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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 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.
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Known For
Whisper of the Heart
(1995)
Shiro Nishi (voice)
The Return of Godzilla
(1984)
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Godzilla 1985
(1985)
Prime Minister Mitamura
Sanjuro
(1962)
The Spy
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
The End of Summer
(1961)
Hisao
Submersion of Japan
(1973)
Dr. Tadokoro
The Battle of Okinawa
(1971)
General Ushijima
Full Filmography
Acting
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
(1942)
The Tiger of Malaya
(1943)
Hassan
The Man From Chungking
(1943)
中原精一
The Hopeful Family
(1947)
The Rainbow Man
(1949)
Ryôsuke Akashi
Resurrection
(1950)
Kunihiko Murai
Mado Kara Tobidase
(1950)
Yûji Tokuyama
Repast
(1951)
Shinzo Murata
Tsuki yori no haha
(1951)
Kenji
Clothes of Deception
(1951)
Kōji
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
(1951)
のど自慢三羽烏
(1951)
Dimple of Tokyo
(1952)
Policeman
Mr. Lucky
(1952)
若原俊平
Tokyo Sweetheart
(1952)
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
(1952)
Love's Cheerleader
(1952)
Mr. Gan
恐妻時代
(1952)
Shinichi Utsumi
Third Class Executives
(1952)
Wakahara
Husband and Wife
(1953)
Shigekichi Hayakawa
Mr. Pu
(1953)
Adolescence Part II
(1953)
(uncredited)
Eagle of the Pacific
(1953)
Staff Officer (uncredited)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
(1953)
Drunken man A
Their Father's Wife
(1953)
Red-Light Bases
(1953)
School Teacher Uenishi
Youth of Heiji Senigata
(1953)
Girls in the Orchard
(1953)
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
(1953)
Heima Sakamoto
The First Kiss
(1955)
Here Is a Spring
(1955)
Life's Simple Pleasures
(1955)
Sudden Rain
(1956)
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
A Wife's Heart
(1956)
Shinji
Night School
(1956)
Night time teacher
The President's Boss
(1956)
The President Talks Bank
(1956)
はりきり社長
(1956)
Settlement of Love
(1956)
Takeuchi
Price of Beauty
(1957)
Ôban
(1957)
Policeman
Summer Clouds
(1958)
Hatsuji
Little Peach
(1958)
Tayama
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
(1958)
The Naked General
(1958)
Assistant President
(1958)
The Third President
(1958)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
(1958)
Kitahachi Kitariya
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
(1958)
社長太平記
(1959)
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
(1959)
The Storm of the Pacific
(1960)
The Lost Alibi
(1960)
Teiichiro Ishino
Master Fencer Sees the World
(1960)
The Masterless 47
(1960)
Heitaro Teraoka
The End of Summer
(1961)
Hisao
Happiness of Us Alone
(1961)
Michio Katayama
Snow in the South Seas
(1961)
Acchan no bebi gyangu
(1961)
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
(1961)
The Masterless 47 – Part II
(1961)
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
(1961)
Sanjuro
(1962)
The Spy
47 Ronin
(1962)
Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
(1962)
Fujiyama
My Hobo
(1962)
Junpei Shishido
The Wiser Age
(1962)
Jiro Ishikawa
Born in Sin
(1962)
Mother Country
(1962)
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
(1962)
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
(1962)
続サラリーマン清水港
(1962)
女難コースを突破せよ
(1962)
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
(1962)
Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
(1962)
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
(1962)
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
(1963)
Eburi Toshimaru
Pressure of Guilt
(1963)
こんにちは赤ちゃん
(1964)
Keisuke Yomoyama
Hail the 3 Gents
(1964)
Could I But Live
(1964)
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
(1964)
Samurai Assassin
(1965)
Einosuke Kurihara
Beast Alley
(1965)
Five Gents' Trick Book
(1965)
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
(1965)
The Thin Line
(1966)
Isao Tashiro
Challenge for Glory
(1966)
The Daphne
(1966)
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Young Challengers
(1968)
Junpei Namikawa
Judge and Jeopardy
(1968)
Hiroshi Masaki
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
(1969)
Toshizo Hijikata
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
(1969)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
(1969)
Tomizô Funakoshi
The Ambitious
(1970)
Yoshinosuke Saigo
The Militarists
(1970)
Premier Hideki Tojo
The Battle of Okinawa
(1971)
General Ushijima
I Hear the Whistle
(1971)
Takashi Sugimoto
幻の殺意
(1971)
The Golden Bat Shows Up
(1972)
Tokuhei Kyojima
Submersion of Japan
(1973)
Dr. Tadokoro
Tora-san, the Intellectual
(1975)
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
(1976)
Mount Hakkoda
(1977)
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
(1977)
White Love
(1979)
Keisuke Uemura
The Imperial Navy
(1981)
Isoroku Yamamoto
L・O・V・I・N・G
(1983)
Okinawan Boys
(1983)
The Return of Godzilla
(1984)
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Godzilla 1985
(1985)
Prime Minister Mitamura
Tree Without Leaves
(1986)
Hatsu-rojin
For Business
(1986)
Mihara
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
(1986)
A Taxing Woman
(1987)
Ryoko's Boss
Yawara!
(1989)
Jigoro inokuma
Tasmania Story
(1990)
Whisper of the Heart
(1995)
Shiro Nishi (voice)
To Love
(1997)
Kamijo
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
(1998)
One Summer's Day
(1999)
Kenshiro Ooi
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
(2001)
Inspector Muta
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
(2002)
Self
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
(2003)
平松
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
(2005)
Narrator