Keiju Kobayashi
Biography
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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
Acting
1952
as
1962
asThe Spy
1961
asHisao
1995
asShiro Nishi (voice)
1952
asMr. Gan
1962
asAwajinokami Wakisake
1962
as
1952
asShinichi Utsumi
1953
asHeima Sakamoto
1969
asToshizo Hijikata
1962
as
1951
asShinzo Murata
1962
as
1985
asPrime Minister Mitamura
1997
asKamijo
1952
asWakahara
1963
asEburi Toshimaru
1957
asPoliceman
1965
asEinosuke Kurihara
1958
asKitahachi Kitariya
1973
asDr. Tadokoro
1969
as
1969
asTomizô Funakoshi
1960
as
1977
as
1960
as
1986
asHatsu-rojin
1971
asGeneral Ushijima
1958
asHatsuji
1956
asNenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1966
asIsao Tashiro
1962
as
1958
as
1986
asMihara
1968
asHiroshi Masaki
1965
as
1943
as中原精一
1970
asYoshinosuke Saigo
1977
as
1956
asTakeuchi
1960
asHeitaro Teraoka
1962
as
1971
as
1951
as
2003
as平松
1949
asRyôsuke Akashi
1961
as
1999
asKenshiro Ooi
1981
asIsoroku Yamamoto
1956
asShinji
1962
as
1990
as
1953
asShigekichi Hayakawa
1964
as
1961
asMichio Katayama
1955
as
1962
asFujiyama
1958
asTayama
1962
asJunpei Shishido
1972
asTokuhei Kyojima
1979
asKeisuke Uemura
1955
as
1947
as
1970
asPremier Hideki Tojo
1952
asPoliceman
1962
asJiro Ishikawa
1955
as
1984
asPrime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1960
asTeiichiro Ishino
1953
as
1955
as
1989
asJigoro inokuma
1986
as
1964
asKeisuke Yomoyama
1971
asTakashi Sugimoto
1961
as
1952
as若原俊平
1961
as
1951
asKenji
2002
asSelf
2002
asSelf
1961
as
1976
as
1958
as
1965
asDetective Hisatsune
1963
as
1962
as
1983
as
1957
as
1952
as1998
as
1966
as
1983
as
1958
as
1953
as(uncredited)
1968
asJunpei Namikawa
1966
asOoka (Umeko's husband)
1956
asNight time teacher
1951
asKōji
1961
as2001
asInspector Muta
1943
asHassan
1962
as
1987
asRyoko's Boss
1962
as
1975
as
1953
asStaff Officer (uncredited)
1953
asDrunken man A
1953
as
1953
as
1953
asSchool Teacher Uenishi
2005
asNarrator
1956
as
1956
as
1958
as
1964
as
1953
as
1950
asKunihiko Murai
1951
as
1956
as
1965
as
1964
as
1959
as
1958
as
1959
as
1947
as
1967
asChamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1950
asYûji Tokuyama
1942
as
1954
as
1948
as
1954
as
1948
as
1961
as
1975
asDr. Tadokoro
2018
asPrime Minister Mitamura
as
as
as小森弥之助
asDr. Yusuke Tadokoro
as田所雄介博士
asTaira no Yoshimasa
asas 
asProduction
Crew
Directing
