Akiji Kobayashi
Akiji Kobayashi (小林昭二, Kobayashi Akiji, September 6, 1930 – August 27, 1996), sometimes credited as Shōji Kobayashi, was a Japanese actor. He attended Nihon University College of Art, but withdrew before completing his degree and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company in 1949. He made his film debut with Satsujin Yogisha in 1952. He is best known in the West for portraying the role of Captain Toshio Muramatsu in the 1966-1967 television series, Ultraman. From 1983-84, he appeared in the popular television detective series Seibu Keisatsu. His other notable television role was Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in several series of the Kamen Rider franchise. He was one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors, appearing in 12 Ichikawa films. His final film appearance was Yatsuhaka-mura as Head of a Factory directed by Kon Ichikawa in 1996. He was the official dubbing artist of John Wayne and Richard Crenna. Kobayashi died of lung cancer in Yokohama on August 27, 1996, ten days before his 66th birthday.
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Yuzo TsuchiashiThe Futurians, time-travelers from the 23rd century, arrive in Japan to warn them of the...
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Kwaidan
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Harakiri
as uncreditedDown-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi....
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Nonaka ShôiKaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
as Ozunu KurokuwaIn the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja...
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Getting Any?
as Chief of World Defence ForceWhile pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves...
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Godzilla vs. Mothra
as Yuzo TsuchiashiMothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two...
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Shogun Assassin
as Lord KurogawaA Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed...
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Black Rain
as KatayamaShigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
as NarratorIn this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as NarratorIn the fourth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed...
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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
as Senior sergeantA strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on...
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Youth of the Beast
as Tatsuo NomotoWhen a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with...
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The Inugami Family
as Kokichi InugamiWhen a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the...
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47 Ronin
as uncreditedKon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is...
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Kamen Rider SD: Strange?! Kumo Otoko
as Toubei Tachibana (voice)"Kamen Rider SD: Strange!? Kumo Otoko" is an animated OVA based on the gag manga Kamen Rider SD:...
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Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
as KontonGinga is a simple—yet energetic—country girl, living with her father far from the capital city...
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
as uncreditedFearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own...
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The Makioka Sisters
as Seitaro JinbaThis sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto...
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Foundry Town
as Hei-sanSet in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families...
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Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
as Capt. Toshio MuramatsuThe film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes...
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Island of Hell
as TakezoA scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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Lullaby to Kill
as Koreya Kusakabe (manager)Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police...
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Queen Bee
as Detective KogureTo solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji...
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Noh Mask Murders
as uncreditedThe patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who...
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Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
as Tobei TachibanaProfessor Daidōji has developed a gravity machine called the GX Device. Unfortunately, Shocker...
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Run, Melos!
as Dionysus II (voice)The movie tells the story of Melos, a Greek country man that gets arrested and accused of...
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The Men Who Made Ultraman
as uncreditedA biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic...
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This Transient Life
as uncreditedNear a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her...
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Suspicion
as Chief of Police, IshiharaA car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the...
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Death Shadows
as uncreditedThree men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of...
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Go Go Kamen Rider
as Tobei TachibanaThe Shocker Organization sends two of its Inhumanoids to destroy an atomic plant, but their plan...
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Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants
as Tobei TachibanaA physicist named Tetsuo Okita discovers a new mineral called "Satanium," which is more powerful...
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Ultraman Zearth
as FishermanUltraman Zearth hails from The Land of Pikari in Nebula Z95. He has a big red face and dislikes...
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Pleasures of the Flesh
as Mari's pimpA corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase...
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Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone
as uncreditedZoushu Hirate was the acting master of Chibashusaku Dojo in the Hokushinitto style. His wife was...
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Koto: The Ancient City
as uncreditedChieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store....
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Kamen Rider V3: The Movie
as Tōbei TachibanaDuring a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by...
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Prison Break
as uncreditedSet up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is...
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Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
as Toshio MuramatsuA 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Tsuburaya Productions, consisting of re-edited...
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The Tale of Jean Valjean
as Jean Valjean (voice)In 19th century France, an escaped convict seeks redemption while caring for a young woman whose...
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Fight of the Gamblers
as uncreditedRyuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men,...
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Desperate Pursuit
as InoueIn the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a...
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Mandala
as uncreditedTwo university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated...
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Yuki
as Jinjii (voice)Up in Heaven, Yuki’s grandparents decide that, having turned thirteen years old, she must go...
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Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
as Captain Toshio MuramatsuAkio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is...
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The Longest Tunnel
as uncreditedAfter a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a...
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Five Riders vs. King Dark
as Tobei TachibanaDuring a motocross practice, Keisuke Jin is ambushed by two Myth Cyborgs created by a secret...
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All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!
as Tōbei TachibanaThe special opens with Tachibana Tōbei taking some children to a Kamen Rider roadshow. Just as...
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Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
as Tōbei TachibanaTakeshi Hongo and FBI agent Kazuya Taki fake their deaths when they are attacked by Shocker...
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Karate Cop
as Asst Chief FujiA martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse...
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Daigoro vs. Goliath
as Hitoshi SuzukiAn inventor and his family try to raise funds to feed a giant monster named Daigoro so that he...
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The House of Hanging
as SannosukeThis time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence...
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Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
as DetectiveA series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.
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Lonely Heart
as uncreditedA police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying...
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The Black Hood
as uncreditedA horse-riding samurai fights villains.
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The Empty Table
as uncreditedOne year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a...
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Hana no furu gogo
as uncreditedA widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out...
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ウルトラマン前夜祭 ウルトラマン誕生
as uncreditedVideo recording of a public event featuring Ultraman, held at the Suginami Public Hall in Tokyo...
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Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie
as Tôbei TachibanaWaniida from Black Satan attacks a young boy and long-time Kamen Rider ally Tōbei Tachibana, but...
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
as uncreditedBrings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that...
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Internal Sleuth
as uncreditedWhen 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective...
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Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
as Tōbei TachibanaThe Kamen Rider Amazon movie is a theatrical version of episode 16, Garander's Tokyo Sea of...
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Revive! Ultraman
as uncreditedThe film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with...
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The Birth of Ultraman
as Toshio MuramatsuIn this recorded stage debut of the original Ultraman, self-proclaimed world's number one kaiju...
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Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
as Captain TakamuraA theatrical release of The Return of Ultraman episodes 13-14. It was released on December 12,...
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Utamaro's World
as uncreditedUtamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late...
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Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
as Tobei TachibanaWith an unquenchable thirst for the blood of virgin women, the wicked King Dark enslaves the...
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The Curse of the Ghost
as NaosukeAbout 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon...
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The Pirates of Buban
as uncreditedBy going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He...
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The Kagestar: The Movie
as Inspector TondaThe superhero The Kagestar fights the monsters of the Satan Empire.
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Immortal Kamen Rider Special
as Tobei TachibanaA TV special, centered on introduction of Skyrider.
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Ultraman: Terror on Route 87
as Toshio MuramatsuTheatrical version of episode 20 of Ultraman (1966 TV series). An enormous bird-monster is...
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Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife
as uncreditedFifth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.
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Kamen Rider
as Tobei TachibanaTakeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams...
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Tales of the Bizarre
as uncreditedInspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show...
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Ultraman
as Captain 'Cap' Toshio MuramatsuHayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre...
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Professional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
as uncreditedThe series follows the adventures of Sabu, a young Edo bakufu investigator traveling with the...
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The Kagestar
as Inspector Keibu TondaWhile rescuing his wealthy boss's daughter from kidnappers, Sugata Kageoh, struck by an electric...
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Ie Naki Ko
as uncredited"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick...
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Kamen Rider V3
as uncreditedFollow the adventures of Shiro Kazami, a bio-chem major at Jonan University in Tokyo. After...
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