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Born · November 23, 1923
Died · September 16, 2010 (86 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: 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 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
Narrator
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2005
平松
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2003
Self
8.0
2002
Self
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2002
Inspector Muta
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2001
Kenshiro Ooi
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1999
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1998
Kamijo
5.5
1997
Shiro Nishi (voice)
7.9
1995
小森弥之助 · (151 episodes)
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1993
9.0
1990
Jigoro inokuma
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1989
(1 episode)
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1988
Ryoko's Boss
6.9
1987
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1986
Hatsu-rojin
7.8
1986
Mihara
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1986
Prime Minister Mitamura
6.8
1985
(50 episodes)
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1985
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
7.2
1984
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1983
(2 episodes)
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1983
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1983
(1 episode)
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1981
Isoroku Yamamoto
6.6
1981
Keisuke Uemura
5.0
1979
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1977
6.4
1977
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1976
Taira no Yoshimasa · (52 episodes)
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1976
7.7
1975
Dr. Tadokoro
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1975
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro · (26 episodes)
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1974
田所雄介博士 · (26 episodes)
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1974
Dr. Tadokoro
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1973
(15 episodes)
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1973
Tokuhei Kyojima
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1972
Takashi Sugimoto
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1971
General Ushijima
7.5
1971
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1971
Premier Hideki Tojo
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1970
Yoshinosuke Saigo
7.3
1970
Toshizo Hijikata
6.8
1969
Tomizô Funakoshi
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1969
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1969
Junpei Namikawa
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1968
Hiroshi Masaki
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1968
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
7.1
1967
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1966
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
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1966
Isao Tashiro
7.3
1966
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1965
Detective Hisatsune
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1965
Einosuke Kurihara
7.3
1965
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1965
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1964
Keisuke Yomoyama
10.0
1964
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1964
Eburi Toshimaru
6.1
1963
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1963
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Junpei Shishido
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1962
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1962
Awajinokami Wakisake
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1962
Fujiyama
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1962
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5.8
1962
6.5
1962
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1962
Jiro Ishikawa
7.3
1962
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1962
The Spy
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1962
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1961
Hisao
7.5
1961
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1961
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1961
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1961
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1961
Michio Katayama
9.0
1961
Heitaro Teraoka
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1960
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1960
5.6
1960
Teiichiro Ishino
5.2
1960
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1959
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1959
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1958
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1958
Hatsuji
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1958
Tayama
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1958
Kitahachi Kitariya
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1958
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1957
Policeman
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1957
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1956
Shinji
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1956
Night time teacher
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1956
Takeuchi
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1956
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1956
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
6.6
1956
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6.3
1955
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1954
School Teacher Uenishi
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1953
Heima Sakamoto
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1953
Staff Officer (uncredited)
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1953
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1953
(uncredited)
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1953
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1953
6.5
1953
Shigekichi Hayakawa
6.6
1953
Drunken man A
6.0
1953
Shinichi Utsumi
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1952
Policeman
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1952
7.0
1952
Mr. Gan
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1952
Wakahara
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1952
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1952
若原俊平
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1952
Shinzo Murata
7.5
1951
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1951
Kenji
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1951
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1951
Kōji
6.5
1951
Kunihiko Murai
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1950
Yûji Tokuyama
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1950
Ryôsuke Akashi
6.7
1949
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1947
中原精一
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1943
Hassan
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1943
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1942