Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

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 September 16, 2010 of heart failure at the age of 86.

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Movies starring Keiju Kobayashi (134)

Godzilla Resurrection (2018)

Prime Minister Mitamura

Whisper of the Heart (1995)

Shiro Nishi (Voice)

Yawara! (1989)

Jigoro Inokuma

Godzilla 1985 (1985)

Prime Minister Mitamura

The Return of Godzilla (1984)

Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

The Imperial Navy (1981)

Isoroku Yamamoto

White Love (1979)

Keisuke Uemura

The Militarists (1970)

Premier Hideki Tojo

The Ambitious (1970)

Yoshinosuke Saigo

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

The Daphne (1966)

Ooka (Umeko's Husband)

Beast Alley (1965)

Detective Hisatsune

Samurai Assassin (1965)

Einosuke Kurihara

Hello, Baby (1964)

Keisuke Yomoyama

Ken (1964)

Eri Itami

Hail the 3 Gents (1964)

Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)

My Hobo (1962)

Junpei Shishido

Chûshingura (1962)

Awajinokami Wakisake

The Lost Alibi (1960)

Teiichiro Ishino

Ôban (1957)

Policeman

Night School (1956)

Night Time Teacher

Sudden Rain (1956)

Nenkichi Imazato (The Man Next Door)

The Eagle of the Pacific (1953)

Staff Officer (Uncredited)

Husband and Wife (1953)

Shigekichi Hayakawa

Mr. Lucky (1952)

若原俊平

Repast (1951)

Shinzo Murata

Resurrection (1950)

Kunihiko Murai

The Rainbow Man (1949)

Ryôsuke Akashi

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