Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 23, 1923
Died
Sep 16, 2010
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Credits
231 titles
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. 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: 'Sanjuro'
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
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
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
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
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
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