Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Known for
Acting
Born
November 23, 1923
Died
September 16, 2010 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Gunma, Japan

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

Filmography

2018
Godzilla Resurrection poster

Godzilla Resurrection

Movie · as Prime Minister Mitamura

2005
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells poster

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells

Movie · as Narrator

2003
Take the 'A' Train, Someday poster

Take the 'A' Train, Someday

Movie · as 平松

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Movie · as Self

2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' poster

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Movie · as Self

2002
Vengeance for Sale poster

Vengeance for Sale

Movie · as Undertaker

2001
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.

Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.

Movie · as Inspector Muta

1999
One Summer's Day poster

One Summer's Day

Movie · as Kenshiro Ooi

1998
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya

The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya

Movie

1997
To Love poster

To Love

Movie · as Kamijo

1995
Whisper of the Heart poster

Whisper of the Heart

Movie · as Shiro Nishi (voice)

1993
Karin poster

Karin

TV · as 小森弥之助 · 151 eps

1990
Tasmania Story poster

Tasmania Story

Movie

1990
The Inugami Family poster

The Inugami Family

Movie

1989
Yawara! poster

Yawara!

Movie · as Jigoro inokuma

1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan poster

The Wives of Rokumeikan

Movie

1988
弁護士朝日岳之助

弁護士朝日岳之助

TV · 1 ep

1987
A Taxing Woman poster

A Taxing Woman

Movie · as Ryoko's Boss

1986
Tree Without Leaves poster

Tree Without Leaves

Movie · as Hatsu-rojin

1986
For Business poster

For Business

Movie · as Mihara

1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance poster

The Gentlemen’s Alliance

Movie

1985
Godzilla 1985 poster

Godzilla 1985

Movie · as Prime Minister Mitamura

1985
Waves of Spring poster

Waves of Spring

TV · 50 eps

1984
The Return of Godzilla poster

The Return of Godzilla

Movie · as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

1983
L・O・V・I・N・G poster

L・O・V・I・N・G

Movie

1983
Okinawan Boys poster

Okinawan Boys

Movie

1983
松田聖子のはじめての情事 poster

松田聖子のはじめての情事

TV · 2 eps

1982
Baian Mayoibashi poster

Baian Mayoibashi

Movie

1981
The Imperial Navy poster

The Imperial Navy

Movie · as Isoroku Yamamoto

1981
Tuesday Suspense Theater poster

Tuesday Suspense Theater

TV · 1 ep

1979
White Love poster

White Love

Movie · as Keisuke Uemura

1978
Afterglow poster

Afterglow

Movie

1977
Mount Hakkoda poster

Mount Hakkoda

Movie

1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ poster

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

Movie

1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka poster

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Movie

1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow poster

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

TV · as Taira no Yoshimasa · 52 eps

1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual poster

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Movie · as 田所先生

1975
Tidal Wave poster

Tidal Wave

Movie · as Dr. Tadokoro

1975
Waga seishun no toki poster

Waga seishun no toki

Movie

1974
Submersion of Japan poster

Submersion of Japan

TV · as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro · 26 eps

1974
Japan Sinks poster

Japan Sinks

TV · as 田所雄介博士 · 26 eps

1973
Submersion of Japan poster

Submersion of Japan

Movie · as Dr. Tadokoro

1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi poster

The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi

Movie · as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)

1973
Pieces of Autumn poster

Pieces of Autumn

TV · 15 eps

1972
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here poster

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

Movie · as Tokuhei Kyojima

1972
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo! poster

The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!

Movie · as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)

1971
The Battle of Okinawa poster

The Battle of Okinawa

Movie · as General Ushijima

1971
Maboroshi no Satsui poster

Maboroshi no Satsui

Movie

1971
I Hear the Whistle poster

I Hear the Whistle

Movie · as Takashi Sugimoto

1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff poster

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff

Movie · as Shinsuke Narada

1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri poster

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

Movie · as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries

1970
The Ambitious poster

The Ambitious

Movie · as Yoshinosuke Saigo

1970
The Militarists poster

The Militarists

Movie · as Premier Hideki Tojo

1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan poster

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

Movie · as Hisashi Tamba

1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang poster

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Movie · as Tanba Hisashi

1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor poster

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Movie · as Toshizo Hijikata

1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool poster

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

Movie

1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club poster

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

Movie · as Tomizô Funakoshi

1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu poster

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

Movie · as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)

1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II poster

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

Movie · as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)

1968
Judge and Jeopardy poster

Judge and Jeopardy

Movie · as Hiroshi Masaki

1968
Young Challengers poster

Young Challengers

Movie · as Junpei Namikawa

1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa poster

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Movie · as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)

1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant poster

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Movie · as Kenichi Honjō

1967
Japan's Longest Day poster

Japan's Longest Day

Movie · as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents poster

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

Movie · as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)

1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha poster

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

Movie · as Shingo Kimura

1967
Our Silent Love poster

Our Silent Love

Movie

1966
The Stranger Within a Woman poster

The Stranger Within a Woman

Movie · as Isao Tashiro

1966
Challenge for Glory poster

Challenge for Glory

Movie

1966
The Daphne poster

The Daphne

Movie · as Ooka (Umeko's husband)

1966
A Company President's Life Story poster

A Company President's Life Story

Movie · as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)

1966
Five Gents on the Spot poster

Five Gents on the Spot

Movie · as Keigo Kojima

1966
King of the Raccoon Dogs poster

King of the Raccoon Dogs

Movie

1965
Samurai Assassin poster

Samurai Assassin

Movie · as Einosuke Kurihara

1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi poster

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

Movie

1965
Beast Alley poster

Beast Alley

Movie · as Detective Hisatsune

1965
Five Gents' Trick Book poster

Five Gents' Trick Book

Movie

1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II poster

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Movie · as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)

1965
We Will Remember poster

We Will Remember

Movie

1965
Raccoon Dog Leader poster

Raccoon Dog Leader

Movie

1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country poster

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Movie

1964
Hello, Baby poster

Hello, Baby

Movie · as Keisuke Yomoyama

1964
Hail the 3 Gents poster

Hail the 3 Gents

Movie · as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)

1964
Could I But Live poster

Could I But Live

Movie · as Masayoshi Sakata

1964
Ken poster

Ken

Movie · as Eri Itami

1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins poster

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins

Movie · as 1st Sin & 7th Sin

1964
I Am a Medical Examiner

I Am a Medical Examiner

Movie

1964
Thief on the Run poster

Thief on the Run

Movie

1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman poster

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

Movie · as Eburi Toshimaru

1963
Pressure of Guilt poster

Pressure of Guilt

Movie

1963
Travel Stories of a Company President poster

Travel Stories of a Company President

Movie

1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II poster

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Movie · as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)

1963
3 Gents In Hawaii poster

3 Gents In Hawaii

Movie · as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)

1963
Aloha 3 Gents poster

Aloha 3 Gents

Movie · as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)

1963
We Are Salarymen poster

We Are Salarymen

Movie · as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric

1963
Walleyed Nippon poster

Walleyed Nippon

Movie · as Narrator & Matchmaker

1962
Sanjuro poster

Sanjuro

Movie · as The Spy

1962
Chûshingura poster

Chûshingura

Movie · as Awajinokami Wakisake

1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II poster

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Movie

1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble poster

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Movie

1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman poster

Shimizu Port Salaryman

Movie

1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong poster

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Movie

1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family poster

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

Movie

1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki poster

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

Movie

1962
A Wanderer's Notebook poster

A Wanderer's Notebook

Movie · as Fujiyama

1962
My Hobo

My Hobo

Movie · as Junpei Shishido

1962
The Wiser Age poster

The Wiser Age

Movie · as Jiro Ishikawa

1962
Born in Sin poster

Born in Sin

Movie

1962
Mother Country poster

Mother Country

Movie

1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo poster

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Movie

1961
The End of Summer poster

The End of Summer

Movie · as Hisao

1961
Eternity of Love poster

Eternity of Love

Movie

1961
Happiness of Us Alone poster

Happiness of Us Alone

Movie · as Michio Katayama

1961
Snow in the South Seas poster

Snow in the South Seas

Movie

1961
Achan's Baby Gang poster

Achan's Baby Gang

Movie

1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II poster

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Movie

1961
Taking a Success Course poster

Taking a Success Course

Movie

1961
Playboy President poster

Playboy President

Movie · as Kuwabara Takeshi

1961
Playboy President: Part II poster

Playboy President: Part II

Movie · as Takeshi Kuwabara

1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang poster

3 Dolls and Baby Gang

Movie

1961
Seven Enemies

Seven Enemies

Movie

1960
The Storm of the Pacific poster

The Storm of the Pacific

Movie

1960
Master Fencer Sees the World poster

Master Fencer Sees the World

Movie

1960
The Masterless 47 poster

The Masterless 47

Movie · as Heitaro Teraoka

1960
The Lost Alibi poster

The Lost Alibi

Movie · as Teiichiro Ishino

1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking poster

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Movie · as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)

1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller poster

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

Movie · as Namiyoshi Yashiro

1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education poster

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

Movie · as Namikichi Yashiro

1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes poster

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

Movie · as Isshin Tarō

1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

Movie · as Isshin Tarō

1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1

Movie

1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love

Respect, Flatter, and Love

Movie

1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II poster

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Movie

1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period poster

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Movie

1959
New Third-Class Executive poster

New Third-Class Executive

Movie · as Namiyoshi Yashiro

1959
Fox and Raccoon poster

Fox and Raccoon

Movie · as Goichi Yufune

1959
Bringing Up Husbands poster

Bringing Up Husbands

Movie

1959
Samurai in the Office poster

Samurai in the Office

Movie

1959
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments poster

A Salaryman's Ten Commandments

Movie

1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road poster

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Movie · as Kitahachi Kitariya

1958
Summer Clouds poster

Summer Clouds

Movie · as Hatsuji

1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku poster

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Movie

1958
Little Peach poster

Little Peach

Movie · as Tayama

1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa poster

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Movie

1958
The Naked General poster

The Naked General

Movie · as Kiyoshi Yamashita

1958
Assistant President poster

Assistant President

Movie

1958
The Third President poster

The Third President

Movie

1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring poster

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Movie · as Officer Furuyama

1958
Holiday in Tokyo poster

Holiday in Tokyo

Movie

1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

Movie · as Hideyoshi Kinoshita

1958
All About Marriage poster

All About Marriage

Movie

1957
Ôban poster

Ôban

Movie · as Policeman

1957
Price of Beauty poster

Price of Beauty

Movie

1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story" poster

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

Movie · as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi

1957
Atarashii Sebiro poster

Atarashii Sebiro

Movie

1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

Movie · as Kinoshita Hideyoshi

1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

Movie · as Kinoshita Hideyoshi

1957
Schooldays poster

Schooldays

Movie · as Yamaoka

1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant poster

Story of a Detective's Assistant

Movie · as Heikurō

1957
The Luckiest Dai poster

The Luckiest Dai

Movie

1957
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud poster

The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud

Movie

1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel

Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel

Movie

1956
Sudden Rain poster

Sudden Rain

Movie · as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)

1956
Settlement of Love poster

Settlement of Love

Movie · as Takeuchi

1956
A Wife's Heart poster

A Wife's Heart

Movie · as Shinji

1956
Night School poster

Night School

Movie · as Night time teacher

1956
The President's Boss poster

The President's Boss

Movie

1956
The President Talks Bank poster

The President Talks Bank

Movie

1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents poster

Three Generations of Company Presidents

Movie

1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl poster

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

Movie · as Miki

1956
A Brother and His Sister poster

A Brother and His Sister

Movie · as Utsumi

1956
In Case of One Woman

In Case of One Woman

Movie · as Sankichi Hashimoto

1956
Pure Love poster

Pure Love

Movie

1956
Newlywed of the First Section poster

Newlywed of the First Section

Movie

1956
All Sold Out poster

All Sold Out

Movie

1956
Everyone's Sweetheart poster

Everyone's Sweetheart

Movie

1956
Funny Fellows poster

Funny Fellows

Movie

1956
Easy-Going Married Couple poster

Easy-Going Married Couple

Movie

1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei poster

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

Movie

1955
Here Is a Spring poster

Here Is a Spring

Movie

1955
The First Kiss poster

The First Kiss

Movie · as Seikichi

1955
Nonki saiban poster

Nonki saiban

Movie

1955
Young Love Conquers All poster

Young Love Conquers All

Movie

1955
Detour to Love poster

Detour to Love

Movie · as Tetsuo Iwatani

1955
School Girls in Costume poster

School Girls in Costume

Movie

1954
Student Double Suicide poster

Student Double Suicide

Movie

1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class poster

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

Movie

1954
Mr. Valiant Rides Again poster

Mr. Valiant Rides Again

Movie

1954
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday poster

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday

Movie

1954
Young Eyes

Young Eyes

Movie

1954
Mr. Valiant poster

Mr. Valiant

Movie

1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband poster

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

Movie · as Heima Sakamoto

1953
Husband and Wife poster

Husband and Wife

Movie · as Shigekichi Hayakawa

1953
Mr. Pu poster

Mr. Pu

Movie

1953
Adolescence Part II poster

Adolescence Part II

Movie · as (uncredited)

1953
The Eagle of the Pacific poster

The Eagle of the Pacific

Movie · as Staff Officer (uncredited)

1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car poster

My Wonderful Yellow Car

Movie · as Drunken man A

1953
Their Father's Wife poster

Their Father's Wife

Movie

1953
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth poster

Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth

Movie

1953
The Red Light Military Base poster

The Red Light Military Base

Movie · as School Teacher Uenishi

1953
Girls in the Orchard poster

Girls in the Orchard

Movie

1953
A Song of Little Men poster

A Song of Little Men

Movie

1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl poster

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

Movie

1952
Love's Cheerleader poster

Love's Cheerleader

Movie · as Mr. Gan

1952
恐妻時代 poster

恐妻時代

Movie · as Shinichi Utsumi

1952
Third Class Executives poster

Third Class Executives

Movie · as Wakahara

1952
Dimple of Tokyo poster

Dimple of Tokyo

Movie · as Policeman

1952
Mr. Lucky poster

Mr. Lucky

Movie · as 若原俊平

1952
Tokyo Sweetheart poster

Tokyo Sweetheart

Movie

1952
Zoku santō jūyaku poster

Zoku santō jūyaku

Movie

1952
Gunrō no machi poster

Gunrō no machi

Movie

1952
Yobiko hoshi poster

Yobiko hoshi

Movie

1951
Repast poster

Repast

Movie · as Shinzo Murata

1951
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu poster

Nodo jiman sanbagarasu

Movie

1951
Tsuki yori no haha poster

Tsuki yori no haha

Movie · as Kenji

1951
Clothes of Deception poster

Clothes of Deception

Movie · as Kōji

1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre poster

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

Movie

1951
Saijoke no kyoen poster

Saijoke no kyoen

Movie

1951
Fire Department

Fire Department

Movie

1950
Resurrection poster

Resurrection

Movie · as Kunihiko Murai

1950
Mado Kara Tobidase poster

Mado Kara Tobidase

Movie · as Yûji Tokuyama

1950
I Am Being Targeted poster

I Am Being Targeted

Movie

1950
Mitsurin no mehyō poster

Mitsurin no mehyō

Movie

1950
Hatachi zengo

Hatachi zengo

Movie

1950
Tetsuro no dankon poster

Tetsuro no dankon

Movie

1949
The Rainbow Man poster

The Rainbow Man

Movie · as Ryôsuke Akashi

1949
Kenji to onnakanshu poster

Kenji to onnakanshu

Movie

1949
Doku bara

Doku bara

Movie

1949
Hana no jitsugetsu

Hana no jitsugetsu

Movie

1948
The Dead Beauty Incident poster

The Dead Beauty Incident

Movie

1948
Music's Twenty Doors poster

Music's Twenty Doors

Movie

1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman poster

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

Movie

1948
Unmei no koyomi

Unmei no koyomi

Movie

1948
Oyabaka taishō poster

Oyabaka taishō

Movie

1947
Diary of a Nurse poster

Diary of a Nurse

Movie

1947
The Hopeful Family poster

The Hopeful Family

Movie

1947
Odoriko monogatari poster

Odoriko monogatari

Movie

1947
Someday Flowers Will Bloom

Someday Flowers Will Bloom

Movie

1946
Kimi ka to omohite

Kimi ka to omohite

Movie

1946
Kenrantaru fukushū

Kenrantaru fukushū

Movie

1946
Convent Bride poster

Convent Bride

Movie

1946
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog poster

The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog

Movie

1944
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit poster

Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit

Movie

1943
The Man From Chungking poster

The Man From Chungking

Movie · as 中原精一

1943
The Tiger of Malaya poster

The Tiger of Malaya

Movie · as Hassan

1943
All-out Attack on Singapore poster

All-out Attack on Singapore

Movie · as Private Kimura

1942
Horror of the Fifth Columnist poster

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Movie