Keiju Kobayashi
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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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Acting
Movie
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
1995
Movie
Sanjuro
as The Spy
1962
Movie
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1984
Movie
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
1985
Movie
The End of Summer
as Hisao
1961
Movie
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
1965
Movie
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
1951
Movie
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
1962
Movie
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
1987
Movie
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1967
Movie
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
1969
Movie
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
1973
Movie
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Movie
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
1981
Movie
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
1958
Movie
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1956
Movie
Little Peach
as Tayama
1958
Movie
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
1963
Movie
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
1971
Movie
The Stranger Within a Woman
as Isao Tashiro
1966
Movie
Ken
as Eri Itami
1964
Movie
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970
Movie
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
1956
Movie
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
1962