Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
Born: 1923-11-23 in Gunma, Japan
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
Known For
Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
Sanjuro
The Spy
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Karin
小森弥之助
The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Taira no Yoshimasa
Third Class Executives
Wakahara
Mitsurin no mehyō
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
White Love
Keisuke Uemura
A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
The Stranger Within a Woman
Isao Tashiro
Waves of Spring
Here Is a Spring
Tuesday Suspense Theater
Happiness of Us Alone
Michio Katayama
The End of Summer
Hisao
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Tokuhei Kyojima
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Kenichi Honjō
I Am a Medical Examiner
Chûshingura
Awajinokami Wakisake
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
I Am Being Targeted
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi
Japan Sinks
田所雄介博士
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
Atarashii Sebiro
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
Nonki saiban
For Business
Mihara
Godzilla Resurrection
Prime Minister Mitamura
Mount Hakkoda
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)