Keiju Kobayashi

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

186

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-11-23

Day of death

2010-09-16 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Gunma, Japan

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

  • Whisper of the Heart

    Whisper of the Heart

  • Karin

    Karin

  • Sanjuro

    Sanjuro

  • Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

  • First Decade Showa  Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President

    First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President

  • The Return of Godzilla

    The Return of Godzilla

  • Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

    Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

  • Okinawan Boys

    Okinawan Boys

  • 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

    5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

  • 土曜日の天使

    土曜日の天使

  • We Are Salarymen

    We Are Salarymen

  • A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

  • Walleyed Nippon

    Walleyed Nippon

  • Horror of the Fifth Columnist

    Horror of the Fifth Columnist

  • Atarashii Sebiro

    Atarashii Sebiro

  • Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

    Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow

  • Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

    Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

  • President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

    President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

  • Diary of a Nurse

    Diary of a Nurse

  • L・O・V・I・N・G

    L・O・V・I・N・G

  • Five Gents Prefer Geisha

    Five Gents Prefer Geisha

  • The Battle of Okinawa

    The Battle of Okinawa

  • Playboy President: Part II

    Playboy President: Part II

  • Life's Simple Pleasures

    Life's Simple Pleasures

  • Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

    Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

  • New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

    New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

  • 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

    5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

  • Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

  • Five Gents and a Kuniang

    Five Gents and a Kuniang

  • A Company President's Life Story

    A Company President's Life Story

  • Mount Hakkoda

    Mount Hakkoda

  • Third Class Executives

    Third Class Executives

  • The Tiger of Malaya

    The Tiger of Malaya

  • The Man From Chungking

    The Man From Chungking

  • New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

    New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

  • Playboy President

    Playboy President

  • The Golden Bat Shows Up

    The Golden Bat Shows Up

  • Submersion of Japan

    Submersion of Japan

  • Company President Travels Abroad Part II

    Company President Travels Abroad Part II

  • Taking a Success Course

    Taking a Success Course

  • The Dead Beauty Incident

    The Dead Beauty Incident

  • New Third-Class Executive

    New Third-Class Executive

  • Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

    Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

  • To Love

    To Love

  • First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

    First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

  • The Storm of the Pacific

    The Storm of the Pacific

  • Music's Twenty Doors

    Music's Twenty Doors

  • Company President Travels Abroad

    Company President Travels Abroad

  • Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

    Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

  • The Thin Line

    The Thin Line

  • The Naked General

    The Naked General

  • Three Generations of Company Presidents

    Three Generations of Company Presidents

  • Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

    Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

  • 恐妻時代

    恐妻時代

  • Five Gents on the Spot

    Five Gents on the Spot

  • The End of Summer

    The End of Summer

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

    Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

  • Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

    Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

    Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

  • The President Talks Bank

    The President Talks Bank

  • のど自慢三羽烏

    のど自慢三羽烏

  • Wakarete ikiru toki mo

    Wakarete ikiru toki mo

  • Ken

    Ken

  • The Imperial Navy

    The Imperial Navy

  • Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

  • The Rainbow Man

    The Rainbow Man

  • Mother Country

    Mother Country

  • Zoku botchan shain

    Zoku botchan shain

  • Dimple of Tokyo

    Dimple of Tokyo

  • One Summer's Day

    One Summer's Day

  • Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

    Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

  • Tsuki yori no haha

    Tsuki yori no haha

  • The President's Boss

    The President's Boss

  • The Hopeful Family

    The Hopeful Family

  • Japan's Longest Day

    Japan's Longest Day

  • Elephant from "Zoo Story"

    Elephant from "Zoo Story"

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

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

  • Happiness of Us Alone

    Happiness of Us Alone

  • 3 Gents in the Snow Country

    3 Gents in the Snow Country

  • Assistant President

    Assistant President

  • Five Gents' Trick Book

    Five Gents' Trick Book

  • Clothes of Deception

    Clothes of Deception

  • Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

    Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

  • For Business

    For Business

  • Girls in the Orchard

    Girls in the Orchard

  • Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

    Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

  • Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

    Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

  • Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

    Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

  • Their Father's Wife

    Their Father's Wife

  • Sudden Rain

    Sudden Rain

  • Ôban

    Ôban

  • 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

    田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ

  • Here Is a Spring

    Here Is a Spring

  • A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

  • The Lost Alibi

    The Lost Alibi

  • Hail the 3 Gents

    Hail the 3 Gents

  • The Gentlemen’s Alliance

    The Gentlemen’s Alliance

  • 幻の殺意

    幻の殺意

  • Godzilla 1985

    Godzilla 1985

  • Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

    Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

  • Tora-san, the Intellectual

    Tora-san, the Intellectual

  • Snow in the South Seas

    Snow in the South Seas

  • The Ambitious

    The Ambitious

  • I Hear the Whistle

    I Hear the Whistle

  • The Wiser Age

    The Wiser Age

  • Master Fencer Sees the World

    Master Fencer Sees the World

  • My Hobo

    My Hobo

  • Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

    Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

  • Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

    Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

  • Yaji and Kita on the Road

    Yaji and Kita on the Road

  • Tasmania Story

    Tasmania Story

  • Makeraremasen katsumadewa

    Makeraremasen katsumadewa

  • Love's Cheerleader

    Love's Cheerleader

  • Young Challengers

    Young Challengers

  • Student Double Suicide

    Student Double Suicide

  • New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

    New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

  • Red-Light Bases

    Red-Light Bases

  • Hello, Baby

    Hello, Baby

  • Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

    Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

  • Holiday in Tokyo

    Holiday in Tokyo

  • Travel Stories of a Company President

    Travel Stories of a Company President

  • White Love

    White Love

  • Challenge for Glory

    Challenge for Glory

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

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

  • The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

    The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

  • Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

    Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

  • The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

    The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

  • The Daphne

    The Daphne

  • Shimizu Port Salaryman

    Shimizu Port Salaryman

  • Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

  • Repast

    Repast

  • Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

  • Mado Kara Tobidase

    Mado Kara Tobidase

  • Youth of Heiji Senigata

    Youth of Heiji Senigata

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

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

  • 3 Dolls and Baby Gang

    3 Dolls and Baby Gang

  • Nonki saiban

    Nonki saiban

  • Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

    Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

  • Could I But Live

    Could I But Live

  • The First Kiss

    The First Kiss

  • Tokyo Sweetheart

    Tokyo Sweetheart

  • Settlement of Love

    Settlement of Love

  • Little Peach

    Little Peach

  • Adolescence Part II

    Adolescence Part II

  • Price of Beauty

    Price of Beauty

  • The Third President

    The Third President

  • Husband and Wife

    Husband and Wife

  • Beast Alley

    Beast Alley

  • Pressure of Guilt

    Pressure of Guilt

  • The Daughters of the Saotome Family

    The Daughters of the Saotome Family

  • Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

    Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

  • Judge and Jeopardy

    Judge and Jeopardy

  • The Masterless 47

    The Masterless 47

  • Yawara!

    Yawara!

  • Born in Sin

    Born in Sin

  • Vengeance for Sale

    Vengeance for Sale

  • Acchan no bebi gyangu

    Acchan no bebi gyangu

  • My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

  • Samurai Assassin

    Samurai Assassin

  • The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific

  • Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

    Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

  • The Militarists

    The Militarists

  • Mr. Pu

    Mr. Pu

  • A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

  • The Masterless 47 – Part II

    The Masterless 47 – Part II

  • Night School

    Night School

  • Tuesday Suspense Theater

    Tuesday Suspense Theater

  • Take the 'A' Train, Someday

    Take the 'A' Train, Someday

  • Tidal Wave

    Tidal Wave

  • Waves of Spring

    Waves of Spring

  • Sequel Sequel Diary of a  Successful Salaryman

    Sequel Sequel Diary of a Successful Salaryman

  • Japan Sinks

    Japan Sinks

  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman  Sequel

    Diary of a Successful Salaryman Sequel

  • Pieces of Autumn

    Pieces of Autumn

  • 松田聖子のはじめての情事

    松田聖子のはじめての情事

  • Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells

    Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells

  • 弁護士朝日岳之助

    弁護士朝日岳之助

  • Godzilla Resurrection

    Godzilla Resurrection

  • First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday

    First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday

  • Fox and Raccoon

    Fox and Raccoon

  • Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

    Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

  • Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

    Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

  • Bringing Up Husbands

    Bringing Up Husbands

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

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

  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman

    Diary of a Successful Salaryman