Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

b. 1923 — d. 2010 (aged 87) Gunma, Japan

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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

Known For

Sanjuro

Godzilla 1985

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

Filmography

Hoshi no kunikara mago futari

Koisuru kanojo, nishi e.

Switching: Goodbye Me

Switching: Goodbye Me

Nagasaki 1945: Anjerasu no kane

Nagasaki 1945: Anjerasu no kane

Haha no iru basho

Koinu no warutsu

Take the 'A' Train, Someday

Take the 'A' Train, Someday

Warushawa no aki

Tegami

Vengeance for Sale

Vengeance for Sale

Denen no yuutsu

That Guy

Kenshiro Ooi (Yuta's grandfather)

To Love

Whisper of the Heart

Whisper of the Heart

Hôbiki no Tatsu torimonochô

Yanosuke Komori

Hawaiian Wedding Song: Maui No Omoide

Tasmania Story

Kaichi Ishibashi

Tabi no hajimari

Yawara!

Tree Without Leaves

Tree Without Leaves

For Business

Shinshi dômei

Tomohiro Murayama

Godzilla 1985

Prime Minister Mitamura

The Return of Godzilla

The Return of Godzilla

Prime Minster Seiki Mitamura

Yomigaetta engi

Okinawan Boys

High Teen Boogie

High Teen Boogie

Kôichirô Fujimaru

Kurumi no heya

Kazunomiya sama otome

Natsu no hikari ni ...

White Love

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Kigeki hyakuten manten

Waga seishun no toki

Waga seishun no toki

Doctor Yonomiya

Ôkubo Tadahiro

Submersion of Japan

Submersion of Japan

Dr. Tadokoro (D-1 Project Leader)

Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki

Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki

Ôgon Batto ga yattekuru

Tokuhei Kyojima

Battle of Okinawa

Battle of Okinawa

Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain

Tô-chan no pô ga kikoeru

Tô-chan no pô ga kikoeru

Maboroshi no satsui

Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin

The Ambitious

Yoshinosuke Saigo

The Militarists

The Militarists

Premier Hideki Tojo

Shachô gaku ABC

Zoku shachô gaku ABC

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Toshizo Hijikata

Shachô enmachô

Dai Nippon suri shûdan

Tomizô Funakoshi

Zoku shachô enmachô

Zoku shachô enmachô

Kubi

Shachô hanjôki

Shachô hanjôki

Young Challengers

Young Challengers

Zoku shacho hanjôki

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

Topo Gigio and the Missile War

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

Shachô senichiya

Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku

Michio Katayama

Zoku namonaku mazushiku utsukushiku: Haha to ko

Michio Katayama

The Stranger Within a Woman

The Stranger Within a Woman

Dark the Mountain Snow

Dark the Mountain Snow

Kyuemon's Brother

Five Gents on the Spot

Takashi Ishikawa

Shachô gyôjôki

Eiko eno chôsen

Eiko eno chôsen

Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin

Einosuke Kurihara

Beast Alley

Detective Hisatsune

Shachô ninpôchô

Tameki no taisho

Five Gents Trick Book

Takashi Ishikawa

Ken

Housing Estate: The Seven Deadly Sins

!st Sin-Tarô Nakamura

Kon'nichiwa akachan

Keisuke Yomoyama

Tadaima shinsatsu-chû

Zoku shachô shinshiroku

A Company President's Gentleman's Story

Tensai sagishi monogatari: Tanuki no hanamichi

Could I But Live

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

Shiro to kuro

Shachô manyûki

Shachô gaiyûki

We Are Salary Men

Zoku shachô manyûki

Zoku shachô gaiyûki

Sanjuro

A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

Mother Country

Burari burabura monogatari

Burari burabura monogatari

Jumpei, the Hobo

Born in Sin

Keizô Sakamoto

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

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