Akira Kobayashi
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").
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.52 |
| Birthday | 1938-11-03 |
| Place of Birth | Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As | 小林旭, Акира Кобаяси, |
1963
Kanto Wanderer
6.3/10
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic...
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Kanto Wanderer
1974
Violent Streets
6.5/13
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
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Violent Streets
1966
Black Tight Killers
6.3/9
Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar...
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Black Tight Killers
1958
Rusty Knife
5.929/14
Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughin...
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Rusty Knife
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
7.189/45
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new frien...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1967
Three Seconds to Zero Hour
6.4/5
“I like shady dealings,” purrs undercover superspy Yabuki en route to infiltrating a sadistic, trigger-happy gang of international jewel thieves. Gone...
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Three Seconds to Zero Hour
1969
Bloody Territories
4.9/7
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign...
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Bloody Territories
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
7.177/31
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 various task...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1958
The Perfect Game
6.2/6
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 mo...
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The Perfect Game
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
6.9/9
A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity o...
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The Flower and the Angry Waves
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
7.3/37
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 thei...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1965
The Black Gambler
7/3
Place your bets! Koji Himuro (Akira Kobayashi) is a makeout artist with unparalleled gambling skills. Shortly after his return to Tokyo, he is invited...
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The Black Gambler
1960
Return of the Vagabond
5/3
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives...
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Return of the Vagabond
1975
The Gate of Youth
9/1
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...
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The Gate of Youth
1977
The Gate of Youth Part 2
8/1
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The Gate of Youth Part 2
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
0/0
In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from...
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The Rambler Rides Again
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
6.2/5
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of...
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The Rambling Guitarist
1992
A Legend of Turmoil
7.5/2
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....
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A Legend of Turmoil
1960
The Tokyo Mighty Guy
6.7/3
Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and...
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The Tokyo Mighty Guy
1968
Retaliation
6/12
Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with ano...
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Retaliation
1964
The Call of Blood
6/6
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
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The Call of Blood
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
6.7/3
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1978
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
7/1
Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil.
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The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1966
The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
10/1
The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji...
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The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
6.9/38
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 di...
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1962
Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
0/0
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Dahil Sa Iyo – The Song of Sad Love
1974
Father of the Kamikaze
0/0
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 solutio...
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Father of the Kamikaze
1976
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
7/1
After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
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The Yakuza Code Still Lives
1958
Young Breasts
0/0
A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing scheme targeting his young stepmother (Watanabe Mis...
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Young Breasts
1958
The Boy Who Came Back
7.8/5
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.
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The Boy Who Came Back
1974
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
0/0
With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.
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The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
Code of Wolves
7/1
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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Code of Wolves
1968
Dice and Swords
7/2
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 synd...
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Dice and Swords
1960
Wind of Volcano
0/0
An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the r...
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Wind of Volcano
1961
The Plateau Man
0/0
Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.
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The Plateau Man
1960
The Rambler in the Sunset
0/0
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...
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The Rambler in the Sunset
1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
3.5/6
Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base...
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The Guitarist from the Sea
1969
The Rough One
0/0
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...
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The Rough One
1961
Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
0/0
The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.
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Ginza Whirlwind: The Call of the Storm
1962
Love in the Air
0/0
Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and...
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Love in the Air
1959
The Human Cyclone
0/0
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The Human Cyclone
1967
My Sweetheart
0/0
It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to st...
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My Sweetheart
1970
Sign of the Jack
0/0
Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Ku...
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Sign of the Jack
1961
The Rambler under the Southern Cross
0/0
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, fr...
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The Rambler under the Southern Cross
1962
The Rambler Goes North
0/0
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, fr...
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The Rambler Goes North
1976
Operation Plazma in Osaka
6.5/2
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
1961
The Black Scar
0/0
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...
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The Black Scar
1965
The Dragon of Macao
8/3
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 t...
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The Dragon of Macao
1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa
0/0
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
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Farewell to Southern Tosa
1956
Hungry Soul
6/8
Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business...
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Hungry Soul
1958
The Nun
0/0
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The Nun
1978
Tarao Bannai
0/0
Legendary detective returns
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Tarao Bannai
1975
The Murder Corps
0/0
A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan...
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The Murder Corps
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
6.4/7
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
1962
The Rambler Returns Home
0/0
Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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The Rambler Returns Home
1957
The Champion
6/4
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 father. He lost...
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The Champion
1957
Who's The Real Killer
0/0
Harsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
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Who's The Real Killer
1993
Emperor of Upheaval
0/0
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
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Emperor of Upheaval
1971
The Killer
9/1
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 organiza...
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The Killer
1984
Again
0/0
An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to find...
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Again
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
0/0
Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-hire friend, he sets about to stop the mob from tu...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
1961
Rambling in the Sea
0/0
Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".
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Rambling in the Sea
1959
Friendship of Jazz
0/0
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 of...
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Friendship of Jazz
1968
Diamonds of the Andes
0/0
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 f...
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Diamonds of the Andes
1969
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
0/0
Japanese crime film
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Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
1969
Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
0/0
Japanese crime film
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Rising Dragon: Red-Hot Iron Skin
1964
A Wandering Gambler
0/0
Koji Himuro, a brilliant gambler, was killed by his brother and lover for discovering cheating gambling. As a result, he vows never to roll the dice,...
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A Wandering Gambler
1958
Zesshou
0/0
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Zesshou
1969
Women's Police
0/0
Around Ginza there is a night-city of bars and cabarets, hostesses, customers. Assisting to keep order here is Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) who specialize...
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Women's Police
1972
Zorome no San Kyoudai
0/0
In Osaka, a family sets up shop in Tsuruhashi. Trouble brews for three brothers – Jinzuke, Tadayoshi, and Eizo – when they come together in their home...
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Zorome no San Kyoudai
1963
Badge of the Night
0/0
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. Nig...
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Badge of the Night
1969
Women's Police: Part II
0/0
Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. One day he visits Club Aron, to complain about attempt...
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Women's Police: Part II
1970
Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
0/0
Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a scout and overseer of Ginza bar hostesses, receives an urgent phone call from Sawako, a hostess at the bar Rie, and rushes...
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Woman's Police: Appointment with Danger
1970
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
0/0
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his e...
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Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
1961
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
0/0
Strife between competing lumber mills.
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Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
1969
Exiled to Hell
0/0
It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and perfor...
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Exiled to Hell
1970
Peonies And Dragons
0/0
Yakuza Ryuichi, nicknamed the Dragon-killer, went on a journey with his son Tatsuo after he lost his wife. Due to Tatsuo's sudden illness, Ryuichi had...
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Peonies And Dragons
1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
0/0
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Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1962
Song of a Traveller
0/0
A crime film released in 1962
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Song of a Traveller
1965
Gambling is My Destiny
0/0
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 s...
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Gambling is My Destiny
1970
Women Smell of Night
0/0
A 1970 crime film.
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Women Smell of Night
1959
Who is in the Background?
0/0
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Who is in the Background?
1960
He's the Witness
0/0
Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he d...
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He's the Witness
1962
帰ってきた旋風児
0/0
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帰ってきた旋風児
1963
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
0/0
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Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary
2002
Shura Group
0/0
Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
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Shura Group
1960
The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
0/0
Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.
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The Rambler on a Pearl Farm
1969
The Elder Sister
0/0
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.
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The Elder Sister
1964
Tale on Tokai Chivalry
0/0
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...
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Tale on Tokai Chivalry
1969
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
0/0
Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses, try...
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Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
100 Gamblers
0/0
Set in Kyushu during the early Showa period, the son of a boss who is killed after a greedy boss takes over his territory, takes over and takes reveng...
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100 Gamblers
1966
Fearless Comrades
0/0
The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal d...
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Fearless Comrades
1960
The Angry Rambler
0/0
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
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The Angry Rambler
2003
Road to the Don Theatrical Version
0/0
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the...
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
1962
Yume ga ippai abarenbō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Yume ga ippai abarenbō
1970
Records of Bloodshed
0/0
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 Kuraha...
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Records of Bloodshed
1970
Greatest Boss Of Japan
0/0
A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.
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Greatest Boss Of Japan
1965
Bastards Without Borders
0/0
Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of...
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Bastards Without Borders
1968
Duel in the Storm
0/0
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His b...
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Duel in the Storm
1968
Three Rogues
0/0
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...
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Three Rogues
1962
Jigoku no yoru wa shinkuda ze
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Jigoku no yoru wa shinkuda ze
1965
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
0/0
As a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must face their leader - and his dangerous gadgets…
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The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1962
Bōkyō no umi
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Bōkyō no umi
1964
Traveling Alone with a Guitar
0/0
Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series.
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Traveling Alone with a Guitar
1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
0/0
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacl...
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Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1962
Utau abarenbō
0/0
1962 Japanese movie
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Utau abarenbō
1959
I Will Challenge
0/0
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 tra...
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I Will Challenge
1967
Immortal Guy
0/0
Kosuke Suzuki was presumed dead after boss Toseikai Setouchi lynched him and threw him into the sea off the coast of Kobe. However, three months later...
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Immortal Guy
1957
This Day's Life
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This Day's Life
1967
The Reckless One
0/0
Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe fro...
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The Reckless One
1967
The Singing Gunman
0/0
Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the bullio...
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The Singing Gunman
1966
新遊侠伝
0/0
In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving hot-bloo...
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新遊侠伝
1959
若い豹のむれ
0/0
A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga...
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若い豹のむれ
Shura Group Part 2
0/0
Ryuji Inahara, the heir to the Atami Yamazakiya family, subsequently placed the group under the control of the influential members of the Guretai, kno...
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Shura Group Part 2
Shura Group Part 3
0/0
Ryuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified the emblem of the Inahara-kai. Then, in 1961, Inahara-k...
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