Akira Kobayashi Movies

  • 1989
    The Demon Comes in Spring

    The Demon Comes in Spring

    The Demon Comes in Spring

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    Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the...

    The Demon Comes in Spring
  • 1960
    The Rambler Rides Again

    The Rambler Rides Again

    The Rambler Rides Again

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    In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from...

    The Rambler Rides Again
  • 1974
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

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    As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new...

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
  • 1960
    Return of the Vagabond

    Return of the Vagabond

    Return of the Vagabond

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    The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives...

    Return of the Vagabond
  • 1973
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

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    Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new...

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
  • 1960
    The Rambler in the Sunset

    The Rambler in the Sunset

    The Rambler in the Sunset

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    The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town...

    The Rambler in the Sunset
  • 1973
    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity

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    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
  • 1993
    Emperor of Upheaval

    Emperor of Upheaval

    Emperor of Upheaval

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    The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.

    Emperor of Upheaval
  • 1966
    Shin yūkyōden

    Shin yūkyōden

    Shin yūkyōden

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    In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving...

    Shin yūkyōden
  • 1974
    Father of the Kamikaze

    Father of the Kamikaze

    Father of the Kamikaze

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    Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated...

    Father of the Kamikaze
  • 1957
    The Champion

    The Champion

    The Champion

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    Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s...

    The Champion
  • 1961
    The Black Scar

    The Black Scar

    The Black Scar

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    A yakuza frames another yakuza who goes to jail for 5 years. When he is released he goes to seek revenge only to fall in love with the daughter of...

    The Black Scar
  • 1957
    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

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    Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...

    A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
  • 1962
    Return of the Whirlwind

    Return of the Whirlwind

    Return of the Whirlwind

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    Based on the original work of Yasunori Kawauchi of "Moonlight Mask", this is the fifth in the "Ginza Whirlwind Child (Mitsutogai)" series in which...

    Return of the Whirlwind
  • 1966
    The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

    The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

    The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

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    The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player...

    The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
  • 1978
    Tarao Bannai

    Tarao Bannai

    Tarao Bannai

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    Legendary detective returns.

    Tarao Bannai
  • 1974
    Code of Wolves

    Code of Wolves

    Code of Wolves

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    In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

    Code of Wolves
  • 1958
    The Boy Who Came Back

    The Boy Who Came Back

    The Boy Who Came Back

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    Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.

    The Boy Who Came Back
  • 1975
    The Gate of Youth

    The Gate of Youth

    The Gate of Youth

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    Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly...

    The Gate of Youth
  • 1957
    This Day's Life

    This Day's Life

    This Day's Life

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    This Day's Life