
Akira Kubo
Akira Kubo (久保明, born 1 December 1936) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in 75 films since 1952. He starred in the film Arashi, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.118 |
Birthday | 1936-12-01 |
Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
Also Known As |

1968

Destroy All Monsters
6.9/251
At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens kn...
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Destroy All Monsters

1952

The Whisper of Spring
0/0
After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt s...
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The Whisper of Spring

1994

47 Ronin
7.5/21
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal fo...
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47 Ronin

1957

Throne of Blood
7.9/884
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spi...
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Throne of Blood

1962

Sanjuro
7.9/627
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and...
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Sanjuro

1989

Rikyu
7.5/30
Late in the 1500s, an aging tea master teaches the way of tea to a headstrong Shogun. Through force of will and courageous fighting, Hideyoshi becomes...
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Rikyu

1962

Chûshingura
7.3/42
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their hon...
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Chûshingura

1970

Space Amoeba
6.4/50
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. S...
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Space Amoeba

1968

Kill!
7/73
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a farmer...
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Kill!

1962

Gorath
6.6/20
In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Although it is smaller than Earth, its enormous mass is en...
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Gorath

1967

Son of Godzilla
6.4/218
Reporter Goro Maki stumbles upon scientists conducting weather experiments on Sollgel Island in the South Seas. He discovers the island is inhabited b...
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Son of Godzilla

1965

Invasion of Astro-Monster
6.8/223
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world f...
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Invasion of Astro-Monster

1963

Matango
6.9/98
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try...
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Matango

1995

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
7.4/147
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he give...
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

1981

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
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Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimyo and wealthy townspeople. Under the name of Nezum...
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The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

2009

The Code
6.2/6
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a grou...
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The Code

1961

Toilet Manager
0/0
The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.
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Toilet Manager

1970

The Militarists
8/1
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The Militarists

1959

A Whistle in My Heart
6.3/6
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
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A Whistle in My Heart

1969

Samurai Banners
7.4/18
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He co...
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Samurai Banners

1969

Battle of the Japan Sea
6/7
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a...
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Battle of the Japan Sea

1955

Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree
0/0
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Tomorrow I'll Be a Fire-Tree

1956

The Storm
9/1
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.
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The Storm

2015

Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction
7/1
An independent crowd-funded documentary that celebrates the sixty-year legacy of the world's greatest monster, Godzilla. Filmed on location in Tokyo t...
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Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction

1995

Getting Any?
5.7/78
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
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Getting Any?

1960

Girls Behind Bars
0/0
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...
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Girls Behind Bars

1999

I Love You
7.5/1
To encourage a positive attitude, hearing-impaired mother Asako joins a theatrical troupe with her daughter Ai. Problems arise during rehearsals betwe...
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I Love You

2018

The Great Buddha Arrival
6/4
An all-star reboot of the lost classic 1934 film, The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through The Country, made with the cooperation of director Yoshiro...
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The Great Buddha Arrival

1959

Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender
8.5/2
In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an a...
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Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender

1960

Westward Desperado
6.2/5
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communi...
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Westward Desperado

1964

Whirlwind
6.8/8
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle...
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Whirlwind

1965

The Retreat from Kiska
8.3/3
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhe...
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The Retreat from Kiska

1996

The Bridge Club
0/0
Tatsuo was leading a peaceful suburban life with his wife and daughter. But an ex-girlfriend attends his bridge club. Then Haruo, an old friend, appea...
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The Bridge Club

1954

Farewell Rabaul
8.5/4
A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little...
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Farewell Rabaul

1957

Snow Country
6.7/10
It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous t...
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Snow Country

1955

Love Never Fails
0/0
Two youths - the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal - quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths die the othe...
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Love Never Fails

1989

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
6.4/43
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middl...
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1959

The Three Treasures
5.4/11
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Empe...
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The Three Treasures

1961

Challenge to Live
0/0
An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during th...
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Challenge to Live

1954

The Surf
0/0
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.
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The Surf

1955

To Love and Forgive
0/0
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To Love and Forgive

2008

Rakugo musume
0/0
When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her uncle's invalidity, she is soon on her way to a caree...
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Rakugo musume

1953

Adolescence Part II
0/0
A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.
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Adolescence Part II

1958

Futari dake no hashi
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Futari dake no hashi

1961

A Man in Red
0/0
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza run...
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A Man in Red

1959

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

1968

Admiral Yamamoto
8.3/8
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet....
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Admiral Yamamoto

1966

Zero Fighter
0/0
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Zero Fighter

1952

Adolescence
0/0
Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.
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Adolescence

2019

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
8.6/10
Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film...
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The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

2020

Human Disguise
0/0
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Human Disguise

1974

The Castle of Sand
7.4/45
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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The Castle of Sand

1955

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
0/0
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Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume

1959

社長太平記
0/0
Sixth entry in the Company President Series.
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社長太平記

1967

Japan's Longest Day
7.1/28
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies...
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Japan's Longest Day

1964

Trap of Suicide Kilometer
0/0
Klima, Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Alabanda, has come to Japan to purchase materials for the water dam construction. Kitami, who ca...
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Trap of Suicide Kilometer

1965

The School of Flesh
2/1
A love story about a former noblewoman who greedily enjoys love after breaking up with her unhappy marriage after the war, in pursuit of a wild and pu...
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