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 (213)
Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
Sanjuro
The Spy
The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Okinawan Boys
1983
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Tadokoro
White Love
Keisuke Uemura
The End of Summer
Hisao
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
Godzilla Resurrection
Prime Minister Mitamura
Chûshingura
Awajinokami Wakisake
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Heikurō
A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
The Imperial Navy
Isoroku Yamamoto
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Tidal Wave
Dr. Tadokoro
Yobiko hoshi
1952
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Mitsurin no mehyō
1950
Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
Summer Clouds
Hatsuji
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
The Naked General
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
I Am Being Targeted
1950
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Toshizo Hijikata
The Stranger Within a Woman
Isao Tashiro
Nonki saiban
1955
The Wiser Age
Jiro Ishikawa
The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
Aloha 3 Gents
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi
Tasmania Story
1990
Samurai Assassin
Einosuke Kurihara
Ken
Eri Itami
Mother Country
1962
A Wife's Heart
Shinji
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1959
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
Diary of a Nurse
1947
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
Repast
Shinzo Murata
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fujiyama
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Beast Alley
Detective Hisatsune
Convent Bride
1946
For Business
Mihara
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Eburi Toshimaru
Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Hisashi Tamba
The First Kiss
Seikichi
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Kenichi Honjō
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
1944
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Vengeance for Sale
Undertaker
Sudden Rain
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Eternity of Love
1961
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
Fox and Raccoon
Goichi Yufune
Their Father's Wife
1953
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
Clothes of Deception
Kōji
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
One Summer's Day
Kenshiro Ooi
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Here Is a Spring
1955
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
Little Peach
Tayama
Gunrō no machi
1952
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Price of Beauty
1957
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
Waga seishun no toki
1975
Oyabaka taishō
1948
Funny Fellows
1956
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
All Sold Out
1956
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Isshin Tarō
Happiness of Us Alone
Michio Katayama
School Girls in Costume
1955
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
The Third President
1958
I Hear the Whistle
Takashi Sugimoto
恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
The Ambitious
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Hello, Baby
Keisuke Yomoyama
A Company President's Life Story
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
All-out Attack on Singapore
Private Kimura
Ôban
Policeman
Third Class Executives
Wakahara
A Brother and His Sister
Utsumi
The Red Light Military Base
School Teacher Uenishi
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Hail the 3 Gents
Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Mr. Pu
1953
Tetsuro no dankon
1950
3 Gents In Hawaii
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Shinsuke Narada
Born in Sin
1962
A Song of Little Men
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Drunken man A
Settlement of Love
Takeuchi
Samurai in the Office
1959
Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
Odoriko monogatari
1947
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Miki
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Tomizô Funakoshi
Could I But Live
Masayoshi Sakata
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
The President's Boss
1956
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
Pure Love
1956
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
Afterglow
1978
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Baian Mayoibashi
1982
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
1951
Detour to Love
Tetsuo Iwatani
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
To Love
Kamijo
Dimple of Tokyo
Policeman
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Night School
Night time teacher
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Tokuhei Kyojima
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
The Luckiest Dai
1957
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
We Are Salarymen
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Challenge for Glory
1966
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Kitahachi Kitariya
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Isshin Tarō
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
Young Challengers
Junpei Namikawa
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
Walleyed Nippon
Narrator & Matchmaker
Mado Kara Tobidase
Yûji Tokuyama
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Snow in the South Seas
1961
We Will Remember
1965
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Taking a Success Course
1961
Our Silent Love
1967
The President Talks Bank
1956
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
The Hopeful Family
1947
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Young Love Conquers All
1955
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Assistant President
1958
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
Student Double Suicide
1954
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
Love's Cheerleader
Mr. Gan
Zoku botchan shain
1954
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Schooldays
Yamaoka
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1st Sin & 7th Sin
