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Tag Archives: Akira Kobayashi
The Rambling Guitarist AKA Gitaa o motta wataridori (1959) Takeichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Sanae Nakahara
Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko) Read More »
Return of the Vagabond AKA Wataridori itsu mata kaeru (1960) Buichi Saitô, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Jô Shishido
The 3rd film of the famous “Wataridori” (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 3: Proxy War AKA Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi sensô (1973) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase
Yakuza boss Shozo Hirono must choose his alliances carefully as the local gangster family Read More »
A Legend of Turmoil AKA Shura no densetsu (1992) Akiyoshi Kimata, Akira Kobayashi, Takanori Jinnai, Ruby Moreno
Otaki, a member of a small yakuza family, hunts down the people who murdered his boss. Read More »
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village AKA Tarao Bannai: Kimen mura no sangeki (1978) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Akira Kobayashi, Ichirô Zaitsu, Sanae Kitabayashi
Private eye Tarao Bannai is called in to solve the murdered of a young girl Read More »
Our Blood Will Not Forgive (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father. Read More »
Bloody Territories (1969) Yasuharu Hasebe, Akira Kobayashi, Ryôji Hayama, Tadao Nakamaru
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure Read More »
Battles Without Honor and Humanity 4: Police Tactics (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tatsuo Umemiya
Conflicts between Hirono’s family and Yamamori’s family (and their allies) are made more tense by the ambitious underlings and the police’s efforts to impose a crackdown on the gangs. Read More »
Kanto Wanderer (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daisaburô Hirata, Action, Crime
Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »
The Boy Who Came Back (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Sachiko Hidari, Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Drama
Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. Read More »
Hana to dotô / The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Tamio Kawaji, Chieko Matsubara, Action, Drama
Working from a novel by Aoyama Koji he tells the story of Ogata Kikuji (Kobayashi Akira) – a former Yakuza member, now on the straight and narrow. Read More »