Keiju Kobayashi
Birthday
1923/11/23
Day of death
2010/09/16 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Also know as
Кэйдзю Кобаяси
Biography
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 defin...Read more
Acting
(1952) Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
as ---
(1962) Sanjuro
as The Spy
(1961) The End of Summer
as Hisao
(1995) Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
(1952) Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
(1962) Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
(1962) Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
as ---
(1952) 恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
(1953) First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
(1969) Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
(1962) Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
as ---
(1951) Repast
as Shinzo Murata
(1962) Shimizu Port Salaryman
as ---
(1985) Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
(1997) To Love
as Kamijo
(1952) Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
(1963) The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
(1957) Ôban
as Policeman
(1965) Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
(1958) Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
(1973) Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
(1969) Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
as ---
(1969) The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
(1960) The Storm of the Pacific
as ---
(1977) Mount Hakkoda
as ---
(1960) Master Fencer Sees the World
as ---
(1986) Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
(1971) The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
(1958) Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
(1956) Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
(1966) The Thin Line
as Isao Tashiro
(1962) Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
as ---
(1958) Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
as ---
(1986) For Business
as Mihara
(1968) Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
(1965) Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
as ---
(1943) The Man From Chungking
as 中原精一
(1970) The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
(1977) 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
as ---
(1956) Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
(1960) The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
(1962) The Daughters of the Saotome Family
as ---
(1971) 幻の殺意
as ---
(1951) のど自慢三羽烏
as ---
(2003) Take the 'A' Train, Someday
as 平松
(1949) The Rainbow Man
as Ryôsuke Akashi
(1961) Wakarete ikiru toki mo
as ---
(1999) One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
(1981) The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
(1956) A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
(1962) Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
as ---
(1990) Tasmania Story
as ---
(1953) Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
(1964) 3 Gents in the Snow Country
as ---
(1961) Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
(1955) Life's Simple Pleasures
as ---
(1962) A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
(1958) Little Peach
as Tayama
(1962) My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
(1972) The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Tokuhei Kyojima
(1979) White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
(1955) Here Is a Spring
as ---
(1947) Diary of a Nurse
as ---
(1970) The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
(1952) Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
(1962) The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
(1955) The First Kiss
as ---
(1984) The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
(1960) The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
(1953) Mr. Pu
as ---
(1955) Nonki saiban
as ---
(1989) Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
(1986) The Gentlemen’s Alliance
as ---
(1964) Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
(1971) I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
(1961) Snow in the South Seas
as ---
(1952) Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
(1961) Acchan no bebi gyangu
as ---
(1951) Tsuki yori no haha
as Kenji
(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
(1961) 3 Dolls and Baby Gang
as ---
(1976) Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
as ---
(1958) Makeraremasen katsumadewa
as ---
(1965) Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
(1963) Pressure of Guilt
as ---
(1962) Born in Sin
as ---
(1983) L・O・V・I・N・G
as ---
(1957) Price of Beauty
as ---
(1952) Tokyo Sweetheart
as ---
(1998) The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
as ---
(1966) Challenge for Glory
as ---
(1983) Okinawan Boys
as ---
(1958) The Naked General
as ---
(1953) Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
(1968) Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
(1966) The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
(1956) Night School
as Night time teacher
(1951) Clothes of Deception
as Kōji
(1961) The Masterless 47 – Part II
as ---
(2001) Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
as Inspector Muta
(1943) The Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan
(1962) Mother Country
as ---
(1987) A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
(1962) Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
as ---
(1975) Tora-san, the Intellectual
as ---
(1953) The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
(1953) My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
(1953) Their Father's Wife
as ---
(1953) Youth of Heiji Senigata
as ---
(1953) Red-Light Bases
as School Teacher Uenishi
(2005) Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
as Narrator
(1956) The President's Boss
as ---
(1956) The President Talks Bank
as ---
(1958) Assistant President
as ---
(1964) Hail the 3 Gents
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
(1953) Girls in the Orchard
as ---
(1950) Resurrection
as Kunihiko Murai
(1951) Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
as ---
(1956) Three Generations of Company Presidents
as ---
(1965) Five Gents' Trick Book
as ---
(1964) Could I But Live
as ---
(1959) Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
as ---
(1958) The Third President
as ---
(1959) Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
as ---
(1947) The Hopeful Family
as ---
(1967) Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
(1950) Mado Kara Tobidase
as Yûji Tokuyama
(1942) Horror of the Fifth Columnist
as ---
(1954) Student Double Suicide
as ---
(1948) The Dead Beauty Incident
as ---
(1954) Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
as ---
(1948) Music's Twenty Doors
as ---
(1961) Taking a Success Course
as ---
(1975) Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
(2018) Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
(1954) Zoku botchan shain
as ---
(1957) Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
(1963) Travel Stories of a Company President
as ---
(1959) New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
(1960) New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
(1960) New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
(1960) New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
(1961) Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
(1961) Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
(1963) Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
(1963) Company President Travels Abroad
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
(1963) Company President Travels Abroad Part II
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
(1965) President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
(1966) A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
(1966) Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
(1958) Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
(1967) Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
(1967) Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
(1968) Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
(1968) Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
(1969) 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
(1969) 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
(1970) Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
(1970) Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
(2002) Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
(1971) First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
as Shinsuke Narada
(1971) First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
(1959) Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
(1964) Ken
as Eri Itami
(1957) Atarashii Sebiro
as ---
(1960) Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Isshin Tarō
(1960) Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Isshin Tarō
(1963) We Are Salarymen
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
(1959) Bringing Up Husbands
as ---
(1963) Walleyed Nippon
as Narrator & Matchmaker
(1958) Holiday in Tokyo
as ---
(1954) 土曜日の天使
as ---
(1958) Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
(1957) Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
(1948) Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
as ---
(1957) Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
(1956) Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Miki
(1955) Young Love Conquers All
as ---
(1957) Schooldays
as Yamaoka
(1981) Tuesday Suspense Theater
as ---
(1983) 松田聖子のはじめての情事
as ---
(1993) Karin
as 小森弥之助
(1974) Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
(1974) Japan Sinks
as 田所雄介博士
(1976) Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
as Taira no Yoshimasa
(1985) Waves of Spring
as ---
(1988) 弁護士朝日岳之助
as ---
(1973) Pieces of Autumn
as ---