Keiju Kobayashi
Known for Acting · 212 credits
- Born
- 1923-11-23
- Died
- 2010-09-16
- Place of birth
- Gunma, Japan
- Also known as
- Кэйдзю Кобаяси
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
TV Shows (9)
Movies (203)
Whisper of the Heart
1995
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
Sanjuro
1962
as The Spy
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Isoroku Yamamoto
The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Dr. Tadokoro
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as General Ushijima
Summer Clouds
1958
as Hatsuji
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Einosuke Kurihara
Chûshingura
1962
as Awajinokami Wakisake
Beast Alley
1965
as Detective Hisatsune
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
The End of Summer
1961
as Hisao
Sudden Rain
1956
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The Militarists
1970
as Premier Hideki Tojo
White Love
1979
as Keisuke Uemura
Ken
1964
as Eri Itami
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
One Summer's Day
1999
as Kenshiro Ooi
The Ambitious
1970
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Mount Hakkoda
1977
To Love
1997
as Kamijo
Tidal Wave
1975
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Ryoko's Boss
Repast
1951
as Shinzo Murata
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
as Isao Tashiro
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
My Hobo
1962
as Junpei Shishido
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Ryôsuke Akashi
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Shinji
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
as Inspector Muta
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man A
Third Class Executives
1952
as Wakahara
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Wiser Age
1962
as Jiro Ishikawa
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kōji
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
as Hiroshi Masaki
Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Takeshi Kuwabara
Little Peach
1958
as Tayama
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fujiyama
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Eburi Toshimaru
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Teiichiro Ishino
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Red-Light Bases
1953
as School Teacher Uenishi
Eternity of Love
1961
Husband and Wife
1953
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Mr. Pu
1953
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
Okinawan Boys
1983
Ôban
1957
as Policeman
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Pressure of Guilt
1963
For Business
1986
as Mihara
The President's Boss
1956
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Undertaker
The Masterless 47
1960
as Heitaro Teraoka
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
The President Talks Bank
1956
The Daphne
1966
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Young Challengers
1968
as Junpei Namikawa
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
I Hear the Whistle
1971
as Takashi Sugimoto
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Born in Sin
1962
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Hisashi Tamba
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Kenichi Honjō
Tasmania Story
1990
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
as 平松
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Keigo Kojima
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Yawara!
1989
as Jigoro inokuma
The First Kiss
1955
as Seikichi
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
as Shinsuke Narada
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
as Tomizô Funakoshi
Playboy President
1961
as Kuwabara Takeshi
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
Mr. Lucky
1952
as 若原俊平
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
as Yûji Tokuyama
Nonki saiban
1955
The Third President
1958
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
as Policeman
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as Isshin Tarō
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Officer Furuyama
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Goichi Yufune
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
The Hopeful Family
1947
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
The Man From Chungking
1943
as 中原精一
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
as Tokuhei Kyojima
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
恐妻時代
1952
as Shinichi Utsumi
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
About Keiju Kobayashi
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 a… With 212 credits spanning from 1942 to 2018, Keiju Kobayashi has appeared in 203 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Whisper of the Heart (1995) — as Shiro Nishi (voice)
- Sanjuro (1962) — as The Spy
- The Imperial Navy (1981) — as Isoroku Yamamoto
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) — as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
- Submersion of Japan (1973) — as Dr. Tadokoro
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