Keiju Kobayashi
November 23, 1923 (101 years old) in Gunma, Japan
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
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells as Narrator
- 2003 · Take the 'A' Train, Someday as 平松
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' as Self
- 2001 · Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. as Inspector Muta
- 1999 · One Summer's Day as Kenshiro Ooi
- 1998 · The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya as
- 1997 · To Love as Kamijo
- 1995 · Whisper of the Heart as Shiro Nishi (voice)
- 1993 · Karin as 小森弥之助
- 1990 · Tasmania Story as
- 1989 · Yawara! as Jigoro inokuma
- 1988 · 弁護士朝日岳之助 as
- 1987 · A Taxing Woman as Ryoko's Boss
- 1986 · The Gentlemen’s Alliance as
- 1986 · Tree Without Leaves as Hatsu-rojin
- 1986 · For Business as Mihara
- 1985 · Godzilla 1985 as Prime Minister Mitamura
- 1985 · Waves of Spring as
- 1984 · The Return of Godzilla as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
- 1983 · L・O・V・I・N・G as
- 1983 · 松田聖子のはじめての情事 as
- 1983 · Okinawan Boys as
- 1981 · Tuesday Suspense Theater as
- 1981 · The Imperial Navy as Isoroku Yamamoto
- 1979 · White Love as Keisuke Uemura
- 1977 · 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ as
- 1977 · Mount Hakkoda as
- 1976 · Love and Separation in Sri Lanka as
- 1976 · Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow as Taira no Yoshimasa
- 1975 · Tora-san, the Intellectual as
- 1974 · Submersion of Japan as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
- 1974 · Japan Sinks as 田所雄介博士
- 1973 · Submersion of Japan as Dr. Tadokoro
- 1973 · Pieces of Autumn as
- 1972 · The Golden Bat Shows Up as Tokuhei Kyojima
- 1971 · I Hear the Whistle as Takashi Sugimoto
- 1971 · The Battle of Okinawa as General Ushijima
- 1971 · 幻の殺意 as
- 1970 · The Militarists as Premier Hideki Tojo
- 1970 · The Ambitious as Yoshinosuke Saigo
- 1969 · Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Toshizo Hijikata
- 1969 · The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Tomizô Funakoshi
- 1969 · Black Comedy - Ah, Fool as
- 1968 · Young Challengers as Junpei Namikawa
- 1968 · Judge and Jeopardy as Hiroshi Masaki
- 1967 · Japan's Longest Day as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
- 1966 · Challenge for Glory as
- 1966 · The Daphne as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
- 1966 · The Thin Line as Isao Tashiro
- 1965 · Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi as
- 1965 · Beast Alley as
- 1965 · Samurai Assassin as Einosuke Kurihara
- 1965 · Five Gents' Trick Book as
- 1964 · Could I But Live as
- 1964 · こんにちは赤ちゃん as Keisuke Yomoyama
- 1964 · Zoku shachō shinshiroku as
- 1964 · Hail the 3 Gents as
- 1963 · The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi Toshimaru
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1962 · Fūryū onsen bantō nikki as
- 1962 · Born in Sin as
- 1962 · My Hobo as Junpei Shishido
- 1962 · 47 Ronin as Awajinokami Wakisake
- 1962 · A Wanderer's Notebook as Fujiyama
- 1962 · Saotome-ka no musume-tachi as
- 1962 · Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong as
- 1962 · Three Gentlemen from Tokyo as
- 1962 · Mother Country as
- 1962 · 女難コースを突破せよ as
- 1962 · 続サラリーマン清水港 as
- 1962 · The Wiser Age as Jiro Ishikawa
- 1962 · Salaryman Shimizu Minato as
- 1962 · Sanjuro as The Spy
- 1961 · 3 Dolls and Baby Gang as
- 1961 · The End of Summer as Hisao
- 1961 · Snow in the South Seas as
- 1961 · Acchan no bebi gyangu as
- 1961 · Wakarete ikiru toki mo as
- 1961 · The Masterless 47 – Part II as
- 1961 · Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore as
- 1961 · Happiness of Us Alone as Michio Katayama
- 1960 · The Masterless 47 as Heitaro Teraoka
- 1960 · Master Fencer Sees the World as
- 1960 · The Storm of the Pacific as
- 1960 · The Lost Alibi as Teiichiro Ishino
- 1959 · Zoku shachōtaiheiki as
- 1959 · 社長太平記 as
- 1958 · Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as
- 1958 · The Naked General as
- 1958 · Summer Clouds as Hatsuji
- 1958 · Little Peach as Tayama
- 1958 · Yaji and Kita on the Road as Kitahachi Kitariya
- 1958 · The Third President as
- 1958 · Makeraremasen katsumadewa as
- 1958 · Assistant President as
- 1957 · Price of Beauty as
- 1957 · Ôban as Policeman
- 1956 · はりきり社長 as
- 1956 · A Wife's Heart as Shinji
- 1956 · Night School as Night time teacher
- 1956 · Settlement of Love as Takeuchi
- 1956 · The President Talks Bank as
- 1956 · Sudden Rain as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
- 1956 · The President's Boss as
- 1955 · The First Kiss as
- 1955 · Life's Simple Pleasures as
- 1955 · Nonki saiban as
- 1955 · Here Is a Spring as
- 1954 · Student Double Suicide as
- 1954 · Madam of the first class and husband of the third class as
- 1953 · Red-Light Bases as School Teacher Uenishi
- 1953 · First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Heima Sakamoto
- 1953 · The Eagle of the Pacific as Staff Officer (uncredited)
- 1953 · Girls in the Orchard as
- 1953 · Youth of Heiji Senigata as
- 1953 · Adolescence Part II as (uncredited)
- 1953 · Their Father's Wife as
- 1953 · Mr. Pu as
- 1953 · Husband and Wife as Shigekichi Hayakawa
- 1953 · My Wonderful Yellow Car as Drunken man A
- 1952 · 恐妻時代 as Shinichi Utsumi
- 1952 · Dimple of Tokyo as Policeman
- 1952 · Tokyo Sweetheart as
- 1952 · Love's Cheerleader as Mr. Gan
- 1952 · Third Class Executives as Wakahara
- 1952 · Kin no tamago: Golden Girl as
- 1952 · Mr. Lucky as 若原俊平
- 1951 · Repast as Shinzo Murata
- 1951 · のど自慢三羽烏 as
- 1951 · Tsuki yori no haha as Kenji
- 1951 · Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre as
- 1951 · Clothes of Deception as Kōji
- 1950 · Resurrection as Kunihiko Murai
- 1950 · Mado Kara Tobidase as Yûji Tokuyama
- 1949 · The Rainbow Man as Ryôsuke Akashi
- 1948 · The Dead Beauty Incident as
- 1948 · Music's Twenty Doors as
- 1947 · Diary of a Nurse as
- 1947 · The Hopeful Family as
- 1943 · The Man From Chungking as 中原精一
- 1943 · The Tiger of Malaya as Hassan
- 1942 · Horror of the Fifth Columnist as