Keiju Kobayashi
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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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Acted in
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
as Narrator
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
as 平松
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
as Inspector Muta
One Summer's Day
1999
as Kenshiro Ooi
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
To Love
1997
as Kamijo
Whisper of the Heart
1995
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
Karin
1993
as 小森弥之助
Tasmania Story
1990
Yawara!
1989
as Jigoro inokuma
弁護士朝日岳之助
1988
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Ryoko's Boss
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Tree Without Leaves
1986
as Hatsu-rojin
For Business
1986
as Mihara
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Waves of Spring
1985
The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
松田聖子のはじめての情事
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Isoroku Yamamoto
White Love
1979
as Keisuke Uemura
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
as Taira no Yoshimasa
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Submersion of Japan
1974
as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Japan Sinks
1974
as 田所雄介博士
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Dr. Tadokoro
Pieces of Autumn
1973
The Golden Bat Shows Up
1972
as Tokuhei Kyojima
I Hear the Whistle
1971
as Takashi Sugimoto
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as General Ushijima
幻の殺意
1971
The Militarists
1970
as Premier Hideki Tojo
The Ambitious
1970
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
as Tomizô Funakoshi
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
Young Challengers
1968
as Junpei Namikawa
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
as Hiroshi Masaki
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Challenge for Glory
1966
The Daphne
1966
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
The Thin Line
1966
as Isao Tashiro
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Beast Alley
1965
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Einosuke Kurihara
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Could I But Live
1964
こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964
as Keisuke Yomoyama
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Eburi Toshimaru
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
My Hobo
1962
as Junpei Shishido
Born in Sin
1962
47 Ronin
1962
as Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fujiyama
Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Mother Country
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
女難コースを突破せよ
1962
続サラリーマン清水港
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
as Jiro Ishikawa
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
1962
Sanjuro
1962
as The Spy
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
The End of Summer
1961
as Hisao
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
as Michio Katayama
The Masterless 47
1960
as Heitaro Teraoka
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Teiichiro Ishino
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
1959
社長太平記
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Naked General
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
as Hatsuji
Little Peach
1958
as Tayama
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Kitahachi Kitariya
The Third President
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Assistant President
1958
Price of Beauty
1957
Ôban
1957
as Policeman
はりきり社長
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Shinji
Night School
1956
as Night time teacher
Settlement of Love
1956
as Takeuchi
The President Talks Bank
1956
Sudden Rain
1956
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The President's Boss
1956
The First Kiss
1955
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Student Double Suicide
1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Red-Light Bases
1953
as School Teacher Uenishi
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
as Heima Sakamoto
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
Adolescence Part II
1953
as (uncredited)
Their Father's Wife
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
Husband and Wife
1953
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man A
恐妻時代
1952
as Shinichi Utsumi
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
as Policeman
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Love's Cheerleader
1952
as Mr. Gan
Third Class Executives
1952
as Wakahara
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Mr. Lucky
1952
as 若原俊平
Repast
1951
as Shinzo Murata
のど自慢三羽烏
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
as Kenji
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kōji
Resurrection
1950
as Kunihiko Murai
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
as Yûji Tokuyama
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Ryôsuke Akashi
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Diary of a Nurse
1947
The Hopeful Family
1947
The Man From Chungking
1943
as 中原精一
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
as Hassan
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942