Akira Kobayashi
Acting
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").
Born: November 3, 1938
Place of Birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's most famous left hand knows what to do.
The Gate of Youth
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
Tarao Bannai
Legendary detective returns.
The Killer
A former gang leader and lone wolf who has left the organization works behind the scenes in a new city to take revenge on a giant alliance of organizations. This film is amongst the last "straight" yakuza films made at Nikkatsu before the studio's switch-over to pinku eiga.
The Gate of Youth Part 2
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
The Dragon of Macao
Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong to retrieve a certain diamond that was stolen from them. The "Himalayan Star" is worth couple hundred million yen and unbeknown to Ryu, it now lays in the hands of Aizu (Jo Shishido), the infamous ”Pirate of the Tokyo Bay."
The Boy Who Came Back
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
A Legend of Turmoil
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.
Filmography
as Shuji Otaki
as Akira Takeda
as Bannai Tarao
as Bannai Tarao
as Akimitsu Hojo
as Akira Takeda
as Yazaki Ryuji
as Akira Takeda
as Akira Takeda
as Yuji Hanamura
as Masaaki Kagari
as Minoru Nojiri
as Masaaki Kagari
as Tsuchida Akira
as Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
as One-eyed Ipponmatsu
as Yuji
as Goro Fujikawa
as Masaaki Kagari
as Masaaki Kagari
as Koiso Kikuji
as Kojiro Samukawa
as Seijiro Tamimura
as Director Sudo
as Yabuki
as Daisuke Hondo
as Ryu
as Shinsuke Henmi
as Koji Himuro
as Koji Himuro
as Ryôta Asari
as Katsuta
as Daisaku
as Hiroshi Taki
as Jun Yamakawa
as Shōji Satake
as Ginza Whirlwind
as Shinji
as Jirô Shimizu
as Taki
as Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
as Minoru Hata
as Sôji Ôki
as Junkichi Sonoda
as Akio Agata
as Makoto Terada
as Genzui Kusaka
as Jiro
as Cameo
as Akira Ogouchi
as Akira Ogouchi