Acting
Akiji Kobayashi
Biography
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.
Movies with Akiji Kobayashi
Harakiri
1962
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
1991
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
Kwaidan
1965
The Shogun Assassins
1979
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
1972
Shogun Assassin
1980
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
The Inugami Family
1976
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972
The Tale of Jean Valjean
1979
The Empty Table
1985
Getting Any?
1995
Kamen Rider V3: The Movie
1973
Black Rain
1989
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972
Island of Hell
1977
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
1967
Youth of the Beast
1963
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice
1972
Afternoon When Flowers Fell
1989
47 Ronin
1994
Lullaby to Kill
1977
Death Shadows
1986
Noh Mask Murders
1991
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind
1990
Queen Bee
1978
Suspicion
1982
Mandala
1971
Ultraman Zearth
1996
Run, Melos!
1992
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
The Makioka Sisters
1983
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
1979
Kamen Rider vs. Shocker
1972
Ultraman: Great Monster Decisive Battle
1979
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967
Yuki
1981
The Longest Tunnel
1982
This Transient Life
1970
Foundry Town
1962
Daigoro vs. Goliath
1972
Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
1975
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
1975
Five Riders vs. King Dark
1974
Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell
1972
Lonely Heart
1981
Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
1990
Desperate Pursuit
1986
Kamen Rider SD: Strange?! Kumo Otoko
1993
Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
1986
The House of Hanging
1979
Utamaro's World
1977
Karate Cop
1982
The Pirates of Buban
1972
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
1982
Prison Break
1969
Revive! Ultraman
1996
Go Go Kamen Rider
1971
Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants
1973
Internal Sleuth
1973
The Curse of the Ghost
1969
Ultraman: Terror on Route 87
1989
Master Swordsman Hirate Miki - Duel in Tone
1997
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993
Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie
1975
The Birth of Ultraman
1966
The Men Who Made Ultraman
1989
All Together! Seven Kamen Riders!!
1976
Lady on 6th Street: Taste of Honey
1982
The Father of Ultra Q
1966
The Kagestar: The Movie
1976
The Black Hood
1981
The Woman Who Calls for Corpses
1973
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 5 - The Mystery of the Skull Wife
1971
Intruders
1963
Immortal Kamen Rider Special
1979
TV Shows with Akiji Kobayashi
Kamen Rider
1971
Ultraman
1966
Tales of the Bizarre
1990
Kojika Monogatari
1983
Kamen Rider V3
1973
Professional Killers
1972
Kamen Rider X
1974
Kamen Rider Stronger
1975
Kamen Rider Amazon
1974
Attack, Jun
1979
宇宙少年ソラン
1965
Seibu Keisatsu
1979
Operation: Mystery
1968
The 47 Ronins of Ako
1979
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
1968
The Kagestar
1976
Ie Naki Ko
1994
Fushoku no kōzō
1977
Kamen Norider
1988