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)
(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)
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
(1975)
(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)
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
(1971)
(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)
(1969)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
(1969)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
(1969)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
(1968)
Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
(1968)
Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
(1968)
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
(1968)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
(1967)
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
(1967)
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
(1966)
The Thin Line
as Isao Tashiro
(1966)
Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
(1966)
A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
(1966)
(1966)
The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
(1965)
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
(1965)
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
(1965)
(1965)
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
(1965)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
こんにちは赤ちゃん
as Keisuke Yomoyama
(1964)
(1963)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Company President Travels Abroad
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
(1963)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
(1963)
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
(1962)
Sanjuro
as The Spy
(1962)
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
(1962)
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
(1961)
The End of Summer
as Hisao
(1961)
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
(1961)
(1961)
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
(1961)
(1960)
(1960)
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
(1960)
(1960)
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
(1960)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
(1958)
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
(1958)
Little Peach
as Tayama
(1958)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
(1958)
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
(1957)
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
(1957)
Ôban
as Policeman
(1956)
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
(1956)
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
(1956)
(1956)
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
(1956)
(1956)
Night School
as Night time teacher
(1956)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
(1953)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
(1953)
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
(1953)
Red-Light Bases
as School Teacher Uenishi
(1953)
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
(1953)
(1953)
(1952)
(1952)
(1952)
Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
(1952)
Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
(1952)
Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
(1952)
恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
(1952)
Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
(1951)
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
(1951)
(1951)
Clothes of Deception
as Kōji
(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 Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan
(1943)
The Man From Chungking
as 中原精一
(1942)