Keiju Kobayashi
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.
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Filmography (240 Appearances)
Godzilla Resurrection
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Vengeance for Sale
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
One Summer's Day
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
To Love
Whisper of the Heart
Karin
Tasmania Story
Yawara!
弁護士朝日岳之助
The Wives of Rokumeikan
A Taxing Woman
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Tree Without Leaves
For Business
Godzilla 1985
Waves of Spring
The Return of Godzilla
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
White Love
Afterglow
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Mount Hakkoda
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Waga seishun no toki
Tidal Wave
Japan Sinks
Submersion of Japan
Submersion of Japan
Pieces of Autumn
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
I Hear the Whistle
The Battle of Okinawa
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Militarists
Five Gents and a Kuniang
The Ambitious
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Young Challengers
Judge and Jeopardy
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Japan's Longest Day
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Our Silent Love
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Challenge for Glory
The Daphne
Five Gents on the Spot
The Stranger Within a Woman
A Company President's Life Story
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Beast Alley
We Will Remember
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Samurai Assassin
Five Gents' Trick Book
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
Could I But Live
I Am a Medical Examiner
Hello, Baby
Ken
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Hail the 3 Gents
We Are Salarymen
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Walleyed Nippon
Aloha 3 Gents
3 Gents In Hawaii
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Pressure of Guilt
Travel Stories of a Company President
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
My Hobo
Born in Sin
Chûshingura
A Wanderer's Notebook
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Mother Country
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
The Wiser Age
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Sanjuro
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
The End of Summer
Snow in the South Seas
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Playboy President: Part II
Playboy President
Eternity of Love
Seven Enemies
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Taking a Success Course
Happiness of Us Alone
The Masterless 47
Master Fencer Sees the World
Respect, Flatter, and Love
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
The Storm of the Pacific
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
The Lost Alibi
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
New Third-Class Executive
Samurai in the Office
Bringing Up Husbands
Fox and Raccoon
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Naked General
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Summer Clouds
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Little Peach
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Holiday in Tokyo
The Third President
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Assistant President
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Schooldays
Atarashii Sebiro
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Price of Beauty
Ôban
Story of a Detective's Assistant
The Luckiest Dai
Funny Fellows
Pure Love
Easy-Going Married Couple
A Brother and His Sister
In Case of One Woman
Newlywed of the First Section
Three Generations of Company Presidents
A Wife's Heart
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Night School
Settlement of Love
The President Talks Bank
Everyone's Sweetheart
Sudden Rain
All Sold Out
The President's Boss
Young Love Conquers All
Detour to Love
The First Kiss
School Girls in Costume
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
Nonki saiban
Here Is a Spring
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
Student Double Suicide
Zoku botchan shain
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Young Eyes
The Red Light Military Base
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
The Eagle of the Pacific
Girls in the Orchard
A Song of Little Men
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Adolescence Part II
Their Father's Wife
Mr. Pu
Husband and Wife
My Wonderful Yellow Car
恐妻時代
Zoku santō jūyaku
Dimple of Tokyo
Tokyo Sweetheart
Love's Cheerleader
Third Class Executives
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Yobiko hoshi
Mr. Lucky
Gunrō no machi
Repast
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
Tsuki yori no haha
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Saijoke no kyoen
Fire Department
Clothes of Deception
Tetsuro no dankon
Hatachi zengo
Mitsurin no mehyō
Resurrection
I Am Being Targeted
Mado Kara Tobidase
Hana no jitsugetsu
The Rainbow Man
Doku bara
Kenji to onnakanshu
The Dead Beauty Incident
Music's Twenty Doors
Oyabaka taishō
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Unmei no koyomi
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
Diary of a Nurse
The Hopeful Family
Odoriko monogatari
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Convent Bride
Kenrantaru fukushū
Kimi ka to omohite
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
The Man From Chungking
The Tiger of Malaya
All-out Attack on Singapore
Horror of the Fifth Columnist