Keiju Kobayashi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-11-23
Day of Death
2010-09-16 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Keiju Kobayashi
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2018)
Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
(2005)
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
as Narrator
(2003)
(2002)
Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
(1999)
One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
(1998)
(1997)
To Love
as Kamijo
(1995)
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
(1990)
(1989)
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
(1987)
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
(1986)
Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
(1986)
(1986)
For Business
as Mihara
(1985)
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
(1984)
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
(1983)
(1983)
(1981)
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
(1979)
White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
(1977)
(1977)
(1976)
(1975)
(1975)
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
(1973)
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
(1972)
The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Tokuhei Kyojima
(1971)
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
(1971)
(1971)
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
(1971)
(1971)
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
(1970)
The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
(1970)
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
(1970)
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
(1970)
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
(1969)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
(1969)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
(1969)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
(1969)
(1969)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
(1968)
Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
(1968)
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
(1968)
Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
(1968)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
(1967)
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
(1967)
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
(1966)
(1966)
The Thin Line
as Isao Tashiro
(1966)
The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
(1966)
A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
(1966)
Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
(1965)
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
(1965)
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
(1964)
Ken
as Eri Itami
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
(1964)
(1963)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
(1963)
Company President Travels Abroad
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
(1963)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
(1962)
Sanjuro
as The Spy
(1962)
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
(1962)
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
(1962)
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
(1962)
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
The End of Summer
as Hisao
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
(1961)
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
(1960)
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
(1960)
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Isshin Tarō
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
(1959)
Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
(1958)
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
(1958)
(1958)
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
(1958)
Little Peach
as Tayama
(1958)
(1958)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
Ôban
as Policeman
(1957)
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
(1957)
(1956)
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
(1956)
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
(1956)
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
(1956)
Night School
as Night time teacher
(1956)
(1956)
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
(1953)
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
(1953)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
Red-Light Bases
as School Teacher Uenishi
(1953)
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
(1952)
Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
(1952)
恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
(1952)
Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
(1952)
Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
(1951)
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
(1951)
Clothes of Deception
as Kōji
(1951)
(1951)
Tsuki yori no haha
as Kenji
(1951)
(1950)
Resurrection
as Kunihiko Murai
(1950)
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Yûji Tokuyama
(1949)
The Rainbow Man
as Ryôsuke Akashi
(1948)
(1948)
(1947)
(1947)
(1943)
The Man From Chungking
as 中原精一
(1943)
The Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan
(1942)