The best Akiji Kobayashi’s movies on Google Play Movies

Akiji Kobayashi

Akiji Kobayashi

06/09/1930- 27/08/1996
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Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion
7/10
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
7.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 22/04/1972
  • Character: Ozunu Kurokuwa
In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.

Kwaidan

Kwaidan
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaFantasyHorror
  • Release: 29/12/1964
  • Character: (segment "Chawan no naka") (uncredited)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
7.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 15/01/1972
  • Character: Narrator
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.

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