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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 Yam…
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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
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BODY OF WORK
Keiju Kobayashi's Filmography
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Godzilla Resurrection
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
as Narrator
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
as 平松
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
Vengeance for Sale
as Undertaker
No Poster
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
as Inspector Muta
One Summer's Day
as Kenshiro Ooi
No Poster
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
To Love
as Kamijo
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
Tasmania Story
The Inugami Family
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
The Wives of Rokumeikan
A Taxing Woman
as Ryoko's Boss
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Tree Without Leaves
as Hatsu-rojin
For Business
as Mihara
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
L・O・V・I・N・G
Okinawan Boys
Baian Mayoibashi
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
White Love
as Keisuke Uemura
Afterglow
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Mount Hakkoda
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Tora-san, the Intellectual
as 田所先生
Waga seishun no toki
Tidal Wave
as Dr. Tadokoro
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
as Tokuhei Kyojima
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
as Shinsuke Narada
Maboroshi no Satsui
The Militarists
as Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
The Ambitious
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
as Toshizo Hijikata
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Tomizô Funakoshi
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
Young Challengers
as Junpei Namikawa
Judge and Jeopardy
as Hiroshi Masaki
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Kenichi Honjō
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Shingo Kimura
Our Silent Love
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Challenge for Glory
The Daphne
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
King of the Raccoon Dogs
Five Gents on the Spot
as Keigo Kojima
The Stranger Within a Woman
as Isao Tashiro
A Company President's Life Story
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
We Will Remember
Raccoon Dog Leader
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
Samurai Assassin
as Einosuke Kurihara
Five Gents' Trick Book
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
Could I But Live
as Masayoshi Sakata
Thief on the Run
No Poster
I Am a Medical Examiner
Hello, Baby
as Keisuke Yomoyama
Ken
as Eri Itami
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Hail the 3 Gents
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
We Are Salarymen
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
Walleyed Nippon
as Narrator & Matchmaker
Aloha 3 Gents
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
3 Gents In Hawaii
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Pressure of Guilt
Travel Stories of a Company President
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
No Poster
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
Born in Sin
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
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
as Jiro Ishikawa
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Sanjuro
as The Spy
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
The End of Summer
as Hisao
Snow in the South Seas
Achan's Baby Gang
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
Eternity of Love
No Poster
Seven Enemies
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Taking a Success Course
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
Master Fencer Sees the World
No Poster
Respect, Flatter, and Love
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Isshin Tarō
The Storm of the Pacific
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Isshin Tarō
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
New Third-Class Executive
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Samurai in the Office
Bringing Up Husbands
Fox and Raccoon
as Goichi Yufune
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Naked General
as Kiyoshi Yamashita
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
All About Marriage
Little Peach
as Tayama
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Holiday in Tokyo
The Third President
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Assistant President
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Schooldays
as Yamaoka
Atarashii Sebiro
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Price of Beauty
Ôban
as Policeman
No Poster
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
Story of a Detective's Assistant
as Heikurō
The Luckiest Dai
Funny Fellows
Pure Love
Easy-Going Married Couple
A Brother and His Sister
as Utsumi
No Poster
In Case of One Woman
as Sankichi Hashimoto
Newlywed of the First Section
Three Generations of Company Presidents
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Miki
Night School
as Night time teacher
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
The President Talks Bank
Everyone's Sweetheart
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
All Sold Out
The President's Boss
Young Love Conquers All
Detour to Love
as Tetsuo Iwatani
The First Kiss
as Seikichi
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
No Poster
Young Eyes
The Red Light Military Base
as School Teacher Uenishi
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Girls in the Orchard
A Song of Little Men
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
Their Father's Wife
Mr. Pu
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A
恐妻時代
as Shinichi Utsumi
Zoku santō jūyaku
Tokyo Sweetheart
Dimple of Tokyo
as Policeman
Love's Cheerleader
as Mr. Gan
Third Class Executives
as Wakahara
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Yobiko hoshi
Mr. Lucky
as 若原俊平
Gunrō no machi
Repast
as Shinzo Murata
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
Tsuki yori no haha
as Kenji
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Saijoke no kyoen
No Poster
Fire Department
Clothes of Deception
as Kōji
Tetsuro no dankon
No Poster
Hatachi zengo
Mitsurin no mehyō
Resurrection
as Kunihiko Murai
I Am Being Targeted
Mado Kara Tobidase
as Yûji Tokuyama
No Poster
Hana no jitsugetsu
The Rainbow Man
as Ryôsuke Akashi
No Poster
Doku bara
Kenji to onnakanshu
The Dead Beauty Incident
Music's Twenty Doors
Oyabaka taishō
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
No Poster
Unmei no koyomi
No Poster
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
Diary of a Nurse
The Hopeful Family
Odoriko monogatari
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
Convent Bride
No Poster
Kenrantaru fukushū
No Poster
Kimi ka to omohite
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
The Man From Chungking
as 中原精一
The Tiger of Malaya
as Hassan
All-out Attack on Singapore
as Private Kimura
