Keiju Kobayashi
Known for Acting · 227 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 (218)
Whisper of the Heart
1995
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
White Love
1979
as Keisuke Uemura
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Sanjuro
1962
as The Spy
My Hobo
1962
as Junpei Shishido
Convent Bride
1946
The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
1947
Kimi ka to omohite
1946
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Naked General
1958
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Kenrantaru fukushū
1946
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as General Ushijima
Unmei no koyomi
1948
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
as Narrator
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Dr. Tadokoro
All-out Attack on Singapore
1943
as Private Kimura
Oyabaka taishō
1948
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Sankichi Hashimoto
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Baian Mayoibashi
1982
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
1944
Samurai in the Office
1959
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Ryôsuke Akashi
Gunrō no machi
1952
Afterglow
1978
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Odoriko monogatari
1947
Detour to Love
1955
as Tetsuo Iwatani
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Einosuke Kurihara
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
All Sold Out
1956
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
The End of Summer
1961
as Hisao
A Brother and His Sister
1956
as Utsumi
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
as Heikurō
The Luckiest Dai
1957
Summer Clouds
1958
as Hatsuji
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
Young Eyes
1954
Chûshingura
1962
as Awajinokami Wakisake
A Song of Little Men
1953
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Ryoko's Boss
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Toshizo Hijikata
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
as Miki
We Will Remember
1965
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
Young Love Conquers All
1955
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
The Daphne
1966
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
as Isao Tashiro
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fujiyama
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Ken
1964
as Eri Itami
To Love
1997
as Kamijo
Pure Love
1956
七人の敵あり
1961
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Sudden Rain
1956
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Repast
1951
as Shinzo Murata
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
Little Peach
1958
as Tayama
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Eburi Toshimaru
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
as Hiroshi Masaki
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Shinji
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Undertaker
The Militarists
1970
as Premier Hideki Tojo
The First Kiss
1955
as Seikichi
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
as Jiro Ishikawa
The Ambitious
1970
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tidal Wave
1975
as Dr. Tadokoro
Settlement of Love
1956
as Takeuchi
Here Is a Spring
1955
Walleyed Nippon
1963
as Narrator & Matchmaker
For Business
1986
as Mihara
Beast Alley
1965
as Detective Hisatsune
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Goichi Yufune
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
as Tomizô Funakoshi
Yawara!
1989
as Jigoro inokuma
The Masterless 47
1960
as Heitaro Teraoka
Mother Country
1962
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Officer Furuyama
The Red Light Military Base
1953
as School Teacher Uenishi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
Tree Without Leaves
1986
as Hatsu-rojin
Tasmania Story
1990
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Mr. Lucky
1952
as 若原俊平
One Summer's Day
1999
as Kenshiro Ooi
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man A
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
as Yûji Tokuyama
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
as Michio Katayama
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Hisashi Tamba
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Isshin Tarō
We Are Salarymen
1963
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
Eternity of Love
1961
Adolescence Part II
1953
as (uncredited)
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 227 credits spanning from 1942 to 2018, Keiju Kobayashi has appeared in 218 films and 9 TV shows.
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- Whisper of the Heart (1995) — as Shiro Nishi (voice)
- White Love (1979) — as Keisuke Uemura
- Maboroshi no Satsui (1971)
- Horror of the Fifth Columnist (1942)
- The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog (1946)
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