Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
Born: November 23, 1923 · Gunma, Japan
Died: September 16, 2010 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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
Known for
Whisper of the Heart
1995
Sanjuro
1962
The Return of Godzilla
1984
Godzilla 1985
1985
The End of Summer
1961
Samurai Assassin
1965
Repast
1951
Chûshingura
1962
A Taxing Woman
1987
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
Submersion of Japan
1973
Photos (1)
Movies (219)
Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
The End of Summer
Hisao
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
Sanjuro
The Spy
The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Repast
Shinzo Murata
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Tadokoro
Sudden Rain
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The Imperial Navy
Isoroku Yamamoto
Samurai Assassin
Einosuke Kurihara
Chûshingura
Awajinokami Wakisake
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Eburi Toshimaru
Tasmania Story
1990
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fujiyama
Happiness of Us Alone
Michio Katayama
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
All About Marriage
1958
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Isshin Tarō
Beast Alley
Detective Hisatsune
The Stranger Within a Woman
Isao Tashiro
Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Hisashi Tamba
The Wiser Age
Jiro Ishikawa
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Here Is a Spring
1955
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Toshizo Hijikata
Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
One Summer's Day
Kenshiro Ooi
Little Peach
Tayama
The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
Raccoon Dog Leader
1965
A Wife's Heart
Shinji
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Kenichi Honjō
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
Ken
Eri Itami
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
1951
I Am Being Targeted
1950
Godzilla Resurrection
Prime Minister Mitamura
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
Vengeance for Sale
Undertaker
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Dimple of Tokyo
Policeman
Could I But Live
Masayoshi Sakata
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Eternity of Love
1961
Achan's Baby Gang
1961
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
Aloha 3 Gents
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
Summer Clouds
Hatsuji
For Business
Mihara
To Love
Kamijo
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
Hail the 3 Gents
Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Clothes of Deception
Kōji
Nonki saiban
1955
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Ambitious
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
The President Talks Bank
1956
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Tomizô Funakoshi
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Mr. Pu
1953
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Tora-san, the Intellectual
田所先生
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
The First Kiss
Seikichi
White Love
Keisuke Uemura
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
A Brother and His Sister
Utsumi
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Gunrō no machi
1952
Odoriko monogatari
1947
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
The Third President
1958
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Mitsurin no mehyō
1950
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Drunken man A
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Hello, Baby
Keisuke Yomoyama
Girls in the Orchard
1953
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Price of Beauty
1957
School Girls in Costume
1955
Assistant President
1958
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Funny Fellows
1956
The President's Boss
1956
Yobiko hoshi
1952
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
All Sold Out
1956
Young Challengers
Junpei Namikawa
The Naked General
Kiyoshi Yamashita
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
Settlement of Love
Takeuchi
The Red Light Military Base
School Teacher Uenishi
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Kitahachi Kitariya
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Tidal Wave
Dr. Tadokoro
Diary of a Nurse
1947
I Hear the Whistle
Takashi Sugimoto
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Third Class Executives
Wakahara
We Are Salarymen
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Tetsuro no dankon
1950
King of the Raccoon Dogs
1966
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Night School
Night time teacher
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Heikurō
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Their Father's Wife
1953
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Student Double Suicide
1954
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
A Company President's Life Story
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Tokuhei Kyojima
The Luckiest Dai
1957
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
Born in Sin
1962
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Baian Mayoibashi
1982
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1959
Waga seishun no toki
1975
Fox and Raccoon
Goichi Yufune
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
3 Gents In Hawaii
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
The Inugami Family
1990
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
1957
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
Detour to Love
Tetsuo Iwatani
The Hopeful Family
1947
Ôban
Policeman
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Mado Kara Tobidase
Yûji Tokuyama
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Isshin Tarō
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1st Sin & 7th Sin
Oyabaka taishō
1948
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Shinsuke Narada
Love's Cheerleader
Mr. Gan
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
Thief on the Run
1964
恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
Convent Bride
1946
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
A Song of Little Men
1953
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Afterglow
1978
Mother Country
1962
Walleyed Nippon
Narrator & Matchmaker
Pure Love
1956
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Miki
Taking a Success Course
1961
Okinawan Boys
1983
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Our Silent Love
1967
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Hideyoshi Kinoshita
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
Zoku botchan shain
1954
Young Love Conquers All
1955
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Challenge for Glory
1966
All-out Attack on Singapore
Private Kimura
Samurai in the Office
1959
We Will Remember
1965
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
1944
Schooldays
Yamaoka
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
