Kobayashi Keiju

Kobayashi Keiju (小林桂樹) was born on November 23, 1923. Kobayashi Keiju movies and tv shows: Koi Suru Kanojo, Nishi He 2009 (Japan), Koinu no Waltz 2004 (Japan), Tegami 2003 (Japan), One Summer's Day 1999 (Japan), To Love 1997 (Japan)...

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First Name: Keiju

Family Name: Kobayashi

Native Name: 小林桂樹

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: November 23, 1923

Kobayashi Keiju 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.
Kobayashi appeared in films made by such notable directors as Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and Kihachi Okamoto.