Nenji Kobayashi

is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya.

Kobayashi signed with Toei in 1961 and started his acting career with small roles.

Filmography Film

Soshiki Bōryoku (1967) Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1971) Street Mobster (1972) Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972) New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975) as Shimura The Bullet Train (1975) as Morimoto Karate Warriors (1976) as Higashida The Classroom of Terror (1976) as Fumio Odagiri Yakuza Graveyard (1976) as Akira Kitajima The Doberman Cop (1977) as Katsuo Koyama Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) Message from Space (1978) as Fox Shogun's Samurai (1978) Nihon no Fixer (1979) as Shunsuke Mizumaki Virus (1980) The Gate of Youth (1981) Eijanaika (1981) as Matakichi Station (1981) as Tatsumi The Gate of Youth: Part 2 (1982) Theater of Life (1983) as Terakane The Ballad of Narayama (1983) as Tsune Shōsetsu Yoshida Gakkō (1983), Eiichi Nishimura The Geisha (1983) The Go Masters (1983) as Takii Izakaya Chōji (1983) as Ozeki Seburi monogatari (1985) The Burmese Harp (1985) Lonely Heart (1985) Chōchin (1987) Umi e, See You (1988) 47 Ronin (1994) as Shindo Genshiro Poppoya (1999) The Twilight Samurai (2002) Café Lumière (2003) The Hidden Blade (2004) About Her Brother (2010) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Dangerous Cops: Final 5 Days (2016) Hoshi Megumino Machi (2018) (first leading role in a film) Impossibility Defense (2018) Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019) Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) It's a Flickering Life (2021) Tokyo Taxi (2025)

Television Captain Ultra (1967) Giant Robo (1967) as Terroman (Episode 26) Pro Hunter (1981) Hanekonma (1986) as Hiroshi (Hanekonma's father) Furuhata Ninzaburō (1994) (Episode 7) Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune (1995 as, Kanō Hisamichi Oda Nobunaga: Tenka wo Totta Baka (1998) as Hirate Masahide Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro (1998-) Aoi (2000) as Katagiri Katsumoto Yoshitsune (2005) as Hōjō Tokimasa Byakkotai (2007) as Saigō Tanomo Detective Tokunosuke Jinbo (2007–2017) Shiroi Kyotō (2019)