Akira Kobayashi Movies

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.

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...

1957 Japanese movie

Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.

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...

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...

Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

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.

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

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.

Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of...

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,...

A humorous yakuza action melodrama with gangsters, drugs and that old comedy-standby, white slavery.

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

Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses,...

The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.

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...