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Keiju Kobayashi
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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells as Narrator | 2005-09-09 |
Take the 'A' Train, Someday as 平松 | 2003-12-20 |
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self | 2002-10-25 |
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' as Self | 2002-10-25 |
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. as Inspector Muta | 2001-02-24 |
One Summer's Day as Kenshiro Ooi | 1999-07-03 |
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya | 1998-08-08 |
To Love as Kamijo | 1997-10-04 |
Whisper of the Heart as Shiro Nishi (voice) | 1995-07-15 |
Tasmania Story | 1990-06-21 |
Yawara! as Jigoro inokuma | 1989-04-15 |
A Taxing Woman as Ryoko's Boss | 1987-02-07 |
The Gentlemen’s Alliance | 1986-12-13 |
Tree Without Leaves as Hatsu-rojin | 1986-11-15 |
For Business as Mihara | 1986-08-22 |
Godzilla 1985 as Prime Minister Mitamura | 1985-07-26 |
The Return of Godzilla as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura | 1984-12-15 |
L・O・V・I・N・G | 1983-12-24 |
Okinawan Boys | 1983-09-10 |
The Imperial Navy as Isoroku Yamamoto | 1981-08-08 |
White Love as Keisuke Uemura | 1979-08-03 |
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ | 1977-07-02 |
Mount Hakkoda | 1977-06-04 |
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka | 1976-05-29 |
Tora-san, the Intellectual | 1975-12-27 |
Tidal Wave as Dr. Tadokoro | 1975-05-28 |
Submersion of Japan as Dr. Tadokoro | 1973-12-29 |
The Golden Bat Shows Up as Tokuhei Kyojima | 1972-05-13 |
I Hear the Whistle as Takashi Sugimoto | 1971-09-24 |
The Battle of Okinawa as General Ushijima | 1971-08-14 |
幻の殺意 | 1971-04-15 |
The Militarists as Premier Hideki Tojo | 1970-09-11 |
The Ambitious as Yoshinosuke Saigo | 1970-02-14 |
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Toshizo Hijikata | 1969-12-05 |
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Tomizô Funakoshi | 1969-11-22 |
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool | 1969-06-14 |
Young Challengers as Junpei Namikawa | 1968-10-12 |
Judge and Jeopardy as Hiroshi Masaki | 1968-06-08 |
Japan's Longest Day as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa | 1967-08-03 |
Challenge for Glory | 1966-10-18 |
The Daphne as Ooka (Umeko's husband) | 1966-10-01 |
The Thin Line as Isao Tashiro | 1966-02-12 |
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi | 1965-10-09 |
Beast Alley as Detective Hisatsune | 1965-09-05 |
Five Gents' Trick Book | 1965-01-03 |
Samurai Assassin as Einosuke Kurihara | 1965-01-03 |
Could I But Live | 1964-08-30 |
こんにちは赤ちゃん as Keisuke Yomoyama | 1964-03-20 |
Zoku shachō shinshiroku | 1964-02-29 |
Hail the 3 Gents | 1964-01-03 |
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi Toshimaru | 1963-11-16 |
Pressure of Guilt | 1963-02-17 |
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki | 1962-12-16 |
My Hobo as Junpei Shishido | 1962-11-23 |
Born in Sin | 1962-11-23 |
Chûshingura as Awajinokami Wakisake | 1962-11-03 |
A Wanderer's Notebook as Fujiyama | 1962-09-29 |
Saotome-ka no musume-tachi | 1962-09-08 |
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong | 1962-06-01 |
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo | 1962-04-29 |
Mother Country | 1962-04-29 |
女難コースを突破せよ | 1962-04-01 |
続サラリーマン清水港 | 1962-03-07 |
The Wiser Age as Jiro Ishikawa | 1962-01-14 |
Salaryman Shimizu Minato | 1962-01-03 |
Sanjuro as The Spy | 1962-01-01 |
3 Dolls and Baby Gang | 1961-12-09 |
The End of Summer as Hisao | 1961-10-29 |
Snow in the South Seas | 1961-09-29 |
Acchan no bebi gyangu | 1961-09-17 |
Wakarete ikiru toki mo | 1961-04-04 |
The Masterless 47 – Part II | 1961-02-25 |
Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore | 1961-01-26 |
Happiness of Us Alone as Michio Katayama | 1961-01-15 |
The Masterless 47 as Heitaro Teraoka | 1960-12-25 |
Master Fencer Sees the World | 1960-10-16 |
The Storm of the Pacific | 1960-04-26 |
The Lost Alibi as Teiichiro Ishino | 1960-03-13 |
Zoku shachōtaiheiki | 1959-03-15 |
社長太平記 | 1959-01-03 |
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | 1958-12-07 |
The Naked General | 1958-10-28 |
Summer Clouds as Hatsuji | 1958-09-02 |
Little Peach as Tayama | 1958-05-13 |
Yaji and Kita on the Road as Kitahachi Kitariya | 1958-04-29 |
The Third President | 1958-03-18 |
Makeraremasen katsumadewa | 1958-01-09 |
Assistant President | 1958-01-03 |
Price of Beauty | 1957-03-13 |
Ôban as Policeman | 1957-03-05 |
はりきり社長 | 1956-07-13 |
A Wife's Heart as Shinji | 1956-05-03 |
Night School as Night time teacher | 1956-04-18 |
Settlement of Love as Takeuchi | 1956-03-28 |
The President Talks Bank | 1956-03-20 |
Sudden Rain as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door) | 1956-01-14 |
The President's Boss | 1956-01-03 |
The First Kiss | 1955-09-21 |
Life's Simple Pleasures | 1955-05-17 |
Nonki saiban | 1955-04-24 |
Here Is a Spring | 1955-02-12 |
Student Double Suicide | 1954-07-27 |
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class | 1954-04-13 |
Red-Light Bases as School Teacher Uenishi | 1953-12-08 |
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Heima Sakamoto | 1953-11-11 |
The Eagle of the Pacific as Staff Officer (uncredited) | 1953-10-21 |
Girls in the Orchard | 1953-09-15 |
Youth of Heiji Senigata | 1953-08-19 |
Adolescence Part II as (uncredited) | 1953-07-01 |
Their Father's Wife | 1953-05-27 |
Mr. Pu | 1953-04-15 |
Husband and Wife as Shigekichi Hayakawa | 1953-01-22 |
My Wonderful Yellow Car as Drunken man A | 1953-01-15 |
恐妻時代 as Shinichi Utsumi | 1952-10-30 |
Tokyo Sweetheart | 1952-07-15 |
Dimple of Tokyo as Policeman | 1952-07-15 |
Love's Cheerleader as Mr. Gan | 1952-06-19 |
Third Class Executives as Wakahara | 1952-05-30 |
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | 1952-05-14 |
Mr. Lucky as 若原俊平 | 1952-02-02 |
Repast as Shinzo Murata | 1951-11-23 |
のど自慢三羽烏 | 1951-11-16 |
Tsuki yori no haha as Kenji | 1951-08-24 |
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre | 1951-08-03 |
Clothes of Deception as Kōji | 1951-01-13 |
Resurrection as Kunihiko Murai | 1950-06-10 |
Mado Kara Tobidase as Yûji Tokuyama | 1950-03-26 |
The Rainbow Man as Ryôsuke Akashi | 1949-07-18 |
The Dead Beauty Incident | 1948-10-25 |
Music's Twenty Doors | 1948-08-31 |
Diary of a Nurse | 1947-07-01 |
The Hopeful Family | 1947-05-13 |
The Man From Chungking as 中原精一 | 1943-11-11 |
The Tiger of Malaya as Hassan | 1943-06-24 |
Horror of the Fifth Columnist | 1942-04-16 |