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.

• Nikkatsu Corporation
• Akira Kobayashi
• Jō Shishido
• Ruriko Asaoka
• Yuji Odaka
• Hiroshi Kondō
• Mari Shiraki
• Yuzo Kiura
• Shōki Fukae