Nenji Kobayashi

Actor · Crew· Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan

Toshiji Kobayashi (小林稔侍, Kobayashi Toshiji, born on February 7, 1941), known by his stage name, Nenji Kobayashi (alternative reading of 稔侍), is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya.

Known For

The roles that explain the career.

Full credits

The Twilight Samurai

Choubei Kusaka · 2002

The Ballad of Narayama

Tsune · 1983

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

1972

The Hidden Blade

Kôda · 2004

Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41

The Young Man · 1972

Love and Honor

Sakunosuke Higuchi · 2006

Filmography

61 credits across 2 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2025	Tokyo Taxi	Customer	Film
2020	Labyrinth of Cinema	Kizuma	Film
2015	Dr. Hikojiro	Kyosuke Tanigawa	Film
2015	Nagasaki: Memories of My Son		Film
2013	Tokyo Family	Numata	Film
2010	About Her Brother	Shohei Tanno	Film
2008	The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor		Film
2006	Love and Honor	Sakunosuke Higuchi	Film
2004	Café Lumière	Yoko's Father	Film
2004	The Hidden Blade	Kôda	Film
2004	The Motive	Mutuo Toura	Film
2002	The Twilight Samurai	Choubei Kusaka	Film
2000	Chūshingura Urabanashi: Nakazō Kyōran		Film
1999	Railroad Man	Senji Sugiura	Film
1998	A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage	Takano	Film
1987	The Drifting Classroom	Yoshio	Film
1987	Tokyo Bordello	Giichi Tsubosaka	Film
1986	His Motorbike, Her Island	News Reporter	Film
1986	Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast	Gonzoh	Film
1985	Tracked	Moritani	Film
1985	Early Spring Story	Coffee shop owner	Film
1985	Nuclear Gypsies		Film
1985	Demon	Toshio	Film
1984	The Island Closest to Heaven	Yoshimi Aoyama	Film
1984	The Audition	Yamawaki	Film
1983	The Ballad of Narayama	Tsune	Film
1983	The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor	Customer at 'Hero'	Film
1983	Nogare no machi		Film
1982	The Longest Tunnel		Film
1982	Farewell to the Land	Farmer	Film
1982	Suspicion	Prosecutor Munakata	Film
1981	Station	Detective Tatsumi	Film
1981	Eijanaika	Matakichi	Film
1981	Love Beast: Attack!	Kawamura	Film
1980	Crazy Thunder Road	Tsuyoshi	Film
1980	Momoe's Lips: Love Beast	Masanobu Ômichi	Film
1978	Message from Space	Officer Fox	Film
1978	Shogun's Samurai	Scarred Ronin	Film
1977	Curse of the Dog God		Film
1977	Doberman Cop	Katsuo Kōyama	Film
1977	Hokuriku Proxy War		Film
1977	Nuns That Bite		Film
1976	New Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion		Film
1976	Yakuza Graveyard	Akira Kitajima	Film
1976	Karate Warriors	Goro Higashida	Film
1975	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss		Film
1973	Big Bad Wolf		Film
1972	Street Mobster	Tetsuo	Film
1972	Under the Flag of the Rising Sun		Film
1972	Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers		Film
1972	Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41	The Young Man	Film
1972	Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion		Film
1971	Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us		Film
1970	A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life		Film
1970	A Kamikaze Cop		Film
1970	Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate		Film
1970	Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters		Film
1969	Japan Organized Crime Boss	Hamanaka-gumi Member	Film
1969	Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo		Film
1967	Space Tokusatsu Series: Captain Ultra	Joe	TV
1965	Gang's Upward Strategy		Film

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