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Keiju Kobayashi

Born 1923-11-23

Died 2010-09-16

📍 Gunma, Japan

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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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Filmography 194

Godzilla Resurrection

as Prime Minister Mitamura

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells

Take the 'A' Train, Someday

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Vengeance for Sale

One Summer's Day

as Kenshiro Ooi

Whisper of the Heart

as Shiro Nishi (voice)

as 小森弥之助

as Jigoro inokuma

The Wives of Rokumeikan

as Ryoko's Boss

The Gentlemen’s Alliance

Tree Without Leaves

as Prime Minister Mitamura

Waves of Spring

The Return of Godzilla

as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

L・O・V・I・N・G

松田聖子のはじめての情事

Tuesday Suspense Theater

The Imperial Navy

as Isoroku Yamamoto

as Keisuke Uemura

田舎刑事　時間よ、とまれ

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

as Taira no Yoshimasa

Tora-san, the Intellectual

as Dr. Tadokoro

Submersion of Japan

as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro

as 田所雄介博士

Submersion of Japan

as Dr. Tadokoro

Pieces of Autumn

The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi

The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

as Tokuhei Kyojima

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries

I Hear the Whistle

as Takashi Sugimoto

The Battle of Okinawa

as General Ushijima

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff

as Shinsuke Narada

Maboroshi no Satsui

The Militarists

as Premier Hideki Tojo

Five Gents and a Kuniang

as Tanba Hisashi

as Yoshinosuke Saigo

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

as Hisashi Tamba

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

as Toshizo Hijikata

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

as Tomizô Funakoshi

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)

Young Challengers

as Junpei Namikawa

Judge and Jeopardy

as Hiroshi Masaki

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

as Kenichi Honjō

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)

Japan's Longest Day

as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

as Shingo Kimura

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)

Challenge for Glory

as Ooka (Umeko's husband)

Five Gents on the Spot

as Keigo Kojima

The Stranger Within a Woman

as Isao Tashiro

A Company President's Life Story

as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

as Detective Hisatsune

We Will Remember

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)

Samurai Assassin

as Einosuke Kurihara

Five Gents' Trick Book

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins

as 1st Sin & 7th Sin

Could I But Live

as Keisuke Yomoyama

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Hail the 3 Gents

as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)

We Are Salarymen

as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

as Eburi Toshimaru

Walleyed Nippon

as Narrator & Matchmaker

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)

Company President Travels Abroad

as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)

Pressure of Guilt

Travel Stories of a Company President

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

as Awajinokami Wakisake

A Wanderer's Notebook

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

as Jiro Ishikawa

Shimizu Port Salaryman

3 Dolls and Baby Gang

The End of Summer

Snow in the South Seas

Acchan no bebi gyangu

Playboy President: Part II

as Takeshi Kuwabara

Playboy President

as Kuwabara Takeshi

Eternity of Love

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Taking a Success Course

Happiness of Us Alone

as Michio Katayama

The Masterless 47

as Heitaro Teraoka

Master Fencer Sees the World

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

as Namikichi Yashiro

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

as Isshin Tarō

The Storm of the Pacific

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

as Namiyoshi Yashiro

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1

as Teiichiro Ishino

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

as Isshin Tarō

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)

New Third-Class Executive

as Namiyoshi Yashiro

Samurai in the Office

Bringing Up Husbands

Fox and Raccoon

as Goichi Yufune

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

The Naked General

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

as Hideyoshi Kinoshita

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

as Officer Furuyama

Yaji and Kita on the Road

as Kitahachi Kitariya

Holiday in Tokyo

The Third President

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Assistant President

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

as Kinoshita Hideyoshi

Atarashii Sebiro

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

as Kinoshita Hideyoshi

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi

Price of Beauty

A Brother and His Sister

Three Generations of Company Presidents

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

as Night time teacher

Settlement of Love

The President Talks Bank

as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)

The President's Boss

Young Love Conquers All

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

Here Is a Spring

土曜日の天使

Student Double Suicide

Zoku botchan shain

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

Red-Light Bases

as School Teacher Uenishi

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

as Heima Sakamoto

The Eagle of the Pacific

as Staff Officer (uncredited)

Girls in the Orchard

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Adolescence Part II

as (uncredited)

Their Father's Wife

Husband and Wife

as Shigekichi Hayakawa

My Wonderful Yellow Car

as Drunken man A

as Shinichi Utsumi

Dimple of Tokyo

Tokyo Sweetheart

Love's Cheerleader

Third Class Executives

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

as 若原俊平

as Shinzo Murata

のど自慢三羽烏

Tsuki yori no haha

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

Clothes of Deception

as Kunihiko Murai

Mado Kara Tobidase

as Yûji Tokuyama

The Rainbow Man

as Ryôsuke Akashi

The Dead Beauty Incident

Music's Twenty Doors

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

Diary of a Nurse

The Hopeful Family

The Man From Chungking

as 中原精一

The Tiger of Malaya

Horror of the Fifth Columnist