Keiju Kobayashi
Gunma, Japan
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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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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
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Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
