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Akiji Kobayashi is a Actor Japonais born on 6 september 1930 at Tokyo (Japon)

Akiji Kobayashi

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Nationality Japon
Birth 6 september 1930 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 27 august 1996 (at 65 years) at Yokohama City (Japon)

Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二, Kobayashi Akiji, September 6, 1930 – August 27, 1996), sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi or Issei Mori, was a Japanese actor. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Mura (Muramatsu) in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. Another notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in the 1971 series, Kamen Rider. Kobayashi died of lung cancer in Yokohama at the age of 65.

Usually with

Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
(6 films)
Jun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
(7 films)
Shōhei Imamura
Shōhei Imamura
(3 films)
Kōji Ishizaka
Kōji Ishizaka
(6 films)
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Akiji Kobayashi (34 films)

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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
, 1h40
Directed by Shūsuke Kaneko
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Films about extraterrestrial life, Giant monster films, Gamera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Reptile, Disaster films
Actors Toshiyuki Nagashima, Shinobu Nakayama, Miki Mizuno, Yukijirō Hotaru, Ai Maeda, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Roles Senior sergeant
Rating70% 3.504623.504623.504623.504623.50462
A year has passed since the battle between Gamera and the Gyaos, and Japan has struggled to rebuild its cities in the meantime. The military has kept a cautious vigil on the nation's coast, but so far Gamera has yet to return. Suddenly, a series of bizarre incidents reveal a new threat to the land of the rising sun. On a moonlit stroll, science instructor Midori Honami watches as a huge meteor plunges into the mountain snow. The next night, two security guards are horrified as they see large insect-like creatures stealing glass bottles from a nearby warehouse. Soon after, the entire city of Sapporo is covered with strange plants and the link between these events soon becomes clear.
Revive! Ultraman
Revive! Ultraman (1996)
, 23minutes
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Superhero films
Actors Susumu Kurobe, Masanari Nihei, Akiji Kobayashi, Hiroko Sakurai, Akihiko Hirata
Roles Muramatsu
Rating23% 1.1928451.1928451.1928451.1928451.192845
The film is composed of footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an "epilogue" as Ultraman returns to Earth for one final battle.
Getting Any?
Getting Any? (1995)
, 1h50
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Takeshi Kitano, Iizuka Minoru, Hakuryu, Akiji Kobayashi, Kanji Tsuda, Ren Osugi
Roles Chief of World Defence Force
Rating60% 3.045613.045613.045613.045613.04561
In Getting any? Minoru Iizuka, also known as "Dankan" (Boiling Point), portrays Asao, a naive and goofy man who lives with his grandfather in Saitama Prefecture. Even though Asao is 35 years old, he is very inexperienced with girls, but he absolutely wants to have sex. One day as he watches an erotic TV film, he realizes that all he needs to get girls and sex is a fancy car, so he runs to the closest car dealer.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin (1994)
, 2h12
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Ken Takakura, Kiichi Nakai, Rie Miyazawa, Kōji Ishizaka, Kōichi Iwaki, Ruriko Asaoka
Rating64% 3.2054853.2054853.2054853.2054853.205485
The story of the Forty-seven Ronin has been depicted in many ways, with each version focusing the emphasis on different parts of the story—the rivalry of Lords Asano and Kira, Asano's assault on Kira, Asano's sentence of seppuku immediately afterward, and the revenge attack 21 months later against Kira by the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers. Oishi Kuranosuke, Asano's chamberlain and the head of the 47 samurai, is often the primary character, and his actions are often held up as the epitome of bushido, the honor code of the samurai.
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
, 1h42
Directed by Takao Okawara
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about insects, Les fées, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Odaka, Satomi Kobayashi, Akiji Kobayashi, Akira Takarada, Susumu Kurobe, Yoshiko Tanaka
Roles Yuzo Tsuchiashi
Rating61% 3.0608853.0608853.0608853.0608853.060885
In 1993, an asteroid lands in the ocean and awakens Godzilla. The next day, a young man named Takuya Fujita is detained after stealing an ancient artifact. Later, a representative of the Japanese Prime Minister arrives with Takuya's ex-wife, Masako Tezuka, and offers him to explore an island with Masako and Marutomo company secretary, Kenji Ando, and become a free man. Takuya initially turns down the offer, on the basis that he is to be released in another week. But after his ex-wife informs him that his sentence has been reconsidered, he accepts. After the trio arrives at the island, they find a cave behind a waterfall. Inside, they discover ancient paintings, including a picture of two giant insects fighting one another. While studying them, the sun shines through a hole in the wall, and the light points to a small opening in the cave, where they come upon a giant egg. The three hear a pair of voices, which belong to the Cosmos. They keep the earth's natural order in balance, and informs them the egg belongs to Mothra.
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
, 1h43
Directed by Kazuki Ōmori
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Transport films, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about dragons, Giant monster films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Odaka, Kōsuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Roles Yuzo Tsuchiashi
Rating65% 3.2543153.2543153.2543153.2543153.254315
In 1992, journalist Kenichiro Terasawa (Kosuke Toyohara) is writing a book about Godzilla and learns about a group of Japanese soldiers stationed on Lagos Island in the South Pacific during World War II. They were unintentionally saved from a group of American soldiers by a mysterious dinosaur known as "Godzillasaurus" in February 1944. In 1954, the island was destroyed by a hydrogen bomb test and the radiation from the bomb mutated the dinosaur into Godzilla.
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (1990)

Directed by Hisayuki Toriumi
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Historical, Animation, Romance
Actors Yō Inoue, Atsushi Ii, Masaaki Tsukada, Eken Mine, Tadashi Nakamura, Akiji Kobayashi
Roles Konton
Rating64% 3.244083.244083.244083.244083.24408
Au temps d'une Chine impériale imaginaire, une jeune fille téméraire, Ginga, se lance dans le projet insensé de devenir l'épouse du nouvel empereur récemment monté sur le trône à la mort de son père et encore célibataire. Comme Ginga est une provinciale issue du peuple, cela ne va pas être facile et de nombreux obstacles vont se dresser sur son parcours. Elle devra déjouer les pièges dressés par les intrigants de la cour, les autres prétendantes et l'impératrice douairière qui sera sa plus redoutable adversaire.
Black Rain
Black Rain (1989)
, 2h3
Directed by Shōhei Imamura
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Yoshiko Tanaka, Etsuko Ichihara, Keisuke Ishida, Taiji Tonoyama, Akiji Kobayashi, Kenjirō Ishimaru
Roles Katayama
Rating77% 3.892073.892073.892073.892073.89207
The film moves between Shizuma Shigematsu's journal entries about Hiroshima in 1945, following the dropping of the atomic bomb, and the present, 1950, when Shigematsu and his wife Shigeko are the guardians for their niece Yasuko and charged with finding her a husband (she has been declined three times due to concerns over her having been in the "black rain" fallout). As the story progresses, Shigematsu sees more and more fellow hibakusha, his friends and family, succumbing to radiation sickness and Yasuko's prospects for marriage become more and more unlikely, as she forms a bond with a poor man named Yuichi, who carves jizo and suffers a form of post-traumatic stress disorder where he attacks passing motor vehicles as "tanks."
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters (1983)
, 2h20
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Keiko Kishi, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Jūzō Itami, Kayoko Shiraishi, Kōji Ishizaka, Ittoku Kishibe
Roles Seitaro Jinba
Rating71% 3.5941853.5941853.5941853.5941853.594185
The story takes place in Japan primarily during the late 1930s (Shōwa period). The sisters live in the Kansai area (Kobe/Osaka) and travel to Tokyo and other prefectures throughout the novel.
Suspicion
Suspicion (1982)

Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Akira Emoto, Isuzu Yamada, Kensaku Morita, Takeshi Kaga
Roles Chief of Police, Ishihara
Rating70% 3.5130053.5130053.5130053.5130053.513005
Shogun Assassin
Shogun Assassin (1980)
, 1h25
Directed by Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tomisaburō Wakayama, Robert Houston, Kayo Matsuo, Akiji Kobayashi, Taketoshi Naito
Roles Lord Kurogawa
Rating72% 3.6464253.6464253.6464253.6464253.646425
As the opening credits roll, an abbreviated version of Ogami Ittō's (Tomisaburô Wakayama) past as Shogunate Decapitator and his wife's murder by ninja are seen, with Daigorō (Akihiro Tomikawa) providing the narration.