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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiju Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Movie | Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells | Narrator | 2005-09-09 |
Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' | Interviewee | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' | Interviewee | 2002-10-25 |
Movie | Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. | Inspector Muta | 2001-02-24 |
Movie | One Summer's Day | Kenshiro Ooi | 1999-07-03 |
Movie | The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya | Unknown | 1998-08-08 |
Movie | To Love | Kamijo | 1997-10-04 |
Movie | Whisper of the Heart | Shiro Nishi (voice) | 1995-07-15 |
Series | Karin | 小森弥之助 | 1993-10-04 |
Movie | Tasmania Story | 1990-06-21 | |
Movie | Yawara! | Jigoro inokuma | 1989-04-15 |
Movie | A Taxing Woman | Ryoko's Boss | 1987-02-07 |
Movie | Tree Without Leaves | Hatsu-rojin | 1986-11-15 |
Movie | For Business | Mihara | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | The Gentlemen’s Alliance | 1986-12-13 | |
Series | Waves of Spring | 1985-01-06 | |
Movie | Godzilla 1985 | Prime Minister Mitamura | 1985-07-26 |
Movie | The Return of Godzilla | Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura | 1984-12-15 |
Movie | Okinawan Boys | 1983-09-10 | |
Series | 松田聖子のはじめての情事 | 1983-10-19 | |
Movie | L・O・V・I・N・G | Unknown | 1983-12-24 |
Movie | The Imperial Navy | Isoroku Yamamoto | 1981-08-08 |
Movie | White Love | Keisuke Uemura | 1979-08-03 |
Movie | Mount Hakkoda | 1977-06-04 | |
Series | Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow | Taira no Yoshimasa | 1976-01-04 |
Movie | Love and Separation in Sri Lanka | 1976-05-29 | |
Movie | Tora-san, the Intellectual | 1975-12-27 | |
Series | Submersion of Japan | Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro | 1974-10-06 |
Series | Japan Sinks | 田所雄介博士 | 1974-10-06 |
Movie | Submersion of Japan | Dr. Tadokoro | 1973-12-29 |
Movie | I Hear the Whistle | Takashi Sugimoto | 1971-09-24 |
Movie | 幻の殺意 | 1971-04-15 | |
Movie | The Battle of Okinawa | General Ushijima | 1971-08-14 |
Movie | The Ambitious | Yoshinosuke Saigo | 1970-02-14 |
Movie | The Militarists | Premier Hideki Tojo | 1970-09-11 |
Movie | The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club | Tomizô Funakoshi | 1969-11-22 |
Movie | Black Comedy - Ah, Fool | 1969-06-14 | |
Movie | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Toshizo Hijikata | 1969-12-05 |
Movie | Judge and Jeopardy | Hiroshi Masaki | 1968-06-08 |
Movie | Young Challengers | Junpei Namikawa | 1968-10-12 |
Movie | Japan's Longest Day | Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa | 1967-08-12 |
Movie | The Thin Line | Isao Tashiro | 1966-02-12 |
Movie | Challenge for Glory | 1966-10-18 | |
Movie | The Daphne | Ooka (Umeko's husband) | 1966-10-01 |
Movie | Five Gents' Trick Book | 1965-01-03 | |
Movie | Samurai Assassin | Einosuke Kurihara | 1965-01-03 |
Movie | Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi | 1965-10-09 | |
Movie | Beast Alley | 1965-09-05 | |
Movie | Hail the 3 Gents | 1964-01-03 | |
Movie | Zoku shachō shinshiroku | 1964-02-29 | |
Movie | こんにちは赤ちゃん | Keisuke Yomoyama | 1964-03-20 |
Movie | Could I But Live | 1964-08-30 | |
Movie | Pressure of Guilt | 1963-02-17 | |
Movie | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman | Eburi Toshimaru | 1963-11-16 |
Movie | Three Gentlemen from Tokyo | 1962-04-29 | |
Movie | 続サラリーマン清水港 | 1962-03-07 | |
Movie | The Wiser Age | Jiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
Movie | Salaryman Shimizu Minato | 1962-01-03 | |
Movie | Sanjuro | The Spy | 1962-01-01 |
Movie | Mother Country | 1962-04-29 | |
Movie | Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong | 1962-06-01 | |
Movie | Born in Sin | 1962-11-23 | |
Movie | My Hobo | Junpei Shishido | 1962-11-23 |
Movie | 47 Ronin | Awajinokami Wakisake | 1962-11-03 |
Movie | A Wanderer's Notebook | Fujiyama | 1962-09-29 |
Movie | The Masterless 47 – Part II | 1961-02-25 | |
Movie | Happiness of Us Alone | Michio Katayama | 1961-01-15 |
Movie | Acchan no bebi gyangu | 1961-09-17 | |
Movie | 3 Dolls and Baby Gang | 1961-12-09 | |
Movie | Snow in the South Seas | 1961-09-29 | |
Movie | The End of Summer | Hisao | 1961-10-29 |
Movie | The Storm of the Pacific | 1960-04-26 | |
Movie | The Lost Alibi | Teiichiro Ishino | 1960-03-13 |
Movie | Master Fencer Sees the World | 1960-10-16 | |
Movie | 社長太平記 | 1959-01-03 | |
Movie | Zoku shachōtaiheiki | 1959-03-15 | |
Movie | Makeraremasen katsumadewa | 1958-01-09 | |
Movie | Assistant President | 1958-01-03 | |
Movie | The Third President | 1958-03-18 | |
Movie | Yaji and Kita on the Road | Kitahachi Kitariya | 1958-04-29 |
Movie | Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | 1958-12-07 | |
Movie | Summer Clouds | Hatsuji | 1958-09-02 |
Movie | The Naked General | 1958-10-28 | |
Movie | Little Peach | Tayama | 1958-05-13 |
Movie | Ôban | Policeman | 1957-03-05 |
Movie | Price of Beauty | 1957-03-13 | |
Movie | The President's Boss | 1956-01-03 | |
Movie | The President Talks Bank | Unknown | 1956-03-20 |
Movie | Sudden Rain | Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door) | 1956-01-14 |
Movie | はりきり社長 | 1956-07-13 | |
Movie | A Wife's Heart | Shinji | 1956-05-03 |
Movie | Night School | Night time teacher | 1956-04-18 |
Movie | Here Is a Spring | 1955-02-12 | |
Movie | The First Kiss | 1955-09-21 | |
Movie | Their Father's Wife | 1953-05-27 | |
Movie | Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 | |
Movie | My Wonderful Yellow Car | Drunken man A | 1953-01-15 |
Movie | Adolescence Part II | (uncredited) | 1953-07-01 |
Movie | Husband and Wife | Shigekichi Hayakawa | 1953-01-22 |
Movie | Girls in the Orchard | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Red-Light Bases | School Teacher Uenishi | 1953-12-08 |
Movie | Youth of Heiji Senigata | 1953-08-19 | |
Movie | First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband | Heima Sakamoto | 1953-11-11 |
Movie | Eagle of the Pacific | Staff Officer (uncredited) | 1953-10-21 |
Movie | Kin no tamago: Golden girl | 1952-05-14 | |
Movie | Third Class Executives | Wakahara | 1952-05-30 |
Movie | Mr. Lucky | 若原俊平 | 1952-02-02 |
Movie | 恐妻時代 | Shinichi Utsumi | 1952-10-30 |
Movie | Love's Cheerleader | Mr. Gan | 1952-06-19 |
Movie | Tokyo Sweetheart | 1952-07-15 | |
Movie | Dimple of Tokyo | Policeman | 1952-07-15 |
Movie | Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre | 1951-08-03 | |
Movie | Clothes of Deception | Kōji | 1951-01-13 |
Movie | Repast | Shinzo Murata, Michiyo's brother | 1951-11-23 |
Movie | Tsuki yori no haha | Kenji | 1951-08-24 |
Movie | Mado Kara Tobidase | Yûji Tokuyama | 1950-03-26 |
Movie | Resurrection | Kunihiko Murai | 1950-06-10 |
Movie | The Rainbow Man | Ryôsuke Akashi | 1949-07-18 |
Movie | The Hopeful Family | 1947-05-13 | |
Movie | The Tiger of Malaya | Hassan | 1943-06-24 |
Movie | Horror of the Fifth Columnist | 1942-04-16 |