Akira Kobayashi Movies

1957 Japanese movie

Tsuchida Akira is a young man who recruits young hostesses around Ginza to work for other shady establishments.

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

This coming-of-age drama depicts Ozaki, Takei, Minami, and Onoki, four men trained in the rugby club and brimming with intelligence and a sense of...

Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to leave the world of the yakuza and live with his...

Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his...

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case....

1962 Japanese movie

A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nikaido, the hero of Kamideki, challenges the...

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the control of the influential members of the Guretai,...

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.

1962 Japanese movie

Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again...

Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of...

Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during...

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association,...

An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a...

Set in Toyohashi, the fifth and final installment of the ‘The Wanderer’ series sees Kobayashi Akira delve into the mystery of a friend's...