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Keiju Kobayashi

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1923-11-23

Deathday: 2010-09-16 (86 years old)

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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Filmography

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Actor

Keiju Kobayashi

Biography

Filmography

all 151

Movies 142

TV Shows 9

self 3

Narrator 1

Voice 1

Switching – Goodbye Me (2007)

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells (2005)

Take the 'A' Train, Someday (2003)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' (2002)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' (2002)

Vengeance for Sale (2002)

Farewell (2001)

Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. (2001)

One Summer's Day (1999)

The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya (1998)

To Love (1997)

Whisper of the Heart (1995)

Karin (1993)

Tasmania Story (1990)

Yawara! (1989)

弁護士朝日岳之助 (1988)

The Making of "A Taxing Woman" (1987)

A Taxing Woman (1987)

The Gentlemen’s Alliance (1986)

Tree Without Leaves (1986)

For Business (1986)

Godzilla 1985 (1985)

Waves of Spring (1985)

The Return of Godzilla (1984)

L・O・V・I・N・G (1983)

松田聖子のはじめての情事 (1983)

Okinawan Boys (1983)

Highteen Boogie (1982)

Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981)

The Imperial Navy (1981)

White Love (1979)

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ (1977)

Mount Hakkoda (1977)

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka (1976)

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow (1976)

Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)

Japan Sinks (1974)

Submersion of Japan (1974)

Submersion of Japan (1973)

Pieces of Autumn (1973)

The Golden Bat Shows Up (1972)

I Hear the Whistle (1971)

The Battle of Okinawa (1971)

幻の殺意 (1971)

The Militarists (1970)

The Ambitious (1970)

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969)

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club (1969)

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool (1969)

Young Challengers (1968)

Judge and Jeopardy (1968)

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Topo Gigio and the Missile War (1967)

Challenge for Glory (1966)

The Daphne (1966)

The Thin Line (1966)

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi (1965)

Beast Alley (1965)

Five Gents' Trick Book (1965)

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Could I But Live (1964)

こんにちは赤ちゃん (1964)

Ken (1964)

Zoku shachō shinshiroku (1964)

Hail the 3 Gents (1964)

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963)

Pressure of Guilt (1963)

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki (1962)

My Hobo (1962)

Born in Sin (1962)

Chûshingura (1962)

田舎刑事　時間よ、とまれ (1977)