Akira Kobayashi

Acting • 1938-11-03 • Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

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").

Known For

7.0

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

6.8

Violent Streets

1974

6.8

Black Tight Killers

1966

5.9

Retaliation

1968

7.2

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

1974

7.2

The Flower and the Angry Waves

1964

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Filmography

2026
Twist & Shoot: Mister SuzukiFilm
Self
2003
Road to the Don Theatrical VersionFilm
2002
Shura Group Part 3Film
2002
Shura GroupFilm
2002
Shura Group Part 2Film
1993
Wind of the Ryūkyū IslandsTV
1993
Emperor of UpheavalFilm
1992
A Legend of TurmoilFilm
Shuji Otaki
★ 7.5
1984
AgainFilm
1981
FalconTV
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaFilm
Akira Takeda
★ 5.5
1978
Tarao BannaiFilm
Bannai Tarao
★ 9.5
1978
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask VillageFilm
Bannai Tarao
★ 7.5
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2Film
★ 7.5
1976
Operation Plazma in OsakaFilm
★ 7.7
1976
The Yakuza Code Still LivesFilm
Akimitsu Hojo
★ 8.0
1975
The Gate of YouthFilm
★ 8.3
1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder CorpsFilm
★ 9.0
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsFilm
Akira Takeda
★ 7.0
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeFilm
Akira Takeda
★ 7.2
1974
Violent StreetsFilm
Ryuji Yazaki
★ 6.8
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza BrothersFilm
★ 10.0
1974
Code of WolvesFilm
★ 7.5
1974
Father of the KamikazeFilm
1973
Battles Without Honor and HumanityFilm
★ 7.3
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarFilm
Akira Takeda
★ 7.0
1972
Three Brothers' Identical DiceFilm
1971
The KillerFilm
★ 9.0
1970
Sign of the JackFilm
Yuji Hanamura
★ 8.5
1970
Women's Police: Swirling ButterfliesFilm
Masaaki Kagari
★ 9.0
1970
Woman's Police: Appointment with DangerFilm
Masaaki Kagari
★ 8.0
1970
Women Smell of NightFilm
★ 7.0
1970
Peonies And DragonsFilm
★ 7.0
1970
Records of BloodshedFilm
Minoru Nojiri
1970
Greatest Boss of JapanFilm
1969
Bloody TerritoriesFilm
Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
★ 5.1
1969
Women's PoliceFilm
Masaaki Kagari
★ 10.0
1969
The Rough OneFilm
Yuji
★ 10.0
1969
The Elder SisterFilm
Goro Fujikawa
★ 9.0
1969
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous LivelihoodFilm
★ 9.0
1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron SkinFilm
★ 8.0
1969
100 GamblersFilm
★ 7.0
1969
Women's Police: Part IIFilm
Masaaki Kagari
★ 7.0
1969
Exiled to HellFilm
Koiso Kikuji
1969
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin GamblerFilm
1969
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering HellFilm
One-eyed Ipponmatsu
1969
Ginza PoacherFilm
Tsuchida Akira
1968
RetaliationFilm
Kojiro Samukawa
★ 5.9
1968
Dice and SwordsFilm
★ 7.7
1968
Diamonds of the AndesFilm
★ 10.0
1968
Duel in the StormFilm
Seijiro Tamimura
★ 10.0
1968
Three RoguesFilm
★ 7.0
1967
Three Seconds to Zero HourFilm
Yabuki
★ 6.8
1967
対決Film
★ 10.0
1967
The Endless DuelFilm
★ 8.0
1967
My SweetheartFilm
Director Sudo
1967
The Singing GunmanFilm
1967
Immortal GuyFilm
1967
The Reckless OneFilm
1966
Black Tight KillersFilm
Daisuke Hondo
★ 6.8
1966
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the DevilFilm
Koji Himura (Gambler)
★ 10.0
1966
Wandering SongFilm
1966
Shin yūkyōdenFilm
1966
Fearless ComradesFilm
1965
The Dragon of MacaoFilm
Ryu
★ 8.0
1965
The Black Gambler: The Gambling SyndicateFilm
Koji Himuro (Gambler)
★ 7.0
1965
Iki ni kanzuFilm
★ 10.0
1965
Bastards Without BordersFilm
Shinsuke Henmi
★ 9.0
1965
The Black Gambler: Murderous DiceFilm
Koji Himuro
1965
Three Stray DogsFilm
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mureFilm
1965
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About TomorrowFilm
1965
Gambling is My DestinyFilm
Koji Himura (The Wandering Gambler)
1965
Modern Yakuza: ChivalryFilm
1964
The Flower and the Angry WavesFilm
★ 7.2
1964
The Call of BloodFilm
Ryôta Asari
★ 5.8
1964
A Wandering GamblerFilm
Koji Himuro (The Wandering Gambler)
1964
Punishment of a Lawless VillianFilm
1964
Tale on Tokai ChivalryFilm
1964
Call My Black DiceFilm
Koji Himuro (Gambler)
1964
Traveling Alone with a GuitarFilm
1963
Kanto WandererFilm
Katsuta
★ 6.6
1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's DiaryFilm
1963
Ore wa Jigoku no ButaichouFilm
1963
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaijiFilm
1963
Ginza no jirochōFilm
1963
Tale on Kanto ChivalryFilm
Daisaku
1963
Badge of the NightFilm
1963
Hatoba no tobakushiFilm
1962
The Rambler Goes NorthFilm
1962
Night of Bloody HellFilm
1962
Song of a TravellerFilm
1962
A Rampage Full of DreamsFilm
1962
Love in the AirFilm
Shōji Satake
1962
The Rambler Returns HomeFilm
Hiroshi Taki
1962
Utau abarenbōFilm
1962
Bōkyō no umiFilm
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad LoveFilm
Jun Yamakawa
1962
Return of the WhirlwindFilm
1961
Pacific PortersFilm
★ 10.0
1961
Where the Horizon Meets the SunFilm
1961
The Famous WandererFilm
1961
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the StormFilm
Ginza Whirlwind
1961
The Rambler under the Southern CrossFilm
1961
Standing Towards the Great ForestFilm
1961
The Drifter Against the WindFilm
1961
Rambling in the SeaFilm
1961
The Plateau ManFilm
1961
The Black ScarFilm
1960
Tokyo Mighty GuyFilm
Jirô Shimizu
★ 6.8
1960
The Drifter from the SeaFilm
★ 3.5
1960
The Rambler Rides AgainFilm
Shinji
★ 10.0
1960
Return of the VagabondFilm
★ 5.0
1960
Yakuza SongFilm
★ 7.0
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl FarmFilm
1960
The Guitarist and the RancherFilm
1960
The Wild, Unruly DrifterFilm
1960
Volcano WindFilm
1960
He's the WitnessFilm
1960
The Rambler in the SunsetFilm
1959
The Rambling GuitaristFilm
Taki
★ 6.9
1959
Friendship of JazzFilm
Minoru Hata
★ 10.0
1959
The Human CycloneFilm
Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
1959
Tokyo no KodokuFilm
1959
Gunshū no naka no taiyōFilm
1959
Who is in the Background?Film
1959
Get Over HerFilm
Osamu Tadokoro
1959
Farewell to Southern TosaFilm
1959
Light The ExplosivesFilm
Chūji Nakanishi (President of the Nakanishi-gumi construction company)
1959
Young PantherFilm
1959
Waterfront OutlawsFilm
1959
I Will ChallengeFilm
1958
Rusty KnifeFilm
Makoto Terada
★ 5.9
1958
The Boy Who Came BackFilm
Nobuo Kasahara
★ 7.6
1958
The Perfect GameFilm
Sôji Ôki
★ 6.2
1958
Young BreastsFilm
★ 7.0
1958
ZesshouFilm
Junkichi Sonoda
1958
The NunFilm
Akio Agata
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraFilm
Genzui Kusaka
★ 7.0
1957
The ChampionFilm
Cameo
★ 6.7
1957
Who's the Real KillerFilm
Jiro
★ 10.0
1957
This Day's LifeFilm
★ 8.0
1957
The Way of YouthFilm
1957
高校四年Film
1956
Hungry SoulFilm
Akira Ogouchi
★ 6.2
1956
Hungry Soul, Part IIFilm
Akira Ogouchi
★ 6.5