Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
Born November 23, 1923 · Gunma, Japan
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
Films (184)
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
Vengeance for Sale
2002
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
One Summer's Day
1999
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
To Love
1997
Whisper of the Heart
1995
Tasmania Story
1990
Yawara!
1989
A Taxing Woman
1987
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Tree Without Leaves
1986
For Business
1986
Godzilla 1985
1985
The Return of Godzilla
1984
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Imperial Navy
1981
White Love
1979
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Tidal Wave
1975
Submersion of Japan
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
I Hear the Whistle
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
The Militarists
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
The Ambitious
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
Young Challengers
1968
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
Challenge for Glory
1966
The Daphne
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
A Company President's Life Story
1966
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Beast Alley
1965
We Will Remember
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Samurai Assassin
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
Could I But Live
1964
Hello, Baby
1964
Ken
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
We Are Salarymen
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
Walleyed Nippon
1963
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
My Hobo
1962
Born in Sin
1962
Chûshingura
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Mother Country
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Wiser Age
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Sanjuro
1962
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
The End of Summer
1961
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Playboy President: Part II
1961
Playboy President
1961
Eternity of Love
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Taking a Success Course
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
The Masterless 47
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
The Lost Alibi
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
New Third-Class Executive
1959
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Fox and Raccoon
1959
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Naked General
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
Little Peach
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Third President
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Assistant President
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
Schooldays
1957
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
Price of Beauty
1957
Ôban
1957
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
Night School
1956
Settlement of Love
1956
The President Talks Bank
1956
Sudden Rain
1956
The President's Boss
1956
Young Love Conquers All
1955
The First Kiss
1955
Life's Simple Pleasures
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
土曜日の天使
1954
Student Double Suicide
1954
Zoku botchan shain
1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Red-Light Bases
1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
Girls in the Orchard
1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
Adolescence Part II
1953
Their Father's Wife
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
Husband and Wife
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
恐妻時代
1952
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Love's Cheerleader
1952
Third Class Executives
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Mr. Lucky
1952
Repast
1951
のど自慢三羽烏
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Clothes of Deception
1951
Resurrection
1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
The Rainbow Man
1949
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
Diary of a Nurse
1947
The Hopeful Family
1947
The Man From Chungking
1943
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942