Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
Born 1923-11-23
Died 2010-09-16
Gunma, Japan
236 credits
Medal with Purple Ribbon 1
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1
Awards
Won 1 Medal with Purple Ribbon Award
Medal with Purple Ribbon 1 won
- 1985 Medal with Purple Ribbon Won
Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1 won
- 1965 Best Actor Won
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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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Acting
37 credits
Whisper of the Heart
Karin
Submersion of Japan
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Sanjuro
The Return of Godzilla
Godzilla 1985
White Love
The Battle of Okinawa
Submersion of Japan
The Naked General
My Hobo
Japan's Longest Day
Chûshingura
The End of Summer
A Taxing Woman
The Imperial Navy
My Wonderful Yellow Car
The Militarists
Beast Alley
Japan Sinks
Godzilla Resurrection
A Wanderer's Notebook
Ken
The Eagle of the Pacific
The Rainbow Man
The Daphne
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
For Business
Summer Clouds
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Tidal Wave
Samurai Assassin
Sudden Rain
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Little Peach
Schooldays
Other credits
23 credits
Waves of Spring
I Am Being Targeted
Mitsurin no mehyō
Tuesday Suspense Theater
Tetsuro no dankon
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Hatachi zengo
Fire Department
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Storm of the Pacific
Unmei no koyomi
Mount Hakkoda
Kenji to onnakanshu
Okinawan Boys
Convent Bride
Kimi ka to omohite
Odoriko monogatari
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Tokyo Sweetheart
Gunrō no machi
Hana no jitsugetsu
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Doku bara
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