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
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Einosuke Kurihara
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as General Ushijima
Beast Alley
1965
as Detective Hisatsune
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Summer Clouds
1958
as Hatsuji
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Chûshingura
1962
as Awajinokami Wakisake
The End of Summer
1961
as Hisao
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Ryoko's Boss
Tidal Wave
1975
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Ambitious
1970
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Teiichiro Ishino
The Militarists
1970
as Premier Hideki Tojo
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro
Sudden Rain
1956
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Takeshi Kuwabara
White Love
1979
as Keisuke Uemura
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
as Isao Tashiro
Little Peach
1958
as Tayama
Mr. Pu
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man A
Yawara!
1989
as Jigoro inokuma
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fujiyama
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kōji
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Toshizo Hijikata
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Shinji
Eternity of Love
1961
To Love
1997
as Kamijo
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
as 平松
One Summer's Day
1999
as Kenshiro Ooi
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Red-Light Bases
1953
as School Teacher Uenishi
The Wiser Age
1962
as Jiro Ishikawa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Pressure of Guilt
1963
The Daphne
1966
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
The President Talks Bank
1956
Young Challengers
1968
as Junpei Namikawa
Husband and Wife
1953
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
The Masterless 47
1960
as Heitaro Teraoka
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Ken
1964
as Eri Itami
Third Class Executives
1952
as Wakahara
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Repast
1951
as Shinzo Murata
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
as Hiroshi Masaki
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
as Inspector Muta
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
as Tomizô Funakoshi
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Nonki saiban
1955
I Hear the Whistle
1971
as Takashi Sugimoto
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Undertaker
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Snow in the South Seas
1961
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Keigo Kojima
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Officer Furuyama
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Ôban
1957
as Policeman
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Kenichi Honjō
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Eburi Toshimaru
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Ryôsuke Akashi
The First Kiss
1955
as Seikichi
Tree Without Leaves
1986
as Hatsu-rojin
For Business
1986
as Mihara
Night School
1956
as Night time teacher
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Here Is a Spring
1955
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
The President's Boss
1956
Adolescence Part II
1953
as (uncredited)
Love's Cheerleader
1952
as Mr. Gan
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
as Narrator
Born in Sin
1962
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
as Policeman
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
as Shinsuke Narada
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
のど自慢三羽烏
1951
Tasmania Story
1990
The Third President
1958
My Hobo
1962
as Junpei Shishido
Settlement of Love
1956
as Takeuchi
Girls in the Orchard
1953
恐妻時代
1952
as Shinichi Utsumi
Mr. Lucky
1952
as 若原俊平
Student Double Suicide
1954
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Hisashi Tamba
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
as Prime Minister Mitamura
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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