Kobayashi Keiju

[Michael Kerpan]

Kobayashi was also regular member of Naruse's post-war "repertory company" -- often playing key supporting roles and occasional leading ones. And he showed up in films by Ozu, Kurosawa and Ichikawa. In addition, he provided the (memorable) voice of the hero's grandfather in Takahata's Omohide poro poro (Only Yesterday).  He will indeed be missed.


--- On Sat, 9/18/10, Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:

> From: Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu>
> Subject: Kobayashi Keiju
> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 1:44 PM
> Another great postwar performer has
> passed away: Kobayashi Keiju. Unfortunately, he was not too
> well known abroad because he worked with lesser known
> directors (such as Okamoto Kihachi or Horikawa Hiromichi)
> and in series comedy (the Shacho series), but he was central
> in defining the "salaryman" image in the postwar, while also
> showing the cracks underneath. He will sorely be missed.
> 
> http://www.aarongerow.com/news/kobayashi-keiju.html
> 
> Aaron Gerow
> Associate Professor
> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
> Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies
> Yale University
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