
Keiju Kobayashi
Department: Acting
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

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952

Sanjuro
1962

The End of Summer
1961

Whisper of the Heart
1995

Love's Cheerleader
1952

Chûshingura
1962

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962

恐妻時代
1952

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962

Repast
1951

Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962

Godzilla 1985
1985

To Love
1997

Third Class Executives
1952

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963

Ôban
1957

Samurai Assassin
1965

Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958

Submersion of Japan
1973

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969

The Storm of the Pacific
1960

Mount Hakkoda
1977

Master Fencer Sees the World
1960

Tree Without Leaves
1986

The Battle of Okinawa
1971

Summer Clouds
1958

Sudden Rain
1956

The Stranger Within a Woman
1966

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958

For Business
1986

Judge and Jeopardy
1968

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965

The Man From Chungking
1943

The Ambitious
1970

田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977

Settlement of Love
1956

The Masterless 47
1960

The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962

Maboroshi no Satsui
1971

のど自慢三羽烏
1951

Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003

The Rainbow Man
1949

Eternity of Love
1961

One Summer's Day
1999

The Imperial Navy
1981

A Wife's Heart
1956

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962

Tasmania Story
1990

Husband and Wife
1953

3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964

Happiness of Us Alone
1961

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955

Little Peach
1958

A Wanderer's Notebook
1962

My Hobo
1962

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972

White Love
1979

Here Is a Spring
1955

Diary of a Nurse
1947

The Militarists
1970

Dimple of Tokyo
1952

The Wiser Age
1962

The First Kiss
1955

The Return of Godzilla
1984

The Lost Alibi
1960

Mr. Pu
1953

Nonki saiban
1955

Yawara!
1989

The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986

Hello, Baby
1964

I Hear the Whistle
1971

Snow in the South Seas
1961

Mr. Lucky
1952

Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961

Tsuki yori no haha
1951

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976

Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958

Pressure of Guilt
1963

Beast Alley
1965

Born in Sin
1962

L・O・V・I・N・G
1983

Price of Beauty
1957

Tokyo Sweetheart
1952

The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998

Challenge for Glory
1966

Okinawan Boys
1983

The Naked General
1958

Adolescence Part II
1953

Young Challengers
1968

The Daphne
1966

Night School
1956

Clothes of Deception
1951

The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961

Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001

The Tiger of Malaya
1943

Mother Country
1962

A Taxing Woman
1987

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962

Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975

The Eagle of the Pacific
1953

My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953

Their Father's Wife
1953

Youth of Heiji Senigata
1953

Red-Light Bases
1953

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005

The President's Boss
1956

The President Talks Bank
1956

Assistant President
1958

Hail the 3 Gents
1964

Girls in the Orchard
1953

Resurrection
1950

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951

Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956

Five Gents' Trick Book
1965

Could I But Live
1964

The Third President
1958

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959

The Hopeful Family
1947

Japan's Longest Day
1967

Mado Kara Tobidase
1950

Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942

Student Double Suicide
1954

The Dead Beauty Incident
1948

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954

Music's Twenty Doors
1948

Taking a Success Course
1961

Tidal Wave
1975

Godzilla Resurrection
2018

Zoku botchan shain
1954

Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957

Travel Stories of a Company President
1963

New Third-Class Executive
1959

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960

Playboy President
1961

Playboy President: Part II
1961

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963

Company President Travels Abroad
1963

Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965

A Company President's Life Story
1966

Five Gents on the Spot
1966

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967

Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970

Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970

Vengeance for Sale
2002

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971

Fox and Raccoon
1959

Ken
1964

Atarashii Sebiro
1957

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960

We Are Salarymen
1963

Bringing Up Husbands
1959

Walleyed Nippon
1963

Holiday in Tokyo
1958

土曜日の天使
1954

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948

Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956

Young Love Conquers All
1955

Schooldays
1957

We Will Remember
1965

The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972

The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964

3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961

Samurai in the Office
1959

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960

Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960

Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981

松田聖子のはじめての情事
1983

Karin
1993

Submersion of Japan
1974

Japan Sinks
1974

Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976

Waves of Spring
1985

弁護士朝日岳之助
1988

Pieces of Autumn
1973