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)
47 Ronin
(Awajinokami Wakisake)
続サラリーマン清水港
恐妻時代
(Shinichi Utsumi)
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
(Heima Sakamoto)
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
(Toshizo Hijikata)
女難コースを突破せよ
Repast
(Shinzo Murata)
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
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
Settlement of Love
(Takeuchi)
The Masterless 47
(Heitaro Teraoka)
Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
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)
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
Happiness of Us Alone
(Michio Katayama)
Life's Simple Pleasures
A Wanderer's Notebook
(Fujiyama)
Little Peach
(Tayama)
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
こんにちは赤ちゃん
(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
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
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Red-Light Bases
(School Teacher Uenishi)
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
(Narrator)
The President's Boss
The President Talks Bank
Assistant President
Hail the 3 Gents
Girls in the Orchard
Resurrection
(Kunihiko Murai)
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
はりきり社長
Five Gents' Trick Book
Could I But Live
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
The Third President
社長太平記
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
Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
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