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Akira Kobayashi Acting Filmography (140)

Road to the Don Theatrical Version
2003
Shura Group
2002
Shura Group Part 2
2002
Shura Group Part 3
2002
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
A Legend of Turmoil
1992·Shuji Otaki
Again
1984
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980·Akira Takeda
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1978·Bannai Tarao
Tarao Bannai
1978·Bannai Tarao
The Gate of Youth Part 2
1977
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1976·Akimitsu Hojo
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
The Gate of Youth
1975
Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps
1975
Violent Streets
1974·Yazaki Ryuji
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974·Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974·Akira Takeda
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
Code of Wolves
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973·Akira Takeda
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
The Killer
1971
Records of Bloodshed
1970·Minoru Nojiri
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
1970·Masaaki Kagari
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
1970·Masaaki Kagari
Peonies And Dragons
1970
Women Smell of Night
1970
Sign of the Jack
1970·Yuji Hanamura
Women's Police
1969·Masaaki Kagari
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969·One-eyed Ipponmatsu
100 Gamblers
1969
Bloody Territories
1969·Yuuji Komatsu, Oonogi Clan senior member
Women's Police: Part II
1969·Masaaki Kagari
Exiled to Hell
1969·Koiso Kikuji
The Elder Sister
1969·Goro Fujikawa
The Rough One
1969·Yuji
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1969
Ginza Poacher
1969·Tsuchida Akira
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Duel in the Storm
1968·Seijiro Tamimura
Three Rogues
1968
Retaliation
1968·Kojiro Samukawa
Dice and Swords
1968
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
1967·Yabuki
Immortal Guy
1967
The Reckless One
1967
The Singing Gunman
1967
My Sweetheart
1967·Director Sudo
The Endless Duel
1967
対決
1967
Fearless Comrades
1966
Black Tight Killers
1966·Daisuke Hondo
Shin yūkyōden
1966
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1966
Bastards Without Borders
1965·Shinsuke Henmi
Gambling is My Destiny
1965
The Black Gambler: The Gambling Syndicate
1965·Koji Himuro
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965·Koji Himuro
The Dragon of Macao
1965·Ryu
The Dice You Throw Will Bring About Tomorrow
1965
Kenjū burai jō nagare-sha no mure
1965
Modern Yakuza: Chivalry
1965
Three Stray Dogs
1965
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
The Call of Blood
1964·Ryôta Asari
A Wandering Gambler
1964
Call My Black Dice
1964
Kanto Wanderer
1963·Katsuta
Badge of the Night
1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
1963
Hatoba no tobakushi
1963
Ginza no jirochō
1963
Ginza no jirochō tenka no ichidaiji
1963
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963·Daisaku
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
Song of a Traveller
1962
Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze
1962
Return of the Whirlwind
1962
Bōkyō no umi
1962
Utau abarenbō
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1962·Jun Yamakawa
Love in the Air
1962·Shōji Satake
The Rambler Goes North
1962
The Rambler Returns Home
1962·Hiroshi Taki
Standing Towards the Great Forest
1961
The Plateau Man
1961
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
1961·Ginza Whirlwind
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1961
The Black Scar
1961
Rambling in the Sea
1961
Pacific Porters
1961
Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
1961
Rambling in the Wind
1961
でかんしょ風来坊
1961
The Angry Rambler
1960
He's the Witness
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960·Shinji
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1960
Tokyo Mighty Guy
1960·Jirô Shimizu
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
Wind of Volcano
1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1960
Who is in the Background?
1959
I Will Challenge
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
1959·Taki
Wakai hyou no mure
1959
Tokyo no Kodoku
1959
Dynamite ni Hi o Tsukero
1959
The Human Cyclone
1959·Takuya Nikaidō (The "Ginza Whirlwind")
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Friendship of Jazz
1959·Minoru Hata
Gunshū no naka no taiyō
1959
Get Over Her
1959·Osamu Tadokoro
Zesshou
1958·Junkichi Sonoda
Rusty Knife
1958·Makoto Terada
The Perfect Game
1958·Sôji Ôki
Young Breasts
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
1958·Nobuo Kasahara
The Nun
1958·Akio Agata
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957·Genzui Kusaka
This Day's Life
1957
The Champion
1957·Cameo
Who's the Real Killer
1957·Jiro
高校四年
1957
The Way of Youth
1957
Hungry Soul
1956·Akira Ogouchi
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956·Akira Ogouchi