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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 23, 1923
Place of Birth:
Gunma, Japan
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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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Karin | 小森弥之助 |
| 1988 | 弁護士朝日岳之助 | |
| 1985 | Waves of Spring | |
| 1983 | 松田聖子のはじめての情事 | |
| 1981 | Tuesday Suspense Theater | |
| 1976 | Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow | Taira no Yoshimasa |
| 1974 | Submersion of Japan | Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks | 田所雄介博士 |
| 1973 | Pieces of Autumn |