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
