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Keiju Kobayashi

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Known For

86 Years Old

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

Born

Gunma, Japan on 23rd November 1923

Died

16th September 2010

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Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Taira no Yoshimasa
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Submersion of Japan
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
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Karin
小森弥之助
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Waves of Spring
Japan Sinks Image
Japan Sinks
田所雄介博士
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Tuesday Suspense Theater
Whisper of the Heart Image
Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
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弁護士朝日岳之助
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The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Sanjuro Image
Sanjuro
The Spy
Godzilla 1985 Image
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
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The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
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The End of Summer
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Japan's Longest Day Image
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Chûshingura Image
Chûshingura
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The Imperial Navy
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A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
Submersion of Japan Image
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Tadokoro
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The Storm of the Pacific
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Samurai Assassin
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Mount Hakkoda
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Repast
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The Thin Line
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A Wanderer's Notebook
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Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
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Sudden Rain
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
A Wife's Heart Image
A Wife's Heart
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The Militarists
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Happiness of Us Alone
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
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Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
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松田聖子のはじめての情事
The Lost Alibi Image
The Lost Alibi
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My Wonderful Yellow Car
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The Wiser Age
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One Summer's Day
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The Eagle of the Pacific
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The Ambitious
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Clothes of Deception
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Price of Beauty
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Ôban
Policeman
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Tidal Wave
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Young Challengers
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こんにちは赤ちゃん Image
こんにちは赤ちゃん
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The Masterless 47 – Part II
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Dimple of Tokyo
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Love's Cheerleader
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Yawara! Image
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
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Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
Inspector Muta
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Taking a Success Course
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Hail the 3 Gents
For Business Image
For Business
Mihara
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恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
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Girls in the Orchard
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Red-Light Bases
School Teacher Uenishi
Adolescence Part II Image
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
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The President Talks Bank
Here Is a Spring Image
Here Is a Spring
Mother Country Image
Mother Country
Their Father's Wife Image
Their Father's Wife
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Godzilla Resurrection
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Mr. Pu Image
Mr. Pu
Night School Image
Night School
Night time teacher
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' Image
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi Image
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
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Three Generations of Company Presidents Image
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The Third President Image
The Third President
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells Image
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
Mr. Lucky Image
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
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Shimizu Port Salaryman
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Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
To Love Image
To Love
Kamijo
The President's Boss Image
The President's Boss
Tsuki yori no haha Image
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
Elephant from "Zoo Story" Image
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
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The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
The Rainbow Man Image
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl Image
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Playboy President: Part II Image
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
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Settlement of Love
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Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
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田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa Image
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
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Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
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President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
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Travel Stories of a Company President
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Tasmania Story
Born in Sin Image
Born in Sin
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のど自慢三羽烏
A Company President's Life Story Image
A Company President's Life Story
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Acchan no bebi gyangu
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking Image
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
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Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
The Tiger of Malaya Image
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
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Five Gents' Trick Book
The Man From Chungking Image
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
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Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
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The Hopeful Family Image
The Hopeful Family
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Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
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Wakarete ikiru toki mo
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Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
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Student Double Suicide
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
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5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
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3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring Image
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
I Hear the Whistle Image
I Hear the Whistle
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First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband Image
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
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The Golden Bat Shows Up
Tokuhei Kyojima
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New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
The First Kiss Image
The First Kiss
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Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
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幻の殺意
The Naked General Image
The Naked General
Challenge for Glory Image
Challenge for Glory
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3 Gents in the Snow Country
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Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Nonki saiban Image
Nonki saiban
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Third Class Executives
Wakahara
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Company President Travels Abroad
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Could I But Live Image
Could I But Live
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Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
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Diary of a Nurse
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo Image
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller Image
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
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Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
New Third-Class Executive Image
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
The Daphne Image
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Playboy President Image
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
Resurrection Image
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
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The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
Company President Travels Abroad Part II Image
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
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L・O・V・I・N・G
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
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Okinawan Boys
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The Dead Beauty Incident
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan Image
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
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Life's Simple Pleasures Image
Life's Simple Pleasures
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II Image
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Zoku botchan shain Image
Zoku botchan shain
Take the 'A' Train, Someday Image
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
Music's Twenty Doors Image
Music's Twenty Doors
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My Hobo
Junpei Shishido
Five Gents and a Kuniang Image
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi