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
Film 1952
The Spy
Film 1962
Hisao
Film 1961
Shiro Nishi (voice)
Film 1995
Mr. Gan
Film 1952
Awajinokami Wakisake
Film 1962
Film 1962
Shinichi Utsumi
Film 1952
Heima Sakamoto
Film 1953
Toshizo Hijikata
Film 1969
Film 1962
Shinzo Murata
Film 1951
Film 1962
Prime Minister Mitamura
Film 1985
Kamijo
Film 1997
Wakahara
Film 1952
Eburi Toshimaru
Film 1963
Policeman
Film 1957
Einosuke Kurihara
Film 1965
Kitahachi Kitariya
Film 1958
Dr. Tadokoro
Film 1973
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Tomizô Funakoshi
Film 1969
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Film 1960
Hatsu-rojin
Film 1986
General Ushijima
Film 1971
Hatsuji
Film 1958
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
Film 1956
Isao Tashiro
Film 1966
Film 1962
Film 1958
Mihara
Film 1986
Hiroshi Masaki
Film 1968
Film 1965
中原精一
Film 1943
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Film 1970
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Takeuchi
Film 1956
Heitaro Teraoka
Film 1960
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平松
Film 2003
Ryôsuke Akashi
Film 1949
Film 1961
Kenshiro Ooi
Film 1999
Isoroku Yamamoto
Film 1981
Shinji
Film 1956
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Film 1990
Shigekichi Hayakawa
Film 1953
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Michio Katayama
Film 1961
Film 1955
Fujiyama
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Tayama
Film 1958
Junpei Shishido
Film 1962
Tokuhei Kyojima
Film 1972
Keisuke Uemura
Film 1979
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Policeman
Film 1952
Jiro Ishikawa
Film 1962
Film 1955
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Film 1984
Teiichiro Ishino
Film 1960
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Film 1955
Jigoro inokuma
Film 1989
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Keisuke Yomoyama
Film 1964
Takashi Sugimoto
Film 1971
Film 1961
若原俊平
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Kenji
Film 1951
Self
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Self
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Junpei Namikawa
Film 1968
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Film 1966
Night time teacher
Film 1956
Kōji
Film 1951
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Inspector Muta
Film 2001
Hassan
Film 1943
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Ryoko's Boss
Film 1987
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Staff Officer (uncredited)
Film 1953
Drunken man A
Film 1953
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School Teacher Uenishi
Film 1953
Narrator
Film 2005
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Kunihiko Murai
Film 1950
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Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
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Yûji Tokuyama
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小森弥之助
Tv 1993
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
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田所雄介博士
Tv 1974
Taira no Yoshimasa
Tv 1976
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