Keiju Kobayashi

Personal Info

Birthday

November 23, 1923

Day of Death

2010-09-16

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Gunma, Japan

Also Known As

Кэйдзю Кобаяси

Keiju Kobayashi

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 define the popular image of the postwar salaryman.

Known For

Whisper of the Heart

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

Karin

Submersion of Japan

A Wanderer's Notebook

Sanjuro

Japan Sinks

The Return of Godzilla

Filmography

2018
Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
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: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
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
1997
To Love
as Kamijo
1995
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
1989
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
1987
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
1986
Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
For Business
as Mihara
1985
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
1984
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1981
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
1979
White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
1975
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
1972
The Golden Bat Shows Up
as Tokuhei Kyojima
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
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
as Shinsuke Narada
1970
The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
1968
Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
1966
The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
The Thin Line
as Isao Tashiro
A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
1965
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
1964
Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
Ken
as Eri Itami
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
Company President Travels Abroad
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
1962
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
Sanjuro
as The Spy
1961
The End of Summer
as Hisao
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
1960
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1959
New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
1958
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
Little Peach
as Tayama
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Ôban
as Policeman
1956
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
Night School
as Night time teacher
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1953
Red-Light Bases
as School Teacher Uenishi
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
1952
恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
1951
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
Tsuki yori no haha
as Kenji
Clothes of Deception
as Kōji
1950
Resurrection
as Kunihiko Murai
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Yûji Tokuyama
1949
The Rainbow Man
as Ryôsuke Akashi
1943
The Man From Chungking
as 中原精一

The Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan