
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

Godzilla Resurrection
Movie · as Prime Minister Mitamura

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Movie · as Narrator

Take the 'A' Train, Someday
Movie · as 平松

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Movie · as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Movie · as Self

Vengeance for Sale
Movie · as Undertaker
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
Movie · as Inspector Muta

One Summer's Day
Movie · as Kenshiro Ooi
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
Movie

To Love
Movie · as Kamijo

Whisper of the Heart
Movie · as Shiro Nishi (voice)

Karin
TV · as 小森弥之助 · 151 eps

Tasmania Story
Movie

The Inugami Family
Movie

Yawara!
Movie · as Jigoro inokuma

The Wives of Rokumeikan
Movie
弁護士朝日岳之助
TV · 1 ep

A Taxing Woman
Movie · as Ryoko's Boss

Tree Without Leaves
Movie · as Hatsu-rojin

For Business
Movie · as Mihara

The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Movie

Godzilla 1985
Movie · as Prime Minister Mitamura

Waves of Spring
TV · 50 eps

The Return of Godzilla
Movie · as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

L・O・V・I・N・G
Movie

Okinawan Boys
Movie

松田聖子のはじめての情事
TV · 2 eps

Baian Mayoibashi
Movie

The Imperial Navy
Movie · as Isoroku Yamamoto

Tuesday Suspense Theater
TV · 1 ep

White Love
Movie · as Keisuke Uemura

Afterglow
Movie

Mount Hakkoda
Movie

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Movie

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Movie

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
TV · as Taira no Yoshimasa · 52 eps

Tora-san, the Intellectual
Movie · as 田所先生

Tidal Wave
Movie · as Dr. Tadokoro

Waga seishun no toki
Movie

Submersion of Japan
TV · as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro · 26 eps

Japan Sinks
TV · as 田所雄介博士 · 26 eps

Submersion of Japan
Movie · as Dr. Tadokoro

The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Movie · as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)

Pieces of Autumn
TV · 15 eps

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Movie · as Tokuhei Kyojima

The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Movie · as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)

The Battle of Okinawa
Movie · as General Ushijima

Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie

I Hear the Whistle
Movie · as Takashi Sugimoto

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Movie · as Shinsuke Narada

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Movie · as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries

The Ambitious
Movie · as Yoshinosuke Saigo

The Militarists
Movie · as Premier Hideki Tojo

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie · as Hisashi Tamba

Five Gents and a Kuniang
Movie · as Tanba Hisashi

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Movie · as Toshizo Hijikata

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Movie

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Movie · as Tomizô Funakoshi

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Movie · as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie · as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)

Judge and Jeopardy
Movie · as Hiroshi Masaki

Young Challengers
Movie · as Junpei Namikawa

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie · as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie · as Kenichi Honjō

Japan's Longest Day
Movie · as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Movie · as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)

Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Movie · as Shingo Kimura

Our Silent Love
Movie

The Stranger Within a Woman
Movie · as Isao Tashiro

Challenge for Glory
Movie

The Daphne
Movie · as Ooka (Umeko's husband)

A Company President's Life Story
Movie · as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)

Five Gents on the Spot
Movie · as Keigo Kojima

King of the Raccoon Dogs
Movie

Samurai Assassin
Movie · as Einosuke Kurihara

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Movie

Beast Alley
Movie · as Detective Hisatsune

Five Gents' Trick Book
Movie

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Movie · as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)

We Will Remember
Movie

Raccoon Dog Leader
Movie

3 Gents in the Snow Country
Movie

Hello, Baby
Movie · as Keisuke Yomoyama

Hail the 3 Gents
Movie · as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)

Could I But Live
Movie · as Masayoshi Sakata

Ken
Movie · as Eri Itami

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
I Am a Medical Examiner
Movie

Thief on the Run
Movie

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Movie · as Eburi Toshimaru

Pressure of Guilt
Movie

Travel Stories of a Company President
Movie

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Movie · as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)

3 Gents In Hawaii
Movie · as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)

Aloha 3 Gents
Movie · as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)

We Are Salarymen
Movie · as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric

Walleyed Nippon
Movie · as Narrator & Matchmaker

Sanjuro
Movie · as The Spy

Chûshingura
Movie · as Awajinokami Wakisake

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Movie

Shimizu Port Salaryman
Movie

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Movie

The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Movie

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Movie

A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie · as Fujiyama
My Hobo
Movie · as Junpei Shishido

The Wiser Age
Movie · as Jiro Ishikawa

Born in Sin
Movie

Mother Country
Movie

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Movie

The End of Summer
Movie · as Hisao

Eternity of Love
Movie

Happiness of Us Alone
Movie · as Michio Katayama

Snow in the South Seas
Movie

Achan's Baby Gang
Movie

The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie

Taking a Success Course
Movie

Playboy President
Movie · as Kuwabara Takeshi

Playboy President: Part II
Movie · as Takeshi Kuwabara

3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Movie
Seven Enemies
Movie

The Storm of the Pacific
Movie

Master Fencer Sees the World
Movie

The Masterless 47
Movie · as Heitaro Teraoka

The Lost Alibi
Movie · as Teiichiro Ishino

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Movie · as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Movie · as Namiyoshi Yashiro

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Movie · as Namikichi Yashiro

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Movie · as Isshin Tarō

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Movie · as Isshin Tarō

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
Movie
Respect, Flatter, and Love
Movie

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Movie

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Movie

New Third-Class Executive
Movie · as Namiyoshi Yashiro

Fox and Raccoon
Movie · as Goichi Yufune

Bringing Up Husbands
Movie

Samurai in the Office
Movie

A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
Movie

Yaji and Kita on the Road
Movie · as Kitahachi Kitariya

Summer Clouds
Movie · as Hatsuji

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie

Little Peach
Movie · as Tayama

Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Movie

The Naked General
Movie · as Kiyoshi Yamashita

Assistant President
Movie

The Third President
Movie

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Movie · as Officer Furuyama

Holiday in Tokyo
Movie

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Movie · as Hideyoshi Kinoshita

All About Marriage
Movie

Ôban
Movie · as Policeman

Price of Beauty
Movie

Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Movie · as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi

Atarashii Sebiro
Movie

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Movie · as Kinoshita Hideyoshi

Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Movie · as Kinoshita Hideyoshi

Schooldays
Movie · as Yamaoka

Story of a Detective's Assistant
Movie · as Heikurō

The Luckiest Dai
Movie

The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
Movie
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
Movie

Sudden Rain
Movie · as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)

Settlement of Love
Movie · as Takeuchi

A Wife's Heart
Movie · as Shinji

Night School
Movie · as Night time teacher

The President's Boss
Movie

The President Talks Bank
Movie

Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Movie · as Miki

A Brother and His Sister
Movie · as Utsumi
In Case of One Woman
Movie · as Sankichi Hashimoto

Pure Love
Movie

Newlywed of the First Section
Movie

All Sold Out
Movie

Everyone's Sweetheart
Movie

Funny Fellows
Movie

Easy-Going Married Couple
Movie

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Movie

Here Is a Spring
Movie

The First Kiss
Movie · as Seikichi

Nonki saiban
Movie

Young Love Conquers All
Movie

Detour to Love
Movie · as Tetsuo Iwatani

School Girls in Costume
Movie

Student Double Suicide
Movie

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Movie

Mr. Valiant Rides Again
Movie

Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Movie
Young Eyes
Movie

Mr. Valiant
Movie

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Movie · as Heima Sakamoto

Husband and Wife
Movie · as Shigekichi Hayakawa

Mr. Pu
Movie

Adolescence Part II
Movie · as (uncredited)

The Eagle of the Pacific
Movie · as Staff Officer (uncredited)

My Wonderful Yellow Car
Movie · as Drunken man A

Their Father's Wife
Movie

Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Movie

The Red Light Military Base
Movie · as School Teacher Uenishi

Girls in the Orchard
Movie

A Song of Little Men
Movie

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie

Love's Cheerleader
Movie · as Mr. Gan

恐妻時代
Movie · as Shinichi Utsumi

Third Class Executives
Movie · as Wakahara

Dimple of Tokyo
Movie · as Policeman

Mr. Lucky
Movie · as 若原俊平

Tokyo Sweetheart
Movie

Zoku santō jūyaku
Movie

Gunrō no machi
Movie

Yobiko hoshi
Movie

Repast
Movie · as Shinzo Murata

Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
Movie

Tsuki yori no haha
Movie · as Kenji

Clothes of Deception
Movie · as Kōji

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Movie

Saijoke no kyoen
Movie
Fire Department
Movie

Resurrection
Movie · as Kunihiko Murai

Mado Kara Tobidase
Movie · as Yûji Tokuyama

I Am Being Targeted
Movie

Mitsurin no mehyō
Movie
Hatachi zengo
Movie

Tetsuro no dankon
Movie

The Rainbow Man
Movie · as Ryôsuke Akashi

Kenji to onnakanshu
Movie
Doku bara
Movie
Hana no jitsugetsu
Movie

The Dead Beauty Incident
Movie

Music's Twenty Doors
Movie

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Movie
Unmei no koyomi
Movie

Oyabaka taishō
Movie

Diary of a Nurse
Movie

The Hopeful Family
Movie

Odoriko monogatari
Movie
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
Movie
Kimi ka to omohite
Movie
Kenrantaru fukushū
Movie

Convent Bride
Movie

The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Movie

Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
Movie

The Man From Chungking
Movie · as 中原精一

The Tiger of Malaya
Movie · as Hassan

All-out Attack on Singapore
Movie · as Private Kimura

Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Movie