Keiju Kobayashi
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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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-11-23
Place of birth
Gunma, Japan
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Cast
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
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Sanjuro
1962
7.95
The End of Summer
1961
7.52
Whisper of the Heart
1995
7.95
Love's Cheerleader
1952
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Chûshingura
1962
7.30
続サラリーマン清水港
1962
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恐妻時代
1952
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Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
6.80
女難コースを突破せよ
1962
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Repast
1951
7.50
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
1962
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Godzilla 1985
1985
6.79
To Love
1997
5.50
Third Class Executives
1952
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The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
6.10
Ôban
1957
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Samurai Assassin
1965
7.30
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
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Submersion of Japan
1973
6.70
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
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The Storm of the Pacific
1960
5.60
Mount Hakkoda
1977
6.40
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
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Tree Without Leaves
1986
7.80
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.50
Summer Clouds
1958
7.50
Sudden Rain
1956
6.60
The Thin Line
1966
7.30
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
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For Business
1986
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Judge and Jeopardy
1968
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Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
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The Man From Chungking
1943
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The Ambitious
1970
7.20
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
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The Masterless 47
1960
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Settlement of Love
1956
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Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
1962
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幻の殺意
1971
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のど自慢三羽烏
1951
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Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
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The Rainbow Man
1949
6.70
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961
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One Summer's Day
1999
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The Imperial Navy
1981
6.60
A Wife's Heart
1956
6.80
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
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Tasmania Story
1990
9.00
Husband and Wife
1953
6.60
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
1964
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Happiness of Us Alone
1961
9.00
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
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Little Peach
1958
5.80
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
7.20
My Hobo
1962
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The Golden Bat Shows Up
1972
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White Love
1979
5.00
Here Is a Spring
1955
7.00
Diary of a Nurse
1947
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The Militarists
1970
8.00
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
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The Wiser Age
1962
7.30
The First Kiss
1955
6.30
The Return of Godzilla
1984
7.20
The Lost Alibi
1960
5.20
Mr. Pu
1953
6.50
Nonki saiban
1955
0.00
Yawara!
1989
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
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こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964
10.00
I Hear the Whistle
1971
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Snow in the South Seas
1961
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Mr. Lucky
1952
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Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
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Tsuki yori no haha
1951
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3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
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Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
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Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
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Beast Alley
1965
7.00
Pressure of Guilt
1963
7.00
Born in Sin
1962
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L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
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Price of Beauty
1957
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Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
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Challenge for Glory
1966
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Okinawan Boys
1983
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The Naked General
1958
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Adolescence Part II
1953
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Young Challengers
1968
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The Daphne
1966
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Night School
1956
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Clothes of Deception
1951
6.50
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
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The Tiger of Malaya
1943
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Mother Country
1962
6.50
A Taxing Woman
1987
6.90
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
7.70
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
7.70
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
6.00
Their Father's Wife
1953
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Red-Light Bases
1953
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Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
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The President Talks Bank
1956
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The President's Boss
1956
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Assistant President
1958
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Hail the 3 Gents
1964
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Girls in the Orchard
1953
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Resurrection
1950
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はりきり社長
1956
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Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
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Could I But Live
1964
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社長太平記
1959
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Zoku shachōtaiheiki
1959
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The Third President
1958
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The Hopeful Family
1947
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Japan's Longest Day
1967
7.10
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
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Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
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Student Double Suicide
1954
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The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
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Music's Twenty Doors
1948
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Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
1961
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Tidal Wave
1975
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Godzilla Resurrection
2018
10.00