Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
🎂 1923-11-23
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
Cast credits(169)
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
1974
Taira no Yoshimasa
1976
1985
田所雄介博士
1974
1981
Shiro Nishi (voice)
1995
1988
小森弥之助
1993
The Spy
1962
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1984
Ryoko's Boss
1987
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1967
1973
Awajinokami Wakisake
1962
Hisao
1961
1983
General Ushijima
1971
Prime Minister Mitamura
1985
Einosuke Kurihara
1965
Isoroku Yamamoto
1981
1977
Toshizo Hijikata
1969
Takeuchi
1956
1960
Shinzo Murata
1951
Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953
1955
Hatsu-rojin
1986
Premier Hideki Tojo
1970
Dr. Tadokoro
1973
Eburi Toshimaru
1963
Shinji
1956
Isao Tashiro
1966
1986
Kenshiro Ooi
1999
Self
2002
1963
1952
Fujiyama
1962
Hatsuji
1958
Tayama
1958
Hiroshi Masaki
1968
Teiichiro Ishino
1960
Detective Hisatsune
1965
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1956
Shigekichi Hayakawa
1953
1952
若原俊平
1952
1964
Kōji
1951
Junpei Namikawa
1968
Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970
Michio Katayama
1961
1965
1960
1961
Policeman
1952
1953
1962
1961
Yûji Tokuyama
1950
1958
Takashi Sugimoto
1971
(uncredited)
1953
1959
Mihara
1986
Jiro Ishikawa
1962
Keisuke Yomoyama
1964
1956
1969
Policeman
1957
Kenji
1951
1962
Drunken man A
1953
Tokuhei Kyojima
1972
School Teacher Uenishi
1953
1955
Tomizô Funakoshi
1969
1966
1953
Hassan
1943
1951
Self
2002
1961
Keisuke Uemura
1979
1964
Kenichi Honjō
1968
Kitahachi Kitariya
1958
1957
Heima Sakamoto
1953
Officer Furuyama
1958
1964
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
1969
Ryôsuke Akashi
1949
1958
1959
1956
1955
1955
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
1957
1953
1947
1958
Namikichi Yashiro
1960
Mr. Gan
1952
1953
1961
Night time teacher
1956
1962
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
1966
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
1963
1976
1962
1956
Kuwabara Takeshi
1961
1962
Takeshi Kuwabara
1961
Kunihiko Murai
1950
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
1967
Shinichi Utsumi
1952
Inspector Muta
2001
Shingo Kimura
1967
1958
1965
Namiyoshi Yashiro
1959
1990
1962
Heitaro Teraoka
1960
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
1965
1977
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1960
1975
1951
1962
Keigo Kojima
1966
1947
Narrator
2005
1954
1961
Dr. Tadokoro
1975
中原精一
1943
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
1963
1983
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
1963
1954
Kamijo
1997
1948
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
1969
Jigoro inokuma
1989
1962
1998
1961
1983
Namiyoshi Yashiro
1960
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
1968
Wakahara
1952
1962
平松
2003
1948
1954
Prime Minister Mitamura
2018
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
1966
1963
1958
1942
Junpei Shishido
1962
1971
Tanba Hisashi
1970
Hisashi Tamba
1970