is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for ''

Poppoya is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. It was Japan's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy P ...

''. Kobayashi signed with Toei in 1961 and started his acting career with small roles.

Filmography

Film

* '' Soshiki Bōryoku'' (1967) * '' Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion'' (1971) * '' Street Mobster'' (1972) * ''Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothersr'' (1972) * '' New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head'' (1975) : Shimura * ''

The Bullet Train (also known as ''Super Express 109'') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Satō and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automa ...

'' (1975) : Morimoto * ''

Karate Warriors Karate Warriors ( ja, 子連れ殺人拳, ) is a 1976 Japanese martial arts film starring Sonny Chiba. Plot Chico arrives in a city where there are two warring gangs. Chico gets wind of a large hidden stash of heroin owned by the, now dead, forme ...

'' (1976) : Higashida * '' The Classroom of Terror'' (1976) : Fumio Odagiri * ''

Yakuza Graveyard ''Yakuza Graveyard'', known in Japan as , is a 1976 Japanese yakuza film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The screenplay by Kazuo Kasahara is based on a concept by Norimichi Matsudaira, Naoyuki Sugimoto and Kyo Namura. ''Complex'' named it number 17 o ...

'' (1976) : Akira Kitajima * ''

The Doberman Cop is a Japanese hardboiled manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Shinji Hiramatsu. It was serialized in the ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga anthology from 1975 (Issue 39) throughout 1979 (Issue 48), with the chapters collected into 2 ...

'' (1977) ; Katsuo Koyama * ''

Hokuriku Proxy War is a 1977 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba and Hiroki Matsukata. Plot Kawada Noboru is a peasant from Mikuni who becomes a yakuza in the Tomiyasu Group in Fukui. He holds a letter from his boss Mr. Yasuhara promising t ...

'' (1977) * ''

Message from Space is a 1978 Japanese space opera film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. It stars Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, and Vic Morrow. Produced by Toei with a cost between the equivalent of US$5 and 6 million, it was the most expensive film made in Japan at ...

'' (1978) : Fox * ''

Shogun's Samurai ''Shogun's Samurai'', known in Japan as , is a 1978 Japanese historical martial arts period film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. The film is the first of two period films by Fukasaku starring Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba as Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū, the ...

'' (1978) * ''

Nihon no Fixer is a 1979 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Inspired by Lockheed bribery scandals. Modeling on Kakuei Tanaka and Yoshio Kodama, the film depicts the collusion between Japanese right-wing organizations and the political and business wo ...

'' (1979) : Shunsuke Mizumaki * ''

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'' (1980) * '' The Gate of Youth'' (1981) * '' Eijanaika'' (1981) : Matakichi * '' Station'' (1981) : Tatsumi * ''

Theater of Life is a 1983 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Sadao Nakajima and Junya Satō. Cast *Keiko Matsuzaka *Toshiyuki Nagashima * Kie Nakai *Hiroki Matsukata *Aiko Morishita *Hideo Murota *Morio Kazama *Kō Nishimura * Toshiro Mifune *Kantarō Suga *Yuri ...

'' (1983) * '' The Ballad of Narayama'' (1983) : Tsune * '' Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō'' (1983), Eiichi Nishimura * ''

The Geisha ''The Geisha, a story of a tea house'' is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts. The score was composed by Sidney Jones to a libretto by Owen Hall, with lyrics by Harry Greenbank. Additional songs were written by Lionel Monckton and James ...

'' (1983) * ''

The Go Masters ''The Go Masters'' (Japanese: 未完の対局, Mikan no taikyoku) is a 1982 Japanese-Chinese co-production film directed by Junya Sato was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son is a fellow film director . Career Born in Tokyo, Sa ...

'' (1983), Takii * ''

Izakaya Chōji is a 1983 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata. Cast * Ken Takakura : Tōno Eiji * Reiko Ohara : Kamiya Sayo * Tokiko Kato : Shigeko * Kunie Tanaka : Iwashita Yoshiharu * Juzo Itami : Kawahara * Hideji Ōtaki : Aiba * Naomi Chiaki : Mineko * ...

'' (1983) : Ozeki * '' Seburi monogatari'' (1985) * '' The Burmese Harp'' (1985) * '' Lonely Heart'' (1985) * ''

Chōchin The traditional lighting equipment of Japan includes the , the , the , and the . The is a lamp consisting of paper stretched over a frame of bamboo, wood or metal. The paper protected the flame from the wind. Burning oil in a stone, metal, ...

'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1994) : Shindo Genshiro * ''

'' (1999) * ''

The Twilight Samurai ''The Twilight Samurai'' is a 2002 Japanese historical drama film co-written and directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Hiroyuki Sanada and Rie Miyazawa. Set in mid-19th century Japan, a few years before the Meiji Restoration, it follows the life ...

'' (2002) * ''

Café Lumière is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien for Shochiku as homage to Yasujirō Ozu, with direct reference to the late director's '' Tokyo Story'' (1953). It premiered at a festival commemorating the centenary of Ozu's ...

'' (2003) * ''

The Hidden Blade is a 2004 film set in 1860s Japan, directed by Yoji Yamada. The plot revolves around several samurai during a time of change in the ruling and class structures of Japan. The film was written by Yamada with Yoshitaka Asama and, like its predecesso ...

'' (2004) * '' About Her Brother'' (2010) * ''

It All Began When I Met You is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and released by Warner Bros. in Japan on 22 November 2013. Inspired by the 2003 British romantic comedy ''Love Actually'', the film is made up of six separate stories revolving around ten peo ...

'' (2013) * ''

Saraba Abunai Deka is a 2016 Japanese action film directed by Toru Murakawa, written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyōhei Shibata. The film is part of the film series based on the ''Abunai Deka'' television series. It was released in Jap ...

'' (2016) * ''Hoshi Megumino Machi'' (2018) (First Lead role in the film) * ''Impossibility Defense'' (2018) * ''

Tora-san, Wish You Were Here is an 2019 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It is the fiftieth entry in the popular and long-running ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series. Shooting began on October 20, 2018 and the film was released on December 27, 2019. It stars Kiyoshi Ats ...

'' (2019) * ''

Labyrinth of Cinema is a 2019 Japanese anti-war fantasy drama film written, produced, directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi. It stars Takuro Atsuki, Takahito Hosoyamada and Yoshihiko Hosoda as three present-day Onomichi moviegoers who find themselves transport ...

'' (2020) * ''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021)

Television

* ''

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'' (1967) * ''Giant Robo'' (1967), Terroman (Episode 26) * ''

Pro Hunter was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Masao Kusakari, Tatsuya Fuji, Joe Shishido, Mayumi Ogawa, with Kyohei Shibata as a semi-regular. It ran for 25 episodes in 1981 and won popularity. Yoichi Sai made his debut as a ...

'' (1981) * ''

Hanekonma ''Hanekonma'' (はね駒) is a 1986 Japanese television serial, the 36th NHK ''asadora'' drama. Written by Koharu Terauchi, it was inspired by the life of Haruko Isomura (1877-1918), a pioneer female newspaper reporter of the Meiji and Taishō ...

'' (1986), Hiroshi (Hanekonma's father) * ''

Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes (specials) in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of ''Columbo'' ...

'' (1994) (Episode 7) * ''Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune'' (1995), Kanō Hisamichi * ''Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka'' (1998),

Hirate Masahide was a Japanese samurai who served the Oda clan for two generations. His original name was . Life Masahide first served Oda Nobuhide. He was a talented samurai as well as skilled in sado and waka. This helped him to act as a skilled diplomat, ...

* ''Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro'' (1998-) * '' Aoi'' (2000),

Katagiri Katsumoto was a Japanese warlord (''daimyō'') of Ibaraki, in the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period. In his youth was famed as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake, during the Battle of Shizugatake in May 1583. Biography Katsumoto hai ...

* '' Yoshitsune'' (2005),

Hōjō Tokimasa was a Japanese samurai lord who was the first ''shikken'' (regent) of the Kamakura shogunate and head of the Hōjō clan. He was ''shikken'' from 1203 until his abdication in 1205, and Protector of Kyoto from 1185 to 1186. Background The H� ...

* ''Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo'' (2007-2017) * ''

Shiroi Kyotō is a 1965 novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. It has been adapted into a film in 1966 and then five times as a television series in 1967, 1978, 1990, 2003, and 2019. The 1966 film was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a S ...

'' (2019)

References

1943 births Living people Japanese male film actors Actors from Wakayama Prefecture 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors {{Japan-film-actor-stub