Keiju Kobayashi
Born November 23, 1923 (Age: 102)
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Gunma, Japan
Biography
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
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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Filmography
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
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as Prime Minister Mitamura
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Age: 95
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
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as Narrator
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Age: 81
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 78
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 78
Vengeance for Sale
2002
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as Undertaker
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Age: 78
No Image
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
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as
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Age: 74
To Love
1997
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as Kamijo
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Age: 73
Tasmania Story
1990
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as
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Age: 66
Yawara!
1989
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as Jigoro inokuma
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Age: 65
A Taxing Woman
1987
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as Ryoko's Boss
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Age: 63
Godzilla 1985
1985
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as Prime Minister Mitamura
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Age: 61
The Return of Godzilla
1984
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as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
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Age: 61
The Imperial Navy
1981
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as Isoroku Yamamoto
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Age: 57
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
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as
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Age: 53
Tidal Wave
1975
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as Dr. Tadokoro
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Age: 51
Submersion of Japan
1973
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as Dr. Tadokoro
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Age: 50
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
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as
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Age: 49
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
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as
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Age: 48
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
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as Tokuhei Kyojima
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Age: 48
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
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as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
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Age: 47
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
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as Shinsuke Narada
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Age: 47
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
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as
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Age: 47
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
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as Tanba Hisashi
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Age: 46
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
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as Hisashi Tamba
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Age: 46
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
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as Toshizo Hijikata
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Age: 46
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
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as Tomizô Funakoshi
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Age: 45
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
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as
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Age: 45
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
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as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
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Age: 45
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
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as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
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Age: 45
Young Challengers
1968
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as Junpei Namikawa
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Age: 44
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
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as Hiroshi Masaki
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Age: 44
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
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as Kenichi Honjō
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Age: 44
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
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as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
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Age: 44
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
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as Keigo Kojima
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Age: 42
A Company President's Life Story
1966
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as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
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Age: 42
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
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as
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Age: 41
Beast Alley
1965
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as Detective Hisatsune
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Age: 41
We Will Remember
1965
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as
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Age: 41
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
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as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
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Age: 41
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
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as
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Age: 41
Samurai Assassin
1965
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as Einosuke Kurihara
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Age: 41
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
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as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
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Age: 41
Could I But Live
1964
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as
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Age: 40
Hello, Baby
1964
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as Keisuke Yomoyama
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Age: 40
Ken
1964
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as Eri Itami
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Age: 40
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
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as
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Age: 40
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
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as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
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Age: 40
We Are Salarymen
1963
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as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
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Age: 40
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
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as Eburi Toshimaru
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Age: 39
Walleyed Nippon
1963
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as Narrator & Matchmaker
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Age: 39
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963
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as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
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Age: 39
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
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as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
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Age: 39
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
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as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
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Age: 39
Pressure of Guilt
1963
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as
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Age: 39
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
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as
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Age: 39
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
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as
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Age: 39
No Image
My Hobo
1962
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as Junpei Shishido
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Age: 39
Born in Sin
1962
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as
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Age: 39
Chûshingura
1962
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as Awajinokami Wakisake
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Age: 38
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
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as Fujiyama
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Age: 38
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
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as
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Age: 38
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
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as
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Age: 38
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
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as
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Age: 38
Mother Country
1962
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as
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Age: 38
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
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as
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Age: 38
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
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as
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Age: 38
The Wiser Age
1962
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as Jiro Ishikawa
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Age: 38
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
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as
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Age: 38
Sanjuro
1962
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as The Spy
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Age: 38
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
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as
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Age: 38
The End of Summer
1961
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as Hisao
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Age: 37
Snow in the South Seas
1961
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as
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Age: 37
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
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as
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Age: 37
Playboy President: Part II
1961
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as Takeshi Kuwabara
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Age: 37
Playboy President
1961
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as Kuwabara Takeshi
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Age: 37
Eternity of Love
1961
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as
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Age: 37
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
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as
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Age: 37
Taking a Success Course
1961
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as
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Age: 37
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
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as Michio Katayama
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Age: 37
The Masterless 47
1960
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as Heitaro Teraoka
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Age: 37
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
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as
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Age: 36
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
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as Namikichi Yashiro
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Age: 36
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
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as Isshin Tarō
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Age: 36
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
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as Namiyoshi Yashiro
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Age: 36
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
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as
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Age: 36
The Lost Alibi
1960
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as Teiichiro Ishino
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Age: 36
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
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as Isshin Tarō
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Age: 36
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
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as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
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Age: 36
New Third-Class Executive
1959
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as Namiyoshi Yashiro
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Age: 35
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
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as
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Age: 35
Fox and Raccoon
1959
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as Goichi Yufune
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Age: 35
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
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as
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Age: 35
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
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as
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Age: 35
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
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as
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Age: 35
The Naked General
1958
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as
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Age: 34
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
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as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
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Age: 34
Summer Clouds
1958
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as Hatsuji
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Age: 34
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
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as Officer Furuyama
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Age: 34
Little Peach
1958
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as Tayama
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Age: 34
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
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as Kitahachi Kitariya
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Age: 34
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
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as
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Age: 34
The Third President
1958
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as
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Age: 34
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
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as
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Age: 34
Assistant President
1958
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as
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Age: 34
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
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as
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Age: 32
A Wife's Heart
1956
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as Shinji
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Age: 32
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
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as Miki
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Age: 32
Night School
1956
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as Night time teacher
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Age: 32
Settlement of Love
1956
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as Takeuchi
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Age: 32
The President Talks Bank
1956
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as
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Age: 32
Sudden Rain
1956
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as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
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Age: 32
The President's Boss
1956
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as
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Age: 32
Young Love Conquers All
1955
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as
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Age: 32
The First Kiss
1955
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as
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Age: 31
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
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as
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Age: 31
Nonki saiban
1955
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as
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Age: 31
Here Is a Spring
1955
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as
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Age: 31
土曜日の天使
1954
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as
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Age: 30
Student Double Suicide
1954
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as
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Age: 30
Zoku botchan shain
1954
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as
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Age: 30
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
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as
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Age: 30
Red-Light Bases
1953
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as School Teacher Uenishi
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Age: 30
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
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as Heima Sakamoto
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Age: 29
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
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as Staff Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Girls in the Orchard
1953
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as
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Age: 29
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
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as
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Age: 29
Adolescence Part II
1953
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Their Father's Wife
1953
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as
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Age: 29
Mr. Pu
1953
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as
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Age: 29
Husband and Wife
1953
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as Shigekichi Hayakawa
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Age: 29
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
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as Drunken man A
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Age: 29
Resurrection
1950
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as Kunihiko Murai
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Age: 26
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
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as Yûji Tokuyama
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Age: 26
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
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as
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Age: 18