Keiju Kobayashi
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
211 acting credits
Acting · 211
Whisper of the Heart
1995
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
Karin
1993
Submersion of Japan
1974
Sanjuro
1962
Japan Sinks
1974
The Return of Godzilla
1984
Pieces of Autumn
1973
The Imperial Navy
1981
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Chûshingura
1962
Waves of Spring
1985
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Mount Hakkoda
1977
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
Submersion of Japan
1973
Samurai Assassin
1965
The End of Summer
1961
Beast Alley
1965
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Godzilla 1985
1985
松田聖子のはじめての情事
1983
A Taxing Woman
1987
Little Peach
1958
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
The Ambitious
1970
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
A Wife's Heart
1956
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
The Militarists
1970
The Lost Alibi
1960
Here Is a Spring
1955
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
Vengeance for Sale
2002
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
Repast
1951
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
Sudden Rain
1956
One Summer's Day
1999
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Summer Clouds
1958
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
Mr. Pu
1953
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Eternity of Love
1961
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Ken
1964
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
Born in Sin
1962
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
The Wiser Age
1962
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Tree Without Leaves
1986
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Masterless 47
1960
A Company President's Life Story
1966
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
Playboy President: Part II
1961
Mr. Lucky
1952
Red-Light Bases
1953
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
The President's Boss
1956
Ôban
1957
Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
弁護士朝日岳之助
1988
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Young Challengers
1968
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Settlement of Love
1956
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
Girls in the Orchard
1953
New Third-Class Executive
1959
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Yawara!
1989
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
Playboy President
1961
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
The President Talks Bank
1956
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Could I But Live
1964
Nonki saiban
1955
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
White Love
1979
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
Company President Travels Abroad
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
Taking a Success Course
1961
Assistant President
1958
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963
Night School
1956
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
Tasmania Story
1990
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
The First Kiss
1955
The Third President
1958
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
Fox and Raccoon
1959
For Business
1986
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
To Love
1997
Price of Beauty
1957
Tidal Wave
1975
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
恐妻時代
1952
Husband and Wife
1953
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
I Hear the Whistle
1971
Resurrection
1950
The Daphne
1966
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
Their Father's Wife
1953
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
Diary of a Nurse
1947
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
Clothes of Deception
1951
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
Love's Cheerleader
1952
Student Double Suicide
1954
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
Challenge for Glory
1966
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
The Hopeful Family
1947
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
Adolescence Part II
1953
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
のど自慢三羽烏
1951
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Mother Country
1962
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
The Man From Chungking
1943
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Hello, Baby
1964
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Zoku botchan shain
1954
Afterglow
1978
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
We Are Salarymen
1963
Walleyed Nippon
1963
Young Love Conquers All
1955
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Third Class Executives
1952
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
My Hobo
1962
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
We Will Remember
1965
土曜日の天使
1954
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
Okinawan Boys
1983
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
The Naked General
1958
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942
The Rainbow Man
1949
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
Schooldays
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
Young Eyes
1954
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
A Brother and His Sister
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
In Case of One Woman
1956
Samurai in the Office
1959
Pure Love
1956
Detour to Love
1955
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
All Sold Out
1956
仕掛人・藤枝梅安 梅安迷い箸
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The Luckiest Dai
1957
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
七人の敵あり
1961
A Song of Little Men
1953