In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.
Akira Kobayashi
Joe Shishido
Ruriko Asaoka
Yuji Odaka
Hiroshi Kondō
Mari Shiraki
Yuzo Kiura
Shōki Fukae
Keisuke Noro
Kōji Seyama
Tomio Aoki
Kotoe Hatsui
Toshiaki Itō
Arihiro Fujimura
Masao Shimizu
Nobuo Kaneko
Eizo Kurata
Mitsuru Sawa
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