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