Keiju Kobayashi (1923 - 2010)
Keiju Kobayashi just before his death in Battle for Okinawa
Film Deaths[]
- Samurai Assassin (Samurai) (1965) [Einosuke Kurihara]: Stabbed to death with a sword by Toshirô Mifune
- Battle for Okinawa (Gekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen) (1971) [Gen. Ushijima]: Commits ritual suicide via hara-kiri rather than be taken prisoner.
- Submersion of Japan (Nihon Chinbotsu) (1973) [ Dr. Tadokoro] Drowns off-screen when Japan sinks.