Keiju Kobayashi
Actor
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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Filmography
Sanjuro
as The Spy 1962
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura 1984
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura 1985
The End of Summer
as Hisao 1961
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara 1965
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake 1962
Repast
as Shinzo Murata 1951
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss 1987
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa 1967
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata 1969
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro 1973
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji 1958
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door) 1956
Little Peach
as Tayama 1958
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru 1963