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Keiju Kobayashi
Actor
Born November 23, 1923Died September 16, 2010 (86 years)
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Keiju Kobayashi (23 November 1923–16 September 2010) was a Japanese actor. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In a career that spanned 65 years, he appeared in over 250 films, most famously in the "Company President" (Shachō) comedy films made at Toho, where he worked alongside Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Kato, Norihei Miki, and others. There he helped define the popular image of the postwar salaryman. He also won many awards for his acting, including best actor awards at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Naked General in 1958 (where he played Kiyoshi Yamashita), for Kuroi gashū in 1960, and for The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman in 1963. Kobayashi appeared in films made by such notable directors as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Kihachi Okamoto. He continued to give powerful performances after largely moving to television in the late 1960s.
He died on 16 September 2010 of heart failure at the age of 86.
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Keiju Kobayashi (23 November 1923–16 September 2010) was a Japanese actor. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In a career that spanned 65 years, he appeared in over 250 films, most famously in the "Company President" (Shachō) comedy films made at Toho, where he worked alongside Hisaya Morishige, Daisuke Kato, Norihei Miki, and others. There he helped define the popular image of the postwar salaryman. He also won many awards for his acting, including best actor awards at the Mainichi Film Awards for The Naked General in 1958 (where he played Kiyoshi Yamashita), for Kuroi gashū in 1960, and for The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman in 1963. Kobayashi appeared in films made by such notable directors as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Kihachi Okamoto. He continued to give powerful performances after largely moving to television in the late 1960s.
He died on 16 September 2010 of heart failure at the age of 86.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2007 | Switching: Goodbye Me · as Cast |
| 2003 | Tegami · as Genji Omori |
| 2001 | Vengeance for Sale · as Undertaker |
| 1999 | That Guy · as Kenshiro Ooi |
| 1997 | To Love · as Kamijo |
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart · as Shiro Nishi (voice) |
| 1993 | Karin (TV Series) · as 小森弥之助 |
| 1990 | |
| 1987 | A Taxing Woman · as Ryoko's Boss |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Tree Without Leaves · as Hatsu-Rojin |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 · as Prime Minister Mitamura |
| 1984 | The Return of Godzilla · as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura |
| 1983 | |
| 1981 | Tuesday Suspense Theater (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Imperial Navy · as Isoroku Yamamoto |
| 1979 | White Love · as Keisuke Uemura |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Tidal Wave · as Dr. Tadokoro |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks (TV Series) · as 田所雄介博士 |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan · as Dr. Tadokoro |
| 1971 | Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin · as Shinsuke Narada, President Of Yoyo Industries |
| 1971 | Battle of Okinawa · as General Ushijima |
| 1970 | The Militarists · as Premier Hideki Tojo |
| 1970 | The Ambitious · as Yoshinosuke Saigo |
| 1970 | Shachô gaku ABC · as Hisashi Tamba |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor · as Toshizo Hijikata |
| 1969 | Zoku shachô enmachô · as Saijō Takashi (pr Manager) |
| 1969 | Shachô enmachô · as Takashi Saijō (pr And Planning Manager) |
| 1968 | Shachô hanjôki · as Kenichi Honjo (takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager) |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day · as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa |
| 1967 | Topo Gigio and the Missile War · as Voice |
| 1967 | Five Gents Prefer Geisha · as Shingo Kimura |
| 1967 | Shachô senichiya · as Nobuyoshi Kimura (development Director) |
| 1966 | The Stranger Within a Woman · as Isao Tashiro |
| 1966 | Shachô gyôjôki · as Kojima Keigo (chief Of Secretary) |
| 1965 | Five Gents Trick Book · as Takashi Ishikawa (technical Manager) |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin · as Einosuke Kurihara |
| 1965 | |
| 1964 | Kon'nichiwa akachan · as Keisuke Yomoyama |
| 1964 | Ken · as Eri Itami |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman · as Eburi Toshimaru |
| 1963 | Zoku shachô gaiyûki · as Hiroshi Nakamura (chief Secretary) |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Zoku shachô manyûki · as Susumu Kimura (chief Secretary) |
| 1963 | Shachô gaiyûki · as Nakamura Hiroshi (chief Secretary) |
| 1963 | Attack Squadron! · as Cast |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Chushingura · as Awajinokami Wakisake |
| 1962 | A Wanderer's Notebook · as Fujiyama |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | A Woman's Place · as Jiro Ishikawa |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as The Spy |
| 1961 | The End of Summer · as Hisao |
| 1961 | Playboy President · as Kuwabara Takeshi |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Happiness of Us Alone · as Michio Katayama |
| 1960 | Sararîman Chûshingura · as Heitaro Teraoka |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Lost Alibi · as Teiichiro Ishino |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures · as God Amatsumaura |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Summer Clouds · as Hatsuji |
| 1958 | All About Marriage · as Cast |
| 1958 | Little Peach · as Tayama |
| 1958 | |
| 1958 | |
| 1956 | |
| 1956 | A Wife's Heart · as Shinji |
| 1956 | Sudden Rain · as Nenkichi Imazato (the Man Next Door) |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Hatsukoi kanariya musume · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Eagle of the Pacific · as Staff Officer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Husband and Wife · as Shigekichi Hayakawa |
| 1953 | My Wonderful Yellow Car · as Drunken Man A |
| 1952 | |
| 1951 | Repast · as Shinzo Murata |
| 1951 | Clothes of Deception · as Kōji |
| 1949 | Nijiotoko · as Ryôsuke Akashi |
| 1943 | Marai no tora · as Hassan |