Keiju Kobayashi
Born
November 23, 1923
Died
September 16, 2010 (86 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
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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.
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Known For
Godzilla Resurrection
Prime Minister Mitamura
2018
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
2005
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
2003
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Self
2002
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
Inspector Muta
2001
One Summer's Day
Kenshiro Ooi
1999
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
To Love
Kamijo
1997
Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
1995
Karin
小森弥之助 · (151 episodes)
1993
Tasmania Story
1990
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
1989
弁護士朝日岳之助
(1 episode)
1988
A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
1987
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
1986
For Business
Mihara
1986
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
1985
Waves of Spring
(50 episodes)
1985
The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1984
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
松田聖子のはじめての情事
(2 episodes)
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
Tuesday Suspense Theater
(1 episode)
1981
The Imperial Navy
Isoroku Yamamoto
1981
White Love
Keisuke Uemura
1979
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Taira no Yoshimasa · (52 episodes)
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Tidal Wave
Dr. Tadokoro
1975
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro · (26 episodes)
1974
Japan Sinks
田所雄介博士 · (26 episodes)
1974
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Tadokoro
1973
Pieces of Autumn
(15 episodes)
1973
The Golden Bat Shows Up
Tokuhei Kyojima
1972
I Hear the Whistle
Takashi Sugimoto
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
1971
幻の殺意
1971
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi
1970
The Ambitious
Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Hisashi Tamba
1970
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Toshizo Hijikata
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Tomizô Funakoshi
1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
1969
Young Challengers
Junpei Namikawa
1968
Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Kenichi Honjō
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
1968
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
1967
Challenge for Glory
1966
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
1966
The Thin Line
Isao Tashiro
1966
A Company President's Life Story
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Beast Alley
Detective Hisatsune
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
1965
Samurai Assassin
Einosuke Kurihara
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Could I But Live
1964
こんにちは赤ちゃん
Keisuke Yomoyama
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Eburi Toshimaru
1963
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
1963
Company President Travels Abroad
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
My Hobo
Junpei Shishido
1962
Born in Sin
1962
Chûshingura
Awajinokami Wakisake
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fujiyama
1962
Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Mother Country
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Wiser Age
Jiro Ishikawa
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Sanjuro
The Spy
1962
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
The End of Summer
Hisao
1961
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
1961
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
1961
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Taking a Success Course
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
Michio Katayama
1961
The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
1960
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1960
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
1959
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Naked General
1958
Summer Clouds
Hatsuji
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
1958
Little Peach
Tayama
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Kitahachi Kitariya
1958
The Third President
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Assistant President
1958
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
1957
Price of Beauty
1957
Ôban
Policeman
1957
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
A Wife's Heart
Shinji
1956
Night School
Night time teacher
1956
Settlement of Love
Takeuchi
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956
Sudden Rain
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1956
The President's Boss
1956
The First Kiss
1955
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Student Double Suicide
1954
Zoku botchan shain
1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Red-Light Bases
School Teacher Uenishi
1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
1953
Their Father's Wife
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Drunken man A
1953
恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
Policeman
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Love's Cheerleader
Mr. Gan
1952
Third Class Executives
Wakahara
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
1952
Repast
Shinzo Murata
1951
のど自慢三羽烏
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Clothes of Deception
Kōji
1951
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
Yûji Tokuyama
1950
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
1949
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
Diary of a Nurse
1947
The Hopeful Family
1947
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
1943
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
1943
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942