Keiju Kobayashi
Known for: Acting
Born: November 23, 1923
Died: September 16, 2010
Place of birth: 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
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Filmography
231 movies · 9 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
3.0
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
5.5
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
8.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
NR
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
6.8
Vengeance for Sale
2002NR
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
10.0
One Summer's Day
1999NR
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
6.7
To Love
1997
7.9
Whisper of the Heart
1995
NR
Karin
1993
8.5
Tasmania Story
1990
NR
Yawara!
1989NR
弁護士朝日岳之助
1988
NR
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
6.7
A Taxing Woman
1987
6.5
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
8.0
Tree Without Leaves
1986
8.0
For Business
1986
6.8
Godzilla 1985
1985
NR
Waves of Spring
1985
7.2
The Return of Godzilla
1984
NR
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
NR
松田聖子のはじめての情事
1983
8.0
Okinawan Boys
1983
NR
Baian Mayoibashi
1982
NR
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
6.6
The Imperial Navy
1981
6.5
White Love
1979
NR
Afterglow
1978
NR
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
6.6
Mount Hakkoda
1977
10.0
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
9.0
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
8.2
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
NR
Waga seishun no toki
1975
NR
Tidal Wave
1975
NR
Submersion of Japan
1974
NR
Japan Sinks
1974
7.0
Submersion of Japan
1973
NR
Pieces of Autumn
1973
NR
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
NR
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
8.0
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
10.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
8.0
I Hear the Whistle
1971
7.8
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.0
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
NR
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
7.5
The Militarists
1970
9.0
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
7.3
The Ambitious
1970
8.0
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
6.9
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
8.0
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
8.0
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
7.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
10.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
8.0
Young Challengers
1968
9.0
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
7.0
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
9.0
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967
9.0
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
NR
Our Silent Love
1967
8.0
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
9.0
Challenge for Glory
1966
10.0
The Daphne
1966
7.0
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
7.4
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
7.0
A Company President's Life Story
1966
7.0
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
7.0
Beast Alley
1965
10.0
We Will Remember
1965
8.0
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
7.3
Samurai Assassin
1965
10.0
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
NR
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
8.0
Could I But Live
1964NR
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
10.0
Hello, Baby
1964
7.7
Ken
1964
10.0
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
8.0
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
7.0
We Are Salarymen
1963
6.2
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
8.0
Walleyed Nippon
1963
8.0
Aloha 3 Gents
1963
8.0
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
9.0
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
7.5
Pressure of Guilt
1963
7.0
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
NR
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
19629.0
My Hobo
1962
9.0
Born in Sin
1962
7.1
Chûshingura
1962
7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
NR
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
6.5
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
6.8
Mother Country
1962
9.0
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
NR
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
9.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
7.2
The Wiser Age
1962
8.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
7.9
Sanjuro
1962
7.0
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
7.5
The End of Summer
1961
9.0
Snow in the South Seas
1961
9.0
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
8.0
Playboy President: Part II
1961
10.0
Playboy President
1961
8.0
Eternity of Love
1961NR
Seven Enemies
1961
9.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
NR
Taking a Success Course
1961
9.0
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
10.0
The Masterless 47
1960
9.0
Master Fencer Sees the World
19607.0
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
NR
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
6.0
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
9.0
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
NR
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
5.0
The Lost Alibi
1960
NR
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
8.0
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
NR
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1959
8.0
New Third-Class Executive
1959
9.0
Samurai in the Office
1959
NR
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
9.0
Fox and Raccoon
1959
9.0
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
10.0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
7.0
The Naked General
1958
10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
7.7
Summer Clouds
1958
NR
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
6.1
Little Peach
1958
NR
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
9.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
10.0
The Third President
1958
9.0
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
10.0
Assistant President
1958
8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
7.0
Schooldays
1957
NR
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
9.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
NR
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
10.0
Price of Beauty
1957
9.0
Ôban
1957
NR
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
NR
The Luckiest Dai
1957
NR
Funny Fellows
1956
NR
Pure Love
1956
NR
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
8.0
A Brother and His Sister
1956NR
In Case of One Woman
1956
NR
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
8.0
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
NR
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
10.0
Night School
1956
9.0
Settlement of Love
1956
NR
The President Talks Bank
1956
NR
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
6.7
Sudden Rain
1956
NR
All Sold Out
1956
8.0
The President's Boss
1956
7.0
Young Love Conquers All
1955
NR
Detour to Love
1955
6.4
The First Kiss
1955
NR
School Girls in Costume
1955
NR
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
NR
Nonki saiban
1955
8.2
Here Is a Spring
1955
10.0
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
NR
Student Double Suicide
1954
9.0
Zoku botchan shain
1954
NR
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954NR
Young Eyes
1954
9.0
The Red Light Military Base
1953
NR
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
7.8
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
8.0
Girls in the Orchard
1953
NR
A Song of Little Men
1953
7.0
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
10.0
Adolescence Part II
1953
7.0
Their Father's Wife
1953
6.5
Mr. Pu
1953
6.9
Husband and Wife
1953
7.0
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
NR
恐妻時代
1952
NR
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
10.0
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
8.0
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
NR
Love's Cheerleader
1952
7.0
Third Class Executives
1952
9.0
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
NR
Yobiko hoshi
1952
10.0
Mr. Lucky
1952
NR
Gunrō no machi
1952
7.6
Repast
1951
NR
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
1951
NR
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
10.0
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
NR
Saijoke no kyoen
1951NR
Fire Department
1951
7.0
Clothes of Deception
1951
NR
Tetsuro no dankon
1950NR
Hatachi zengo
1950
NR
Mitsurin no mehyō
1950
9.0
Resurrection
1950
NR
I Am Being Targeted
1950
NR
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950NR
Hana no jitsugetsu
1949
6.2
The Rainbow Man
1949NR
Doku bara
1949
NR
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
NR
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
NR
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
NR
Oyabaka taishō
1948
NR
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948NR
Unmei no koyomi
1948NR
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
1947
NR
Diary of a Nurse
1947
NR
The Hopeful Family
1947
NR
Odoriko monogatari
1947
NR
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
NR
Convent Bride
1946NR
Kenrantaru fukushū
1946NR
Kimi ka to omohite
1946
NR
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
1944
NR
The Man From Chungking
1943
7.0
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
NR
All-out Attack on Singapore
1943
9.5
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942