Movies: Akira Kobayashi
- 1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
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In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza....
- 1968
Retaliation (1968)
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Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds ...
- 1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
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Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for ...
- 1962
The Rambler Goes North (1962)
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In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip....
- 1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
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The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics....
- 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
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While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power....
- 1956
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
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A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls f...
- 1958
The Perfect Game (1958)
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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 more serious crime....
- 1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
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Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto....
- 1956
Hungry Soul (1956)
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Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationshi...
- 1974
Father of the Kamikaze (1974)
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Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. Th...
- 1974
Violent Streets (1974)
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With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence....
- 1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
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As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima....
- 1969
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell (1969)
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Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses, trying to steal the Aoi's territory, made take-over plans in the shadows. The second in the two part D...
- 1978
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village (1978)
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Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil....
- 1963
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou (1963)
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- 1967
The Reckless One (1967)
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Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe from Omura Sangyo. Kosuke's partner Kumagoro investigates and finds out that Hasebe, who killed the hea...
- 1962
Love in the Air (1962)
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Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible and, sick at heart, left the circus for a life at sea. On land again Shoji goes to a cabaret where he i...
- 1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian (1964)
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In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacles. Adapted from Shugoro Yamamoto novel....
- 1962
Yume ga ippai abarenbō (1962)
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1962 Japanese movie...