Keiju Kobayashi
236 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 23, 1923
- Died
- Sep 16, 2010 (age 86)
- 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.
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He died on 16 September 2010 of heart failure at the age of 86.
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Known for
Keiju Kobayashi: movies and TV shows
Acting (245)
- 2018 Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
- 2005 Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
as Narrator
- 2003
- 2002 Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
- 2001
- 1999 One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
- 1998
- 1997 To Love
as Kamijo
- 1995 Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
- 1993
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989 Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987 A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
- 1986
- 1986 Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
- 1986 For Business
as Mihara
- 1985 Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
- 1985
- 1984 The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
- 1983
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981 The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1979 White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976
- 1975 Tora-san, the Intellectual
as 田所先生
- 1975
- 1975 Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973 Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
- 1973
- 1973 The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
- 1972 The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
- 1972 Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
as Tokuhei Kyojima
- 1971 First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
- 1971 I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
- 1971 The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
- 1971 First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
as Shinsuke Narada
- 1971
- 1970 The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
- 1970 Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
- 1970 The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
- 1970 Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
- 1969 Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
- 1969 The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
- 1969
- 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 a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
- 1968 Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
- 1967 Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
- 1967 Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
- 1967
- 1967 Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
- 1966
- 1966 The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
- 1966
- 1966 Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
- 1966 The Stranger Within a Woman
as Isao Tashiro
- 1966 A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
- 1965
- 1965 Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
- 1965 Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
- 1965
- 1964 Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
- 1964 Could I But Live
as Masayoshi Sakata
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
- 1964 Ken
as Eri Itami
- 1964
- 1964 Hail the 3 Gents
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
- 1963 We Are Salarymen
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
- 1963 The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
- 1963 Walleyed Nippon
as Narrator & Matchmaker
- 1963 Aloha 3 Gents
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
- 1963 3 Gents In Hawaii
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
- 1963 Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962 My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
- 1962
- 1962 Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
- 1962 A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
- 1962
- 1962 Sanjuro
as The Spy
- 1961
- 1961 The End of Summer
as Hisao
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
- 1961 Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
- 1960 The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
- 1960 Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Isshin Tarō
- 1960
- 1960 New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
- 1960
- 1960 The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
- 1960 Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Isshin Tarō
- 1960 New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
- 1959
- 1959 New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 The Naked General
as Kiyoshi Yamashita
- 1958 Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
- 1958 Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
- 1958 Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
- 1958
- 1958 Little Peach
as Tayama
- 1958 Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957
- 1957 Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
- 1957 Schooldays
as Yamaoka
- 1957
- 1957 Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
- 1957 Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
- 1957
- 1957 Ôban
as Policeman
- 1957 Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Heikurō
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 A Brother and His Sister
as Utsumi
- 1956 In Case of One Woman
as Sankichi Hashimoto
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
- 1956 Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Miki
- 1956 Night School
as Night time teacher
- 1956 Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
- 1956
- 1956
- 1956 Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
- 1956
- 1956
- 1955
- 1955 Detour to Love
as Tetsuo Iwatani
- 1955 The First Kiss
as Seikichi
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1953 The Red Light Military Base
as School Teacher Uenishi
- 1953 First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
- 1953 The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
- 1953 My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
+ 45 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2002
- 2002