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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Acting (175 movies)
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Sanjuro
1962
The End of Summer
1961
Whisper of the Heart
1995
Love's Cheerleader
1952
Chûshingura
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
恐妻時代
1952
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
Repast
1951
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Godzilla 1985
1985
To Love
1997
Third Class Executives
1952
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
Ôban
1957
Samurai Assassin
1965
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
Submersion of Japan
1973
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Tree Without Leaves
1986
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Summer Clouds
1958
Sudden Rain
1956
The Thin Line
1966
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
For Business
1986
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
The Man From Chungking
1943
The Ambitious
1970
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Settlement of Love
1956
The Masterless 47
1960
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
幻の殺意
1971
のど自慢三羽烏
1951
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
The Rainbow Man
1949
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961
One Summer's Day
1999
The Imperial Navy
1981
A Wife's Heart
1956
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Tasmania Story
1990
Husband and Wife
1953
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Little Peach
1958
The Golden Bat Shows Up
1972
White Love
1979
Here Is a Spring
1955
Diary of a Nurse
1947
The Militarists
1970
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
The Wiser Age
1962
The First Kiss
1955
The Return of Godzilla
1984
The Lost Alibi
1960
Mr. Pu
1953
Nonki saiban
1955
Yawara!
1989
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Hello, Baby
1964
I Hear the Whistle
1971
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Mr. Lucky
1952
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Beast Alley
1965
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Born in Sin
1962
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Price of Beauty
1957
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Challenge for Glory
1966
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Naked General
1958
Adolescence Part II
1953
Young Challengers
1968
The Daphne
1966
Night School
1956
Clothes of Deception
1951
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
Mother Country
1962
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