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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiju Kobayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Acted in 225
2000s
- 2003
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
- 2002
Vengeance for Sale
Undertaker
1990s
- 1999
One Summer's Day
Kenshiro Ooi
- 1997
- 1995
- 1993
- 1990
Tasmania Story
Movie
The Inugami Family
Movie
1980s
- 1989
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
- 1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan
Movie
- 1987
- 1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Movie
Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
For Business
Mihara
- 1985
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
Waves of Spring
TV
- 1984
- 1983
L・O・V・I・N・G
Movie
松田聖子のはじめての情事
TV
Okinawan Boys
Movie
- 1982
Baian Mayoibashi
Movie
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Afterglow
Movie
- 1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Movie
Mount Hakkoda
Movie
- 1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Movie
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Taira no Yoshimasa · 52 episodes
- 1975
Waga seishun no toki
Movie
Tidal Wave
Dr. Tadokoro
- 1974
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro · 26 episodes
Japan Sinks
田所雄介博士 · 26 episodes
- 1973
Pieces of Autumn
TV
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
- 1972
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
- 1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
I Hear the Whistle
Takashi Sugimoto
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Shinsuke Narada
Maboroshi no Satsui
Movie
- 1970
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
The Ambitious
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Hisashi Tamba
1960s
- 1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Toshizo Hijikata
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Tomizô Funakoshi
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Movie
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
- 1968
Young Challengers
Junpei Namikawa
Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
- 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
Our Silent Love
Movie
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
- 1966
Challenge for Glory
Movie
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
King of the Raccoon Dogs
Movie
Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
A Company President's Life Story
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
- 1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Movie
Beast Alley
Detective Hisatsune
We Will Remember
Movie
Raccoon Dog Leader
Movie
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Samurai Assassin
Einosuke Kurihara
Five Gents' Trick Book
Movie
- 1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1st Sin & 7th Sin
Could I But Live
Masayoshi Sakata
Thief on the Run
Movie
Hello, Baby
Keisuke Yomoyama
Ken
Eri Itami
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Movie
Hail the 3 Gents
Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
- 1963
We Are Salarymen
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Eburi Toshimaru
Aloha 3 Gents
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
3 Gents In Hawaii
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Pressure of Guilt
Movie
Travel Stories of a Company President
Movie
- 1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Movie
Born in Sin
Movie
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fujiyama
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Movie
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Movie
Mother Country
Movie
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Movie
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Movie
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie
The Wiser Age
Jiro Ishikawa
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Movie
- 1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Movie
Snow in the South Seas
Movie
Achan's Baby Gang
Movie
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
Eternity of Love
Movie
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Movie
Taking a Success Course
Movie
- 1960
The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
Master Fencer Sees the World
Movie
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Isshin Tarō
The Storm of the Pacific
Movie
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
Movie
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Isshin Tarō
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1950s
- 1959
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
Movie
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Samurai in the Office
Movie
Bringing Up Husbands
Movie
Fox and Raccoon
Goichi Yufune
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Movie
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Movie
- 1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie
The Naked General
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Summer Clouds
Hatsuji
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
All About Marriage
Movie
Little Peach
Tayama
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Kitahachi Kitariya
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
The Third President
Movie
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Movie
Assistant President
Movie
- 1957
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
Movie
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Schooldays
Yamaoka
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Price of Beauty
Movie
Ôban
Policeman
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Heikurō
The Luckiest Dai
Movie
- 1956
Funny Fellows
Movie
Pure Love
Movie
Easy-Going Married Couple
Movie
A Brother and His Sister
Utsumi
Newlywed of the First Section
Movie
Three Generations of Company Presidents
Movie
A Wife's Heart
Shinji
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Miki
Night School
Night time teacher
Settlement of Love
Takeuchi
The President Talks Bank
Movie
Everyone's Sweetheart
Movie
Sudden Rain
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
All Sold Out
Movie
The President's Boss
Movie
- 1955
Young Love Conquers All
Movie
Detour to Love
Tetsuo Iwatani
The First Kiss
Seikichi
School Girls in Costume
Movie
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Movie
Nonki saiban
Movie
- 1954
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Movie
Zoku botchan shain
Movie
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Movie
- 1953
The Red Light Military Base
School Teacher Uenishi
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
Girls in the Orchard
Movie
A Song of Little Men
Movie
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Movie
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
Their Father's Wife
Movie
Mr. Pu
Movie
Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Drunken man A
- 1952
恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
Zoku santō jūyaku
Movie
Dimple of Tokyo
Policeman
Tokyo Sweetheart
Movie
Love's Cheerleader
Mr. Gan
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Movie
Yobiko hoshi
Movie
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
Gunrō no machi
Movie
- 1951
Repast
Shinzo Murata
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
Movie
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Movie
Saijoke no kyoen
Movie
Clothes of Deception
Kōji
- 1950
Tetsuro no dankon
Movie
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
I Am Being Targeted
Movie
Mado Kara Tobidase
Yûji Tokuyama
1940s
- 1949
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
Kenji to onnakanshu
Movie
- 1948
The Dead Beauty Incident
Movie
Music's Twenty Doors
Movie
Oyabaka taishō
Movie
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Movie
- 1947
Diary of a Nurse
Movie
The Hopeful Family
Movie
Odoriko monogatari
Movie
- 1946
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Movie
Convent Bride
Movie
- 1944
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
Movie
- 1943
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
All-out Attack on Singapore
Private Kimura
- 1942
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Movie
Appearances4
2000s
- 2005
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
- 2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Self
1960s
- 1963
Walleyed Nippon
Narrator & Matchmaker