Acting
Keiju Kobayashi
EN, JA cinema · 238 credits
Born
23 November 1923
Died
16 September 2010 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Gunma, Japan
Also known as Кэйдзю Кобаяси
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
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
To Love
as Kamijo
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
For Business
as Mihara
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
as Tokuhei Kyojima
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
as Shinsuke Narada
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
The Stranger Within a Woman
as Isao Tashiro
The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
Hail the 3 Gents
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Could I But Live
as Masayoshi Sakata
Ken
as Eri Itami
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
3 Gents In Hawaii
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Aloha 3 Gents
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
We Are Salarymen
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Walleyed Nippon
as Narrator & Matchmaker
Sanjuro
as The Spy
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
ぶらりぶらぶら物語
1962
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
The End of Summer
as Hisao
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
Little Peach
as Tayama
The Naked General
as Kiyoshi Yamashita
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Ôban
as Policeman
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Schooldays
as Yamaoka
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
Night School
as Night time teacher
A Brother and His Sister
as Utsumi
ある女の場合
1956
In Case of One Woman
as Sankichi Hashimoto
The First Kiss
as Seikichi
Detour to Love
as Tetsuo Iwatani
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
Mr. Pu
Actor
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
The Red Light Military Base
as School Teacher Uenishi
Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
Resurrection
as Kunihiko Murai
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Yûji Tokuyama
The Rainbow Man
as Ryôsuke Akashi
The Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan
All-out Attack on Singapore
as Private Kimura
