Akira Kobayashi Movies

  • 1959
    Friendship of Jazz

    Friendship of Jazz

    Friendship of Jazz

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    Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police are trying to catch him on suspicion...

    Friendship of Jazz
  • 1958
    The Perfect Game

    The Perfect Game

    The Perfect Game

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    College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even...

    The Perfect Game
  • 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
  • 1969
    The Elder Sister

    The Elder Sister

    The Elder Sister

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    Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.

    The Elder Sister
  • 1968
    Retaliation

    Retaliation

    Retaliation

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    Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with...

    Retaliation
  • 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
  • 1960
    The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

    The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

    The Rambler on a Pearl Farm

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    Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.

    The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
  • 1965
    The Dragon of Macao

    The Dragon of Macao

    The Dragon of Macao

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    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...

    The Dragon of Macao
  • 1959
    Farewell to Southern Tosa

    Farewell to Southern Tosa

    Farewell to Southern Tosa

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    Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

    Farewell to Southern Tosa
  • 1969
    The Rough One

    The Rough One

    The Rough One

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    A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the...

    The Rough One
  • 1967
    Three Seconds to Zero Hour

    Three Seconds to Zero Hour

    Three Seconds to Zero Hour

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    “I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel...

    Three Seconds to Zero Hour
  • 1959
    Who is in the Background?

    Who is in the Background?

    Who is in the Background?

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

    Who is in the Background?
  • 1969
    Women's Police

    Women's Police

    Women's Police

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    Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep order here is Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) who...

    Women's Police
  • 1969
    Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

    Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

    Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin

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    Japanese crime film

    Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
  • 1964
    Tale on Tokai Chivalry

    Tale on Tokai Chivalry

    Tale on Tokai Chivalry

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    The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying...

    Tale on Tokai Chivalry
  • 1961
    Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

    Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

    Where the Horizon Meets the Sun

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    Where the Horizon Meets the Sun
  • 1965
    Gambling is My Destiny

    Gambling is My Destiny

    Gambling is My Destiny

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    Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's...

    Gambling is My Destiny
  • 1957
    This Day's Life

    This Day's Life

    This Day's Life

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    This Day's Life
  • 1958
    Zesshou

    Zesshou

    Zesshou

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    Zesshou
  • 1968
    Dice and Swords

    Dice and Swords

    Dice and Swords

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    The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime...

    Dice and Swords