Kobayashi Akira

Kobayashi Akira (小林旭) was born on November 3, 1937. Kobayashi Akira movies and tv shows: San Daime no Yome! 2008 (Japan), Ryukyu no Kaze 1993 (Japan), Father of the Kamikaze 1974 (Japan), The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode 1974 (Japan), Violent Streets 1974 (Japan)...

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First Name: Akira

Family Name: Kobayashi

Native Name: 小林旭

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: November 3, 1937

Age: 81

Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut in 1956. He solidified his popularity with such films as Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite (A Farewell to Southern Tosa) and starred in the "Wataridori" ("Rambler") and "Senpūji" ("Whirlwind Child") film series. Kobayashi, along with Yujiro Ishihara and others, formed the core of Nikkatsu Action's golden age.

Kobayashi was married to popular singer Misora Hibari in 1962, but the marriage ended in divorce two years later in 1964.

(Source: Wikipedia)