Keiju Kobayashi
Biography
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
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Movies (41)
Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
2018
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
as Narrator
2005
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
as 平松
2003
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
2002
Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
2002
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
as Inspector Muta
2001
One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
1999
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
To Love
as Kamijo
1997
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
1995
Tasmania Story
1990
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
1989
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
1987
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
1986
For Business
as Mihara
1986
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
1985
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1984
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
1981
White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
1979
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
1975
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
1973
The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Tokuhei Kyojima
1972
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
1971
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
1971
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
as Shinsuke Narada
1971
幻の殺意
1971
The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
1970
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
1970
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
1969
