Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
🎂 1923-11-23
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
Cast credits(178)
Shinsuke Narada
1971
Isshin Tarō
1960
Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
1971
Shiro Nishi (voice)
1995
Goichi Yufune
1959
Inspector Muta
2001
Isshin Tarō
1960
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
1965
Keigo Kojima
1966
Tanba Hisashi
1970
Hisashi Tamba
1970
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
1966
小森弥之助
1993
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
1963
1957
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
1969
Shingo Kimura
1967
Kenshiro Ooi
1999
1965
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
1967
1981
Drunken man A
1953
Taira no Yoshimasa
1976
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
1969
The Spy
1962
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1967
Kenichi Honjō
1968
Self
2002
Ryoko's Boss
1987
Kamijo
1997
Officer Furuyama
1958
Dr. Tadokoro
1973
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
1963
1977
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
1968
Self
2002
1966
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1984
Namiyoshi Yashiro
1960
1955
1963
Undertaker
2002
Isoroku Yamamoto
1981
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
1963
Heima Sakamoto
1953
1963
1961
Awajinokami Wakisake
1962
Takeshi Kuwabara
1961
Prime Minister Mitamura
1985
Hiroshi Masaki
1968
Hatsu-rojin
1986
Kuwabara Takeshi
1961
1964
1953
Namiyoshi Yashiro
1959
Namikichi Yashiro
1960
Toshizo Hijikata
1969
1953
Tomizô Funakoshi
1969
1964
1962
Eri Itami
1964
1983
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1960
1975
Kōji
1951
1985
田所雄介博士
1974
1977
1962
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
1966
General Ushijima
1971
Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953
Michio Katayama
1961
Hisao
1961
若原俊平
1952
1998
1986
1962
Tokuhei Kyojima
1972
Fujiyama
1962
1951
1951
1958
Night time teacher
1956
1962
Mihara
1986
1962
Jiro Ishikawa
1962
1971
1960
School Teacher Uenishi
1953
Keisuke Yomoyama
1964
Takashi Sugimoto
1971
1964
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
1974
Policeman
1957
1955
Tayama
1958
1954
Shinichi Utsumi
1952
1960
1952
1962
1965
1990
1953
1983
Junpei Shishido
1962
1976
Hassan
1943
Shinji
1956
1961
Einosuke Kurihara
1965
1942
1988
Dr. Tadokoro
1975
平松
2003
Policeman
1952
Eburi Toshimaru
1963
1955
Isao Tashiro
1966
Takeuchi
1956
1983
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1956
Kunihiko Murai
1950
Teiichiro Ishino
1960
Kenji
1951
1973
1961
(uncredited)
1953
Mr. Gan
1952
Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970
Junpei Namikawa
1968
Shinzo Murata
1951
1956
Hatsuji
1958
Premier Hideki Tojo
1970
Kitahachi Kitariya
1958
Shigekichi Hayakawa
1953
Yûji Tokuyama
1950
中原精一
1943
1959
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
1957
Ryôsuke Akashi
1949
1959
1954
Detective Hisatsune
1965
1953
1947
Heitaro Teraoka
1960
1961
1947
1952
Narrator
2005
Keisuke Uemura
1979
1958
1955
1958
1962
1956
Jigoro inokuma
1989
1958
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
1963
1957
1969
1956
Wakahara
1952
1962
1954
Prime Minister Mitamura
2018
1962
1961
1961
1948
1958
1948