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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.158 |
| Birthday | 1936-12-01 |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo, Japan |
| Also Known As |
1968
Destroy All Monsters
6.822/244
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
7.476/21
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
7.9/855
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
7.9/606
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
47 Ronin
7.3/41
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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47 Ronin
1970
Space Amoeba
6.4/48
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!
7/72
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
6.406/213
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
6.8/216
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
6.8/97
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
7.5/145
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
0/0
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
7.417/18
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
6/6
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?
5.7/74
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
8.5/2
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
9/3
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
6.4/42
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
0/0
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Futari dake no hashi
1959
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
0/0
An Ishiro Honda film.
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Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
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
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
8.444/9
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
7.3/43
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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