れ!事件記者 娘に捧げる最後のスクープ | TV | — | 65 | |
| 2005 | Onna Keiji Mizuki: Kyoto Rakusai Sho Monogatari | Narumi Toshiro | TV | — | 64 |
| 2005 | 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 | Film | — | 64 | |
| 2005 | 横山秀夫サスペンス「真相」 | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2005 | 鉄道警察官・清村公三郎 | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2005 | 大空港警察副署長 日暮征次郎走る! | TV | — | 64 | |
| 2004 | The Motive | Mutuo Toura | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2004 | Café Lumière | Yoko's Father | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2004 | The Hidden Blade | Kôda | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2004 | 西村京太郎トラベルサスペンス 寝台特急八分停車 | TV | — | 63 | |
| 2003 | Papa for One Summer | Daigoro Konari | TV | — | 62 |
| 2003 | Another Battle/Conspiracy | Oda Tsunemi | Film | — | 62 |
| 2003 | 炎の警備隊長・五十嵐杜夫 | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2003 | Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan. | Detective Kamei | Film | — | 62 |
| 2003 | 日丸教授の事件ノート | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2003 | 西村京太郎サスペンス 寝台特急「はやぶさ」の女 | TV | — | 62 | |
| 2002 | The Twilight Samurai | Choubei Kusaka | Film | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2002 | 真実を追う男 | TV | — | 61 | |
| 2001 | The Firefly | Film | 7.5 | 60 | |
| 2001 | いなか刑事 伊原泰三の退職捜査日誌 | TV | — | 60 | |
| 2000 | A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen | Hideo | Film | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2000 | The Stupid Teacher | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2000 | Home Sweet Home | Film | — | 59 | |
| 2000 | Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1999 | The Woman of S.R.I. | Shunsuke Koba | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1999 | Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young Eyewitness | Yunoshin Yabuhara | Film | — | 58 |
| 1999 | Railroad Man | Senji Sugiura | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1999 | Amateur Singing Contest | Film | 5.4 | 58 | |
| 1998 | 仮面の女 | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1998 | A Dangerous Woman | TV | 4.0 | 57 | |
| 1998 | A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage | Takano | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1998 | Oda Nobunaga | Hirate Masahide | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1998 | Abunai Deka Forever The Movie | Film | 8.8 | 57 | |
| 1998 | Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice | Yunoshin Yabuhara | Film | — | 57 |
| 1997 | The Story of Bodyguard Shuhei Fujisawa | Matahachiro Aoe | TV | — | 56 |
| 1997 | Stalker | TV | 4.0 | 56 | |
| 1997 | Free and Easy 9 | Tsunetaro Baba | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1997 | Insurance Investigator Shigarami Taro's Case Files ~Sanuki Murder Case~ | Shiragami Taro | Film | — | 56 |
| 1996 | SMAP×SMAP | Skit Guest | TV | 8.5 | 55 |
| 1995 | Summer Department Store Story | TV | — | 54 | |
| 1995 | MARKS | Yuzo Rinbara | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1995 | A Brief Message from the Heart | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1995 | The detective whose path was crossed by a snake | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1994 | Furuhata Ninzaburo | TV | 8.8 | 53 | |
| 1994 | 47 Ronin | Film | 7.4 | 53 | |
| 1993 | Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi | TV | — | 52 | |
| 1991 | Papa to Nat-chan | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1991 | A Desirable Marriage | Masayuki Yamauchi | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1990 | HOTEL | Mochida Kenichi | TV | — | 49 |
| 1990 | Megumi no Sekai | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1990 | Flower Season | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 1989 | さよなら李香蘭 | TV | — | 48 | |
| 1989 | Bakayarō! 2: I Want to Be Happy | Ryosuke Okada (Episode 1) | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1989 | Virgin Road | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1989 | The Political Game | Film | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1989 | Water Moon | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1988 | Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | Noboru Takahashi (Episode 4) | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1988 | Umi e, See You | Mizuki | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1988 | Stay or go? | Film | 10.0 | 47 | |
| 1987 | Night Train | Shinji | Film | 3.7 | 46 |
| 1987 | Tokyo Bordello | Giichi Tsubosaka | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1987 | The Drifting Classroom | Yoshio | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1987 | Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu | TV | — | 46 | |
| 1987 | Paper Lantern | Film | 10.0 | 46 | |
| 1987 | Makeup | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1987 | Maiko monogatari | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1986 | Hanekonma | Kojiro Tachibana | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1986 | His Motorbike, Her Island | News Reporter | Film | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1986 | Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast | Gonzoh | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1986 | A Homance | Fukuoka | Film | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1986 | Desperate Pursuit | Sano | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1985 | Tracked | Moritani | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1985 | Demon | Toshio | Film | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1985 | Moment of Demon | Sushi chef | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1985 | Lonely Heart | Douryou Inoue | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1985 | Nuclear Gypsies | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1985 | The Seburi Story | Film | 6.6 | 44 | |
| 1985 | Early Spring Story | Coffee shop owner | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1984 | The Island Closest to Heaven | Yoshimi Aoyama | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1984 | The Story of a Man Among Men | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1984 | Jugyo Sankan no Onna | Kirihara | Film | — | 43 |
| 1984 | Turkish March: Castle of Dreams | Yoshikazu Honjô | Film | 4.0 | 43 |
| 1984 | The Audition | Yamawaki | Film | — | 43 |
| 1983 | The Ballad of Narayama | Tsune | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1983 | Nogare no machi | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar | Kozeki | Film | 7.8 | 42 |
| 1983 | The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor | Customer at 'Hero' | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1983 | The Yoshida School | Eiichi Nishimura | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1983 | Akuma no hitojichi | Mariko's Former Husband | Film | 3.3 | 42 |
| 1983 | Crimson Night Dream | Ichitarô Ogawa | Film | 4.3 | 42 |
| 1983 | Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1982 | The Longest Tunnel | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1982 | Suspicion | Prosecutor Munakata | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1982 | Gate of Youth 2 | Ryoji Kimoto | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1982 | Farewell to the Land | Farmer | Film | 4.9 | 41 |
| 1982 | Lullaby of Death | Detective Akutsu | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1982 | Zeccho shimai ochiru | Shôji Sonoda | Film | 3.7 | 41 |
| 1981 | Pro Hunter | 木戸吾郎 | TV | — | 40 |
| 1981 | Station | Detective Tatsumi | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1981 | Love Beast: Attack! | Kawamura | Film | 5.0 | 40 |
| 1981 | The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die? | TV | — | 40 | |
| 1981 | Gate of Youth | Chota | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1981 | Eijanaika | Matakichi | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1981 | Essential Information for a College Girl | Ken Kakurai - Handsome Homosexual | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1980 | Virus | Doctor's Assistant #2 | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1980 | The Revolt | Sergeant Harada | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1980 | Crazy Thunder Road | Tsuyoshi | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1980 | Momoe's Lips: Love Beast | Masanobu Ômichi | Film | 4.7 | 39 |
| 1980 | The Wicked | Detective | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1980 | The Bear Storm | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1978 | Japanese Godfather: Conclusion | Takenosuke Shiga | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1978 | Message from Space | Officer Fox | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1978 | Shogun's Samurai | Scarred Ronin | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1978 | Winter's Flower | Kiichiro Hanai | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1977 | Nuns That Bite | Film | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Older brother | Bunkichi | TV | — | 36 |
| 1977 | Curse of the Dog God | Film | 6.1 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Hokuriku Proxy War | Film | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Japan's Don | Film | 7.3 | 36 | |
| 1977 | Doberman Cop | Katsuo Kōyama | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1976 | Karate Warriors | Goro Higashida | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1976 | Yakuza Graveyard | Akira Kitajima | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1976 | New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion | Film | 5.4 | 35 | |
| 1976 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss | Film | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1976 | Truckster Goes to Hokkaido | Film | 8.5 | 35 | |
| 1976 | Violent Panic: The Big Crash | Mitsuo Seki | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1976 | The Classroom of Terror | Film | 6.3 | 35 | |
| 1976 | Festival Champ | Film | 5.3 | 35 | |
| 1975 | The Bullet Train | Morimoto | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1975 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Katsuo Shimura | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Hiroshi Taniguchi | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1974 | Military Comfort Woman | Film | 7.5 | 33 | |
| 1973 | Big Bad Wolf | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1973 | A True Story of the Private Ginza Police | Film | 5.3 | 32 | |
| 1973 | The Ando Gang Documentary Film | Film | 6.5 | 32 | |
| 1973 | Quarreling with Yakuza | Film | 5.0 | 32 | |
| 1973 | Love Lost in Tears | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1972 | Yakuza Skirmishes | Film | 10.0 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Under the Flag of the Rising Sun | Film | 7.6 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 | The Young Man | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1972 | Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences | Katsu | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1972 | Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder | Shimizu | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1972 | Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers | Film | 6.8 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Street Mobster | Tetsuo | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1972 | Gang Warfare | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1972 | Delinquent Street | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1972 | Shōwa Gokudōshi | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1972 | Woman His Prey | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1972 | Rogue Of The Night | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1971 | The Armed Organization | Film | 8.0 | 30 | |
| 1971 | Patience Has An End | Film | 5.9 | 30 | |
| 1971 | Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1971 | The Gambler's Counterattack | Yamano Saburo | Film | 8.5 | 30 |
| 1970 | Code Between Brothers: All New | Film | 6.5 | 29 | |
| 1970 | A Kamikaze Cop | Film | 5.8 | 29 | |
| 1970 | Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate | Film | 6.4 | 29 | |
| 1970 | Fear of Sex | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1970 | King of the Night Life | Film | 5.0 | 29 | |
| 1970 | Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters | Film | 5.3 | 29 | |
| 1970 | Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1970 | Thugs of Shinjuku | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1970 | A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life | Film | 9.0 | 29 | |
| 1969 | Girl in College | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1969 | Japan Organized Crime Boss | Hamanaka-gumi Member | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1969 | Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo | Film | 7.7 | 28 | |
| 1969 | The Domain: Flower and Dragon | Shunji | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1969 | The Private Police | Film | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1968 | Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza | Film | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1968 | Secret Information | Thug A | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1968 | The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze | Film | 7.7 | 27 | |
| 1968 | Night Guy | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1968 | Prison Boss | Film | 7.7 | 27 | |
| 1967 | Captain Ultra: The Movie | Joe, Space Alien | Film | — | 26 |
| 1967 | Gambler's World | Honma | Film | — | 26 |
| 1967 | Organized Violence | Film | 6.5 | 26 | |
| 1967 | Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil | Film | 9.0 | 26 | |
| 1967 | Yanagase Blues | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1966 | Glorious Fights | Film | 7.3 | 25 | |
| 1966 | Game of Chance | Tiger | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1966 | Pretty Devil Yoko | Cook | Film | 3.3 | 25 |
| 1966 | Nerves for Victory | Film | 6.0 | 25 | |
| 1965 | The Hoodlum Brothers | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1965 | Gang's Upward Strategy | Film | 9.0 | 24 | |
| 1965 | Color | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1965 | Secret Club 000 | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1965 | Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 | Film | 7.5 | 24 | |
| 1963 | The Navy | Film | — | 22 | |
| Zeimuchou Sakan Madogiwa Tarou no Jikenbo Special | TV | — | — |