Keiju Kobayashi

Known for ActingBorn 1923-11-23Died 2010-09-16Gunma, Japan

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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

Godzilla Resurrection

One Summer's Day

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

The Daphne

Five Gents' Trick Book

We Will Remember

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Hello, Baby

Playboy President

The Masterless 47

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Assistant President

The Third President

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

Price of Beauty

Night School

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

Adolescence Part II

Dimple of Tokyo

Mr. Lucky

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Judge and Jeopardy

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

Challenge for Glory

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

My Hobo

Born in Sin

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Happiness of Us Alone

Snow in the South Seas

Acchan no bebi gyangu

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Master Fencer Sees the World

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Fox and Raccoon

Samurai in the Office

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Holiday in Tokyo

Ôban

Diary of a Successful Salaryman