Keiju Kobayashi
Actor
Born November 23, 1923 in Gunma, Japan
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.
Filmography
Godzilla Resurrection
Prime Minister Mitamura
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Self
Vengeance for Sale
Undertaker
One Summer's Day
Kenshiro Ooi
To Love
Kamijo
Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
Karin
小森弥之助
Tasmania Story
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
The Wives of Rokumeikan
A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
For Business
Mihara
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
Waves of Spring
The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
L・O・V・I・N・G
松田聖子のはじめての情事
Okinawan Boys
Baian Mayoibashi
Tuesday Suspense Theater
The Imperial Navy
Isoroku Yamamoto
White Love
Keisuke Uemura
Afterglow
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Mount Hakkoda
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Taira no Yoshimasa
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Tidal Wave
Dr. Tadokoro
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Japan Sinks
田所雄介博士
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Tadokoro
Pieces of Autumn
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Tokuhei Kyojima
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
I Hear the Whistle
Takashi Sugimoto
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Shinsuke Narada
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi
The Ambitious
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Hisashi Tamba
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Toshizo Hijikata
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Tomizô Funakoshi
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
Young Challengers
Junpei Namikawa
Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Kenichi Honjō
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Challenge for Glory
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
The Stranger Within a Woman
Isao Tashiro
A Company President's Life Story
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Beast Alley
Detective Hisatsune
We Will Remember
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Samurai Assassin
Einosuke Kurihara
Five Gents' Trick Book
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1st Sin & 7th Sin
Could I But Live
Hello, Baby
Keisuke Yomoyama
Ken
Eri Itami
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Hail the 3 Gents
Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
We Are Salarymen
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Eburi Toshimaru
Walleyed Nippon
Narrator & Matchmaker
Aloha 3 Gents
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
3 Gents In Hawaii
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Pressure of Guilt
Travel Stories of a Company President
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Born in Sin
Chûshingura
Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fujiyama
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Mother Country
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
The Wiser Age
Jiro Ishikawa
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Sanjuro
The Spy
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
The End of Summer
Hisao
Snow in the South Seas
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
Eternity of Love
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Taking a Success Course
Happiness of Us Alone
Michio Katayama
The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
Master Fencer Sees the World
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Isshin Tarō
The Storm of the Pacific
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Isshin Tarō
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Samurai in the Office
Bringing Up Husbands
Fox and Raccoon
Goichi Yufune
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Naked General
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Summer Clouds
Hatsuji
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
Little Peach
Tayama
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Kitahachi Kitariya
Holiday in Tokyo
The Third President
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Assistant President
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Schooldays
Yamaoka
Atarashii Sebiro
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Price of Beauty
Ôban
Policeman
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Heikurō
The Luckiest Dai
Pure Love
A Brother and His Sister
Utsumi
Newlywed of the First Section
Three Generations of Company Presidents
A Wife's Heart
Shinji
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Miki
Night School
Night time teacher
Settlement of Love
Takeuchi
The President Talks Bank
Sudden Rain
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
All Sold Out
The President's Boss
Young Love Conquers All
Detour to Love
Tetsuo Iwatani
The First Kiss
Seikichi
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Nonki saiban
Here Is a Spring
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Student Double Suicide
Zoku botchan shain
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
The Red Light Military Base
School Teacher Uenishi
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Girls in the Orchard
A Song of Little Men
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
Their Father's Wife
Mr. Pu
Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Drunken man A
恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
Zoku santō jūyaku
Dimple of Tokyo
Policeman
Tokyo Sweetheart
Love's Cheerleader
Mr. Gan
Third Class Executives
Wakahara
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
Gunrō no machi
Repast
Shinzo Murata
のど自慢三羽烏
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Saijoke no kyoen
Clothes of Deception
Kōji
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
Mado Kara Tobidase
Yûji Tokuyama
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
The Dead Beauty Incident
Music's Twenty Doors
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Diary of a Nurse
The Hopeful Family
Odoriko monogatari
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Convent Bride
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
All-out Attack on Singapore
Private Kimura
Horror of the Fifth Columnist