Yuko Kobayashi

Acting

Yuko Kobayashi

Born

1938-10-17 (88)

Place of birth

Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Known for

GARO poster
7.7

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.

GARO

2005

Super Rescue Solbrain poster
8.0

After the Winspector police team leaves Japan to fight crime in France, Chief Shunsuke Masaki realizes he must create a new police team to defend Tokyo from crime. He creates Solbrain – a high-tech special rescue force, expert in missions requiring rescue and firepower. Its leader is Daiki Nishio, a rookie detective who can use the Plus Up command in his car to transform into SolBraver. Other members are Reiko Higuchi, also able to use the Plus Up command to transform into SolJeanne, SolBraver's female counterpart; and SolDozer, a yellow bulldozer robot.

Super Rescue Solbrain

1991

Nanairo Kamen poster
9.0

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.

Nanairo Kamen

1959

Unholy Women poster
5.9

Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle, Hagane, The Inheritance) written and directed by Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, and Keisuke Toyoshima respectively. The first segment, “Rattle Rattle”, tells the story of a young woman who is pursued by an evil other-worldly being. The second movie, “Steel”, concerns a young man who agrees to take the sister of his boss out on a blind date, drawing him into a world more frightening than he ever dreamed possible. The third and final episode, “The Inheritance”, is a supernatural tale of a woman and her young son, scarred by abuse and psychological trauma.

Unholy Women

2006

Violent Street poster
NR

1963 Toei film

Violent Street

1963

Life of Hishakaku 3 poster
NR

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Life of Hishakaku 3

1964

Film credits

1960s · 33 titles

Violent Street poster
NR

1963 Toei film

Violent Street

1963

Life of Hishakaku 3 poster
NR

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Life of Hishakaku 3

1964

Devil's Nursery Rhyme poster
7.0

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Devil's Nursery Rhyme

1961

Curry Rice poster
9.0

1962 Japanese movie

Curry Rice

1962

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley poster
7.0

The great Sonny Chiba stars as Goro Saionji, a drifting thrill-seeker. Out to investigate a suspisious plane crash in the Red Valley, he uncovers a plot involving yakuza and a shady land developer to evict an old farmer off of his land to build a sky resort. Goro must now help the old farmer and his daughter and take those criminals on.

Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley

1961

Delinquent Angel poster
NR

One of the earliest of sukeban / girl boss type eiga

Delinquent Angel

1960

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush poster
NR

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Rush

1960

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues

1961

Rub Out the Past poster
8.0

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

Rub Out the Past

1966

A Devil of a Gentleman poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Devil of a Gentleman

1963

The Yellow Climate poster
8.0

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

The Yellow Climate

1961

Police Precinct Part 21 poster
NR

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage, smashed his face with an oil canister and burned the body, trying to hide the identity of the victim. But the investigation establishes that the victim is a former criminal named Hisashi Sayama. According to Sayama's daughter-in-law, a man named Kitamura got him a job, so he left home with a copy of the family register. Trying to find the killer, the First Investigation Department is investigating all over the country, including Akita, Yokkaichi and Okinawa.

Police Precinct Part 21

1963

An Impudent Man poster
NR

Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent to Europe for his rather too liberal lifestyle…

An Impudent Man

1964

Orders from Hell poster
7.0

After his home gets attacked by a rival gang, underworld boss Masamichi Omatsu finds himself in a tangle of familial and criminal obligations.

Orders from Hell

1964

A Fishwife's Tale poster
NR

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.

A Fishwife's Tale

1961

Masseur War Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Masseur War Story

1965

I Am The Magician From Hell poster
7.0

Chiezo Kataoka grew up as a Magician's apprentice in America and no prison can hold him!

I Am The Magician From Hell

1961

Police Precinct Part 13 poster
NR

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was determined. Detectives Hayashi, Kaneko, Nagata and Yamagata begin their investigation, suspecting the parents of the murdered child. They use a towel, baby diapers and bruises on the baby's body as clues in the investigation. Who killed the baby?

Police Precinct Part 13

1960

Love School poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love School

1962

Tales of President Mito poster
NR

Mr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.

Tales of President Mito

1962

Blackmail poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Blackmail

1963

Police Precinct: Missing Person poster
NR

Two people disappeared, engineers of the companies Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol together. According to the sushi restaurant employee who delivered an order around 9 p.m., the two were arguing loudly. Traces of blood were found at the scene, and it looks like a murder occurred. The Investigative Department begins an investigation… The 24th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Missing Person

1964

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone poster
NR

A young girl named Michiko is kidnapped and later found dead in a bag. But the kidnapper strikes again. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari".

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone

1962

Zankokuna tsuki poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Zankokuna tsuki

1962

Futaridake no taiyō poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Futaridake no taiyō

1961

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation poster
NR

A man confessed to killing a woman in a labyrinth 2 years ago. The detectives must now conduct a "backing investigation" to determine whether his confession is true, because the law states that a confession alone is not enough to make the case. The 20nd work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department.

Police Precinct: Backing Investigation

1963

Tokyo's  Business District poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tokyo's Business District

1962

Police Department Part 15: Alibi poster
NR

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an alibi for the suspects. A security guard was killed in the building, the safe was broken into, but nothing was stolen. The three suspects have alibis, but who then killed the guard and broke into the safe? The 15th work from the popular series "Keishicho Monogatari", which documents the activities of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department. Sonny Chiba's first film role as one of the seven detectives.

Police Department Part 15: Alibi

1961

Secret poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secret

1960

Muteppō shain poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Muteppō shain

1961

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand poster
NR

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Horror of the Black Hand

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card poster
NR

The third and final installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - The Final Trump Card

1960

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown poster
NR

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar.

Seven-Color Mask: Red Jaguar - Million Dollar Showdown

1960

1950s · 9 titles

Series credits

GARO poster
7.7

The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.

GARO

2005

Super Rescue Solbrain poster
8.0

After the Winspector police team leaves Japan to fight crime in France, Chief Shunsuke Masaki realizes he must create a new police team to defend Tokyo from crime. He creates Solbrain – a high-tech special rescue force, expert in missions requiring rescue and firepower. Its leader is Daiki Nishio, a rookie detective who can use the Plus Up command in his car to transform into SolBraver. Other members are Reiko Higuchi, also able to use the Plus Up command to transform into SolJeanne, SolBraver's female counterpart; and SolDozer, a yellow bulldozer robot.

Super Rescue Solbrain

1991

Nanairo Kamen poster
9.0

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called New Seven Color Mask (新七色仮面, Shin Nanairo Kamen). It was created by Kōhan Kawauchi, who also created Moonlight Mask. This B&W TV show was the first superhero TV series by Toei Company Ltd. It was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from June 3, 1959 to June 30, 1960, with a total of 57 episodes divided into 7 segments. Aside from being Toei's first TV superhero show, this series was also the debut of actor Sonny Chiba, who was 19 at the time, who took over the title role from Susumu Namijima after Episode 32.

Nanairo Kamen

1959