Emerging from Japan's post-war entertainment scene, Kobayashi entered the industry by signing with Toei in 1961, where he honed his craft through a series of minor parts. Over the following decades he became a familiar face on television, appearing in early tokusatsu titles such as Captain Ultra (1967) and Giant Robo (1967), and later portraying historical figures in dramas like Hanekonma (1986) a… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Twilight Samurai 2002 The Ballad of Narayama 1983 Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion 1972 The Hidden Blade 2004 ★ 7.8 The Twilight Samurai 2002
Choubei Kusaka ★ 7.8 His Motorbike, Her Island 1986
News Reporter ★ 7.6 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun 1972
★ 7.4 Love and Honor 2006
Sakunosuke Higuchi ★ 7.4 The Hidden Blade 2004
Kôda ★ 7.4 47 Ronin 1994
★ 7.4 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss 1975
Katsuo Shimura ★ 7.3 What a Wonderful Family! 2016
Numata ★ 7.3 Tokyo Family 2013
Numata ★ 7.2 Impossibility Defense 2018
Hiroshi Torimori ★ 7.2 Lonely Heart 1985
Douryou Inoue ★ 7.1 Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 1972
The Young Man ★ 7.1 Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion 1972
★ 7 What a Wonderful Family! 2 2017
Ginnpei Maruta ★ 7 Railroad Man 1999
Senji Sugiura ★ 7 Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy 1978
Scarred Ronin ★ 7 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics 1974
Hiroshi Taniguchi ★ 6.9 Labyrinth of Cinema 2020
Kizuma ★ 6.9 The Bullet Train 1975
Morimoto ★ 6.8 The Little House 2014
Gunji Arai ★ 6.8 Café Lumière 2004
Yoko's Father ★ 6.8 Street Mobster 1972
Tetsuo ★ 6.6 Yakuza Graveyard 1976
Akira Kitajima ★ 6.5 Doberman Cop 1977
Katsuo Kōyama ★ 6.3 Virus 1980
Doctor's Assistant #2 ★ 5.9 Message from Space 1978
Officer Fox ★ 5.8 Crazy Thunder Road 1980
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