Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi (小林桂樹, Kobayashi Keiju, 23 November 1923 – 16 September 2010) was a Japanese actor who appeared in 253 films in a career spanning 67 years. 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 1956 he moved to Toho film company. 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 Katō, , 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 in 1958 (where he played Kiyoshi Yamashita), for in 1960, and for The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman in 1963. Kobayashi appeared in films made by such notable directors as Akira Kurosawa, Y...
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Switching: Goodbye Me
Nagasaki 1945: Anjerasu no kane
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Vengeance for Sale- INInspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
That Guy- THThe Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
To Love
Whisper of the Heart
Tasmania Story
Yawara!
Tree Without Leaves
Shinshi dômei
For Business
Godzilla 1985
The Return of Godzilla
Okinawan Boys
The Imperial Navy
White Love
Afterglow
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Tidal Wave
Submersion of Japan
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
I Hear the Whistle
The Battle of Okinawa
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Ambitious
The Militarists
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Judge and Jeopardy
Our Silent Love
Topo Gigio and the Missile War
The Daphne
The Stranger Within a Woman
Beast Alley
Samurai Assassin
Could I But Live
I Am a Medical Examiner
3 Gents in the Snow Country
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
3 Gents In Hawaii
Pressure of Guilt
Travel Stories of a Company President
Born in Sin- MYMy Hobo
Chûshingura
A Wanderer's Notebook
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Sanjuro
The End of Summer
Achan's Baby Gang
Playboy President: Part II
Playboy President
Eternity of Love
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Happiness of Us Alone
The Masterless 47
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
The Lost Alibi
I Bombed Pearl Harbor
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Summer Clouds
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Little Peach
Assistant President
Tôkyô no kyûjitsu
Ôban
Three Generations of Company Presidents
A Wife's Heart
Settlement of Love
Sudden Rain
The President's Boss
Nonki saiban
There Is a Spring
Girls in the Orchard
Adolescence Part II
Mr. Pu
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Husband and Wife
Dimple of Tokyo
Third Class Executives
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Repast
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre- FIFire Department
Clothes of Deception- HAHatachi zengo
Mado Kara Tobidase
Nijiotoko