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 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
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Sanjuro
(The Spy)
The End of Summer
(Hisao)
Whisper of the Heart
(Shiro Nishi (voice))
Love's Cheerleader
(Mr. Gan)
Chûshingura
(Awajinokami Wakisake)
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
恐妻時代
(Shinichi Utsumi)
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
(Heima Sakamoto)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
(Toshizo Hijikata)
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Repast
(Shinzo Murata)
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Godzilla 1985
(Prime Minister Mitamura)
To Love
(Kamijo)
Third Class Executives
(Wakahara)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
(Eburi Toshimaru)
Ôban
(Policeman)
Samurai Assassin
(Einosuke Kurihara)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
(Kitahachi Kitariya)
Submersion of Japan
(Dr. Tadokoro)
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
(Tomizô Funakoshi)
The Storm of the Pacific
Mount Hakkoda
Master Fencer Sees the World
Tree Without Leaves
(Hatsu-rojin)
The Battle of Okinawa
(General Ushijima)
Summer Clouds
(Hatsuji)
Sudden Rain
(Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door))
The Thin Line
(Isao Tashiro)
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
For Business
(Mihara)
Judge and Jeopardy
(Hiroshi Masaki)
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
The Man From Chungking
(中原精一)
The Ambitious
(Yoshinosuke Saigo)
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
The Masterless 47
(Heitaro Teraoka)
Settlement of Love
(Takeuchi)
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
幻の殺意
のど自慢三羽烏
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
(平松)
The Rainbow Man
(Ryôsuke Akashi)
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
One Summer's Day
(Kenshiro Ooi)
The Imperial Navy
(Isoroku Yamamoto)
A Wife's Heart
(Shinji)
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Tasmania Story
Husband and Wife
(Shigekichi Hayakawa)
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Happiness of Us Alone
(Michio Katayama)
Life's Simple Pleasures
Little Peach
(Tayama)
A Wanderer's Notebook
(Fujiyama)
My Hobo
(Junpei Shishido)
The Golden Bat Shows Up
(Tokuhei Kyojima)
White Love
(Keisuke Uemura)
Here Is a Spring
Diary of a Nurse
The Militarists
(Premier Hideki Tojo)
Dimple of Tokyo
(Policeman)
The Wiser Age
(Jiro Ishikawa)
The First Kiss
The Return of Godzilla
(Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura)
The Lost Alibi
(Teiichiro Ishino)
Mr. Pu
Nonki saiban
Yawara!
(Jigoro inokuma)
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Hello, Baby
(Keisuke Yomoyama)
I Hear the Whistle
(Takashi Sugimoto)
Snow in the South Seas
Mr. Lucky
(若原俊平)
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Tsuki yori no haha
(Kenji)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
(Self)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
(Self)
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Beast Alley
(Detective Hisatsune)
Pressure of Guilt
Born in Sin
L・O・V・I・N・G
Price of Beauty
Tokyo Sweetheart
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
Challenge for Glory
Okinawan Boys
The Naked General
Adolescence Part II
((uncredited))
Young Challengers
(Junpei Namikawa)
The Daphne
(Ooka (Umeko's husband))
Night School
(Night time teacher)
Clothes of Deception
(Kōji)
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
(Inspector Muta)
The Tiger of Malaya
(Hassan)
Mother Country
A Taxing Woman
(Ryoko's Boss)
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Tora-san, the Intellectual
The Eagle of the Pacific
(Staff Officer (uncredited))
My Wonderful Yellow Car
(Drunken man A)
Their Father's Wife
Red-Light Bases
(School Teacher Uenishi)
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
(Narrator)
The President Talks Bank
The President's Boss
Assistant President
Hail the 3 Gents
(Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary))
Girls in the Orchard
Resurrection
(Kunihiko Murai)
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Three Generations of Company Presidents
Five Gents' Trick Book
Could I But Live
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
The Third President
The Hopeful Family
Japan's Longest Day
(Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa)
Mado Kara Tobidase
(Yûji Tokuyama)
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Student Double Suicide
The Dead Beauty Incident
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Music's Twenty Doors
Taking a Success Course
Tidal Wave
(Dr. Tadokoro)
Godzilla Resurrection
(Prime Minister Mitamura)
Zoku botchan shain
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
(Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi)
Travel Stories of a Company President
New Third-Class Executive
(Namiyoshi Yashiro)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
(Namikichi Yashiro (Employee))
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
(Namiyoshi Yashiro)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
(Namikichi Yashiro)
Playboy President
(Kuwabara Takeshi)
Playboy President: Part II
(Takeshi Kuwabara)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
(Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary))
Company President Travels Abroad
(Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary))
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
(Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary))
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
(Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager))
A Company President's Life Story
(Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary))
Five Gents on the Spot
(Keigo Kojima)
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
(Officer Furuyama)
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
(Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director))
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
(Shingo Kimura)
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
(Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager))
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
(Kenichi Honjō)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
(Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager))
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
(Saijō Takashi (PR manager))
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
(Hisashi Tamba)
Five Gents and a Kuniang
(Tanba Hisashi)
Vengeance for Sale
(Undertaker)
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
(Shinsuke Narada)
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
(Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries)
Fox and Raccoon
(Goichi Yufune)
Ken
(Eri Itami)
Atarashii Sebiro
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
(Isshin Tarō)
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
(Isshin Tarō)
We Are Salarymen
(Head of Sales, Seihō Electric)
Bringing Up Husbands
Walleyed Nippon
(Narrator & Matchmaker)
Holiday in Tokyo
土曜日の天使
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
(Hideyoshi Kinoshita)
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
(Kinoshita Hideyoshi)
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
(Kinoshita Hideyoshi)
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
(Miki)
Young Love Conquers All
Schooldays
(Yamaoka)
We Will Remember
Tuesday Suspense Theater
松田聖子のはじめての情事
Karin
(小森弥之助)
Submersion of Japan
(Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro)
Japan Sinks
(田所雄介博士)
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
(Taira no Yoshimasa)
Waves of Spring
弁護士朝日岳之助
Pieces of Autumn