Keiju Kobayashi
- Acting
- November 23, 1923 · Gunma, Japan
- September 16, 2010
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. 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
Known for
Filmography
- Godzilla Resurrection · Prime Minister Mitamura
- Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells · Narrator
- Take the 'A' Train, Someday · 平松
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' · Self
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' · Self
- Vengeance for Sale · Undertaker
- Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. · Inspector Muta
- One Summer's Day · Kenshiro Ooi
- The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
- To Love · Kamijo
- Whisper of the Heart · Shiro Nishi (Voice)
- Karin · 小森弥之助
- Tasmania Story
- The Inugami Family
- Yawara! · Jigoro inokuma
- 弁護士朝日岳之助
- The Wives of Rokumeikan
- A Taxing Woman · Ryoko's Boss
- The Gentlemen’s Alliance
- Tree Without Leaves · Hatsu-rojin
- For Business · Mihara
- Godzilla 1985 · Prime Minister Mitamura
- Waves of Spring
- The Return of Godzilla · Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
- L・O・V・I・N・G
- 松田聖子のはじめての情事
- Okinawan Boys
- Baian Mayoibashi
- Tuesday Suspense Theater
- The Imperial Navy · Isoroku Yamamoto
- White Love · Keisuke Uemura
- Afterglow
- 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
- Mount Hakkoda
- Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
- Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow · Taira no Yoshimasa
- Tora-san, the Intellectual · 田所先生
- Waga seishun no toki
- Tidal Wave · Dr. Tadokoro
- Submersion of Japan · Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
- Japan Sinks · 田所雄介博士
- Submersion of Japan · Dr. Tadokoro
- Pieces of Autumn
- The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi · Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
- The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo! · Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
- Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here · Tokuhei Kyojima
- First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri · Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
- I Hear the Whistle · Takashi Sugimoto
- The Battle of Okinawa · General Ushijima
- First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff · Shinsuke Narada
- Maboroshi no Satsui
- The Militarists · Premier Hideki Tojo
- Five Gents and a Kuniang · Tanba Hisashi
- The Ambitious · Yoshinosuke Saigo
- Five Gents Fly to Taiwan · Hisashi Tamba
- Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor · Toshizo Hijikata
- The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club · Tomizô Funakoshi
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II · Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
- 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu · Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
- Young Challengers · Junpei Namikawa
- Judge and Jeopardy · Hiroshi Masaki
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant · Kenichi Honjō
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa · Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
- Japan's Longest Day · Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
- Five Gents Prefer Geisha · Shingo Kimura
- Our Silent Love
- Discover Japan with the 5 Gents · Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
- Challenge for Glory
- The Daphne · Ooka (Umeko's husband)
- King of the Raccoon Dogs
- Five Gents on the Spot · Keigo Kojima
- The Stranger Within a Woman · Isao Tashiro
- A Company President's Life Story · Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
- Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
- Beast Alley · Detective Hisatsune
- We Will Remember
- Raccoon Dog Leader
- President's Ninja Trick Book Part II · Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
- Samurai Assassin · Einosuke Kurihara