Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
Cast
Keiju Kobayashi
Known for
Acting
Born
1923-11-23
From
Gunma, Japan
Died
2010-09-16
Also known as Кэйдзю Кобаяси
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
★7.9
MOVIE1995
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE1979
White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
MOVIE1971
Maboroshi no Satsui
★9.5
MOVIE1942
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
MOVIE1946
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
★7.9
MOVIE1962
Sanjuro
as The Spy
★9.0
MOVIE1962
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
MOVIE1946
Convent Bride
★7.2
MOVIE1984
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
MOVIE1947
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
MOVIE1946
Kimi ka to omohite
★8.0
MOVIE1983
Okinawan Boys
★7.0
MOVIE1958
The Naked General
★6.8
MOVIE1985
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
★10.0
MOVIE2018
Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
MOVIE1946
Kenrantaru fukushū
MOVIE1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
MOVIE1951
Saijoke no kyoen
★7.8
MOVIE1971
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
MOVIE1948
Unmei no koyomi
★3.0
MOVIE2005
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
as Narrator
★7.0
MOVIE1973
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
MOVIE1943
All-out Attack on Singapore
as Private Kimura
MOVIE1948
Oyabaka taishō
MOVIE1956
In Case of One Woman
as Sankichi Hashimoto
★6.6
MOVIE1981
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
MOVIE1982
Baian Mayoibashi
MOVIE1944
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Samurai in the Office
★7.3
MOVIE1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
★6.2
MOVIE1949
The Rainbow Man
as Ryôsuke Akashi
MOVIE1952
Gunrō no machi
MOVIE1978
Afterglow
MOVIE1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
MOVIE1947
Odoriko monogatari
MOVIE1955
Detour to Love
as Tetsuo Iwatani
★7.3
MOVIE1965
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
MOVIE1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
MOVIE1956
All Sold Out
★6.6
MOVIE1977
Mount Hakkoda
MOVIE1956
Newlywed of the First Section
★7.5
MOVIE1961
The End of Summer
as Hisao
★8.0
MOVIE1956
A Brother and His Sister
as Utsumi
MOVIE1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Heikurō
MOVIE1957
The Luckiest Dai
★7.6
MOVIE1958
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
MOVIE1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
MOVIE1954
Young Eyes
★7.1
MOVIE1962
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
MOVIE1953
A Song of Little Men
★6.7
MOVIE1987
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
MOVIE1988
The Wives of Rokumeikan
★6.9
MOVIE1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
MOVIE1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Miki
★10.0
MOVIE1965
We Will Remember
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love
★7.0
MOVIE1955
Young Love Conquers All
MOVIE1972
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
★10.0
MOVIE1966
The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
★7.4
MOVIE1966
The Stranger Within a Woman
as Isao Tashiro
★7.2
MOVIE1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
★10.0
MOVIE1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
★7.7
MOVIE1964
Ken
as Eri Itami
★6.7
MOVIE1997
To Love
as Kamijo
MOVIE1956
Pure Love
MOVIE1961
七人の敵あり
★6.0
MOVIE1960
The Storm of the Pacific
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
★9.0
MOVIE1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
★7.6
MOVIE1951
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
MOVIE1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
★6.1
MOVIE1958
Little Peach
as Tayama
★7.8
MOVIE1953
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
★9.0
MOVIE1968
Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
★6.9
MOVIE1956
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
★6.8
MOVIE2002
Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
★7.5
MOVIE1970
The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
★6.4
MOVIE1955
The First Kiss
as Seikichi
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
★7.2
MOVIE1962
The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
★7.3
MOVIE1970
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
MOVIE1975
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
★9.0
MOVIE1956
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
★8.2
MOVIE1955
Here Is a Spring
★8.0
MOVIE1963
Walleyed Nippon
as Narrator & Matchmaker
★8.0
MOVIE1986
For Business
as Mihara
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
★8.0
MOVIE1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
MOVIE1989
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
★10.0
MOVIE1960
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
★6.8
MOVIE1962
Mother Country
MOVIE1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
MOVIE1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
★9.0
MOVIE1953
The Red Light Military Base
as School Teacher Uenishi
★10.0
MOVIE1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
★8.0
MOVIE1986
Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
★8.5
MOVIE1990
Tasmania Story
★10.0
MOVIE1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
★10.0
MOVIE1999
One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
★8.2
MOVIE1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
★8.0
MOVIE1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Holiday in Tokyo
★7.0
MOVIE1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
MOVIE1950
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Yûji Tokuyama
★9.0
MOVIE1961
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
★8.0
MOVIE1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
MOVIE1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
★8.0
MOVIE1963
3 Gents In Hawaii
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
★7.5
MOVIE1963
Pressure of Guilt
★8.0
MOVIE1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
MOVIE1948
The Dead Beauty Incident
MOVIE1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Isshin Tarō
★7.0
MOVIE1963
We Are Salarymen
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Eternity of Love
★10.0
MOVIE1953
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
★8.0
MOVIE1959
New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
★7.0
MOVIE1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
as Shinsuke Narada
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Ôban
as Policeman
★8.0
MOVIE1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
MOVIE1955
Nonki saiban
★9.0
MOVIE1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
MOVIE1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
★10.0
MOVIE1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
MOVIE1956
The President Talks Bank
★10.0
MOVIE1961
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
★5.0
MOVIE1960
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
★10.0
MOVIE1958
The Third President
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Clothes of Deception
as Kōji
★7.0
MOVIE1952
Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
★8.0
MOVIE1969
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
★9.0
MOVIE1950
Resurrection
as Kunihiko Murai
★8.0
MOVIE1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
MOVIE1961
Taking a Success Course
★9.0
MOVIE1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
★7.0
MOVIE1966
A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
MOVIE1952
恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
MOVIE1957
Atarashii Sebiro
★9.0
MOVIE1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
MOVIE1953
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
★7.0
MOVIE1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
★9.0
MOVIE1961
Snow in the South Seas
★8.0
MOVIE1968
Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
MOVIE1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
★10.0
MOVIE1956
Night School
as Night time teacher
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
★6.9
MOVIE1953
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
★8.0
MOVIE1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
★8.0
MOVIE1963
Aloha 3 Gents
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
MOVIE2001
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
as Inspector Muta
MOVIE1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Isshin Tarō
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
★9.0
MOVIE1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
★8.0
MOVIE1956
The President's Boss
★10.0
MOVIE1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
★9.0
MOVIE1954
Zoku botchan shain
★10.0
MOVIE1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
★8.0
MOVIE1964
Could I But Live
★6.5
MOVIE1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
★9.0
MOVIE1952
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
★9.0
MOVIE1966
Challenge for Glory
MOVIE1947
Diary of a Nurse
MOVIE1998
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
★10.0
MOVIE1954
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
★7.0
MOVIE1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
★7.0
MOVIE1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
★8.0
MOVIE1971
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
★8.0
MOVIE1964
Hail the 3 Gents
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
★6.7
MOVIE1953
Mr. Pu
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Their Father's Wife
MOVIE1948
Music's Twenty Doors
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
MOVIE1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
★9.0
MOVIE1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
★9.0
MOVIE1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
★10.0
MOVIE1964
Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
★5.5
MOVIE2003
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
as 平松
MOVIE1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
★7.0
MOVIE1966
Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
★10.0
MOVIE1957
Price of Beauty
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Schooldays
as Yamaoka
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
MOVIE1954
Student Double Suicide
MOVIE1975
Waga seishun no toki
MOVIE1951
Tsuki yori no haha
as Kenji
MOVIE2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
★10.0
MOVIE1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
MOVIE1959
Bringing Up Husbands
MOVIE1947
The Hopeful Family
MOVIE1951
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
MOVIE1983
L・O・V・I・N・G
MOVIE1943
The Man From Chungking
as 中原精一
★8.0
MOVIE1972
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
as Tokuhei Kyojima
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Born in Sin
MOVIE1952
Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
★8.0
MOVIE1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
★10.0
MOVIE1958
Assistant President
MOVIE1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
★8.0
MOVIE1953
Girls in the Orchard
MOVIE1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan
MOVIE1949
Kenji to onnakanshu
MOVIE1949
Doku bara
MOVIE1949