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)
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Sanjuro
1962
as The Spy
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Beast Alley
1965
as Detective Hisatsune
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as General Ushijima
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Einosuke Kurihara
Summer Clouds
1958
as Hatsuji
Tidal Wave
1975
as Dr. Tadokoro
Mount Hakkoda
1977
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
as Isao Tashiro
The End of Summer
1961
as Hisao
Chûshingura
1962
as Awajinokami Wakisake
The Ambitious
1970
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Third Class Executives
1952
as Wakahara
The Militarists
1970
as Premier Hideki Tojo
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Ryoko's Boss
White Love
1979
as Keisuke Uemura
Repast
1951
as Shinzo Murata
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fujiyama
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
My Hobo
1962
as Junpei Shishido
One Summer's Day
1999
as Kenshiro Ooi
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Sudden Rain
1956
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
Little Peach
1958
as Tayama
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Teiichiro Ishino
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kōji
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Shinji
Ken
1964
as Eri Itami
Eternity of Love
1961
Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Takeshi Kuwabara
To Love
1997
as Kamijo
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Ryôsuke Akashi
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
I Hear the Whistle
1971
as Takashi Sugimoto
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Sankichi Hashimoto
The Masterless 47
1960
as Heitaro Teraoka
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man A
For Business
1986
as Mihara
Yawara!
1989
as Jigoro inokuma
Pressure of Guilt
1963
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Daphne
1966
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Red-Light Bases
1953
as School Teacher Uenishi
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
as Hiroshi Masaki
Mr. Pu
1953
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
The Wiser Age
1962
as Jiro Ishikawa
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
as 平松
Husband and Wife
1953
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
as Inspector Muta
Mr. Lucky
1952
as 若原俊平
Here Is a Spring
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
as Policeman
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Mother Country
1962
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
as Tomizô Funakoshi
The President Talks Bank
1956
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Officer Furuyama
Young Challengers
1968
as Junpei Namikawa
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Ôban
1957
as Policeman
The Third President
1958
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Student Double Suicide
1954
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Isshin Tarō
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
The President's Boss
1956
Adolescence Part II
1953
as (uncredited)
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
as Narrator
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Kenichi Honjō
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Undertaker
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
as Miki
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Eburi Toshimaru
The First Kiss
1955
as Seikichi
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
Settlement of Love
1956
as Takeuchi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
A Brother and His Sister
1956
as Utsumi
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Hisashi Tamba
Night School
1956
as Night time teacher
Okinawan Boys
1983
Tree Without Leaves
1986
as Hatsu-rojin
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Keigo Kojima
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Resurrection
1950
as Kunihiko Murai
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
as Shinsuke Narada
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Tasmania Story
1990
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Their Father's Wife
1953
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)
- The Imperial Navy (1981) — as Isoroku Yamamoto
- Sanjuro (1962) — as The Spy
- Submersion of Japan (1973) — as Dr. Tadokoro
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) — as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
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