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
Ruriko Asaoka
Mari Shiraki
Midori Tashiro
Yōko Kozono
Eiji Gō
Kyōji Aoyama
Ryōhei Uchida
Hiroshi Kondō
Takamaru Sasaki
Shōki Fukae
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Keisuke Yukioka
Tomio Aoki
Saburo Hiromatsu
Masahiko Shimazu
Nobuo Kawakami
Yoko Namiki
Eiko Namiki
Gō Kuroda
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