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Keiju Kobayashi
Gunma, 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…
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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
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2018
Godzilla Resurrection
Movie Prime Minister Mitamura
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2005
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Movie Narrator
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2003
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
Movie 平松
- 2002
- 2002
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2002
Vengeance for Sale
Movie Undertaker
- 2001
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1999
One Summer's Day
Movie Kenshiro Ooi
- 1998
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1997
To Love
Movie Kamijo
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1995
Whisper of the Heart
Movie Shiro Nishi (voice)
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1993
Karin
TV show 小森弥之助
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1990
Tasmania Story
Movie
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1989
Yawara!
Movie Jigoro inokuma
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1988
弁護士朝日岳之助
TV show
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1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Movie
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1987
A Taxing Woman
Movie Ryoko's Boss
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1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Movie
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1986
Tree Without Leaves
Movie Hatsu-rojin
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1986
For Business
Movie Mihara
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1985
Godzilla 1985
Movie Prime Minister Mitamura
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1985
Waves of Spring
TV show
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1984
The Return of Godzilla
Movie Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
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1983
L・O・V・I・N・G
Movie
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1983
松田聖子のはじめての情事
TV show
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1983
Okinawan Boys
Movie
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1982
Baian Mayoibashi
Movie
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1981
Tuesday Suspense Theater
TV show
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1981
The Imperial Navy
Movie Isoroku Yamamoto
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1979
White Love
Movie Keisuke Uemura
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1978
Afterglow
Movie
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1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Movie
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1977
Mount Hakkoda
Movie
- 1976
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1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
TV show Taira no Yoshimasa
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1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Movie 田所先生
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1975
Waga seishun no toki
Movie
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1975
Tidal Wave
Movie Dr. Tadokoro
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1974
Submersion of Japan
TV show Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
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1974
Japan Sinks
TV show 田所雄介博士
