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Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Birthday: 1923-11-23 | Place of Birth: Gunma, Japan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiju Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2005
2003
Take the 'A' Train, Someday

as    平松

1999
One Summer's Day

as    Kenshiro Ooi

1997
To Love

as    Kamijo

1993
Karin

as    小森弥之助

1989
Yawara!

as    Jigoro inokuma

1986
Tree Without Leaves

as    Hatsu-rojin

1986
For Business

as    Mihara

1985
Godzilla 1985

as    Prime Minister Mitamura

1984
The Return of Godzilla

as    Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

1981
The Imperial Navy

as    Isoroku Yamamoto

1979
White Love

as    Keisuke Uemura

1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

as    Taira no Yoshimasa

1975
Tidal Wave

as    Dr. Tadokoro

1974
Submersion of Japan

as    Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro

1974
Japan Sinks

as    田所雄介博士

1973
Submersion of Japan

as    Dr. Tadokoro

1972
The Golden Bat Shows Up

as    Tokuhei Kyojima

1971
The Battle of Okinawa

as    General Ushijima

1970
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

as    Toshizo Hijikata