Keiju Kobayashi

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

Cast

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

The End of Summer

Whisper of the Heart

Shiro Nishi (voice)

Love's Cheerleader

Awajinokami Wakisake

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Shinichi Utsumi

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Toshizo Hijikata

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Shimizu Port Salaryman

Prime Minister Mitamura

Third Class Executives

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

Eburi Toshimaru

Samurai Assassin

Einosuke Kurihara

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Kitahachi Kitariya

Submersion of Japan

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

Tomizô Funakoshi

The Storm of the Pacific

Master Fencer Sees the World

Tree Without Leaves

The Battle of Okinawa

General Ushijima

Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Judge and Jeopardy

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

The Man From Chungking

Yoshinosuke Saigo

田舎刑事　時間よ、とまれ

Settlement of Love

The Masterless 47

Heitaro Teraoka

The Daughters of the Saotome Family

のど自慢三羽烏

Take the 'A' Train, Someday

The Rainbow Man

Ryôsuke Akashi

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

One Summer's Day

The Imperial Navy

Isoroku Yamamoto

Fūryū onsen bantō nikki

Husband and Wife

Shigekichi Hayakawa

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Happiness of Us Alone

Michio Katayama

Life's Simple Pleasures

A Wanderer's Notebook

Junpei Shishido

The Golden Bat Shows Up

Tokuhei Kyojima

Here Is a Spring

Diary of a Nurse

The Militarists

Premier Hideki Tojo

Dimple of Tokyo

The Return of Godzilla

Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura

Teiichiro Ishino

The Gentlemen’s Alliance

Keisuke Yomoyama

I Hear the Whistle

Takashi Sugimoto

Snow in the South Seas

Acchan no bebi gyangu

Tsuki yori no haha

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

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

3 Dolls and Baby Gang

Love and Separation in Sri Lanka

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Detective Hisatsune

Pressure of Guilt

L・O・V・I・N・G

Price of Beauty

Tokyo Sweetheart

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

Challenge for Glory

The Naked General

Adolescence Part II

Young Challengers

Junpei Namikawa

Ooka (Umeko's husband)

Night time teacher

Clothes of Deception

The Masterless 47 – Part II

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

The Tiger of Malaya

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Tora-san, the Intellectual

The Eagle of the Pacific

Staff Officer (uncredited)

My Wonderful Yellow Car

Their Father's Wife

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Red-Light Bases

School Teacher Uenishi

Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells

The President's Boss

The President Talks Bank

Assistant President

Hail the 3 Gents

Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)

Girls in the Orchard

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

Three Generations of Company Presidents

Five Gents' Trick Book

Could I But Live

Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents

The Third President

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

The Hopeful Family

Japan's Longest Day

Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

Mado Kara Tobidase

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Student Double Suicide

The Dead Beauty Incident

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

Music's Twenty Doors

Taking a Success Course

Godzilla Resurrection

Prime Minister Mitamura

Zoku botchan shain

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi

Travel Stories of a Company President

New Third-Class Executive

Namiyoshi Yashiro

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

Namiyoshi Yashiro

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

Namikichi Yashiro

Playboy President

Kuwabara Takeshi

Playboy President: Part II

Takeshi Kuwabara

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)

Company President Travels Abroad

Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)

A Company President's Life Story

Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)

Five Gents on the Spot

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Officer Furuyama

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

Saijō Takashi (PR manager)

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Vengeance for Sale

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

Shinsuke Narada

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

Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries

Fox and Raccoon

Atarashii Sebiro

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

We Are Salarymen

Head of Sales, Seihō Electric

Bringing Up Husbands

Walleyed Nippon

Narrator & Matchmaker

Holiday in Tokyo

土曜日の天使

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

Hideyoshi Kinoshita

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

Kinoshita Hideyoshi

Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

Kinoshita Hideyoshi

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

Young Love Conquers All

We Will Remember