
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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