Keiju Kobayashi
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 defin...
Known For
Filmography
Godzilla Resurrection
2018
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
2005
as Narrator
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
2003
as 平松
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Vengeance for Sale
2002
as Undertaker
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
2001
as Inspector Muta
One Summer's Day
1999
as Kenshiro Ooi
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
1998
To Love
1997
as Kamijo
Whisper of the Heart
1995
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
Karin
1993
as 小森弥之助
Tasmania Story
1990
Yawara!
1989
as Jigoro inokuma
The Wives of Rokumeikan
1988
弁護士朝日岳之助
1988
A Taxing Woman
1987
as Ryoko's Boss
Tree Without Leaves
1986
as Hatsu-rojin
For Business
1986
as Mihara
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
1986
Godzilla 1985
1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Waves of Spring
1985
The Return of Godzilla
1984
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
松田聖子のはじめての情事
1983
Baian Mayoibashi
1982
The Imperial Navy
1981
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Tuesday Suspense Theater
1981
White Love
1979
as Keisuke Uemura
Afterglow
1978
Mount Hakkoda
1977
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
1977
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
1976
as Taira no Yoshimasa
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
as 田所先生
Tidal Wave
1975
as Dr. Tadokoro
Waga seishun no toki
1975
Submersion of Japan
1974
as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Japan Sinks
1974
as 田所雄介博士
Submersion of Japan
1973
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
Pieces of Autumn
1973
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
as Tokuhei Kyojima
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
1972
as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san)
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
as General Ushijima
Maboroshi no Satsui
1971
I Hear the Whistle
1971
as Takashi Sugimoto
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
as Shinsuke Narada
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
The Ambitious
1970
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
The Militarists
1970
as Premier Hideki Tojo
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Hisashi Tamba
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
as Tanba Hisashi
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
1969
as Toshizo Hijikata
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
as Tomizô Funakoshi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
Judge and Jeopardy
1968
as Hiroshi Masaki
Young Challengers
1968
as Junpei Namikawa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Kenichi Honjō
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
as Shingo Kimura
Our Silent Love
1967
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
as Isao Tashiro
Challenge for Glory
1966
The Daphne
1966
as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Keigo Kojima
King of the Raccoon Dogs
1966
Samurai Assassin
1965
as Einosuke Kurihara
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965
Beast Alley
1965
as Detective Hisatsune
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
We Will Remember
1965
Raccoon Dog Leader
1965
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Hello, Baby
1964
as Keisuke Yomoyama
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Could I But Live
1964
as Masayoshi Sakata
Ken
1964
as Eri Itami
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
as 1st Sin & 7th Sin
I Am a Medical Examiner
1964
Thief on the Run
1964
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
as Eburi Toshimaru
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Aloha 3 Gents
1963
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
We Are Salarymen
1963
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Walleyed Nippon
1963
as Narrator & Matchmaker
Sanjuro
1962
as The Spy
Chûshingura
1962
as Awajinokami Wakisake
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Fujiyama
My Hobo
1962
as Junpei Shishido
The Wiser Age
1962
as Jiro Ishikawa
Born in Sin
1962
Mother Country
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
The End of Summer
1961
as Hisao
Eternity of Love
1961
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
as Michio Katayama
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Achan's Baby Gang
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Taking a Success Course
1961
Playboy President
1961
as Kuwabara Takeshi
Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Takeshi Kuwabara
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Seven Enemies
1961
The Storm of the Pacific
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
The Masterless 47
1960
as Heitaro Teraoka
The Lost Alibi
1960
as Teiichiro Ishino
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Namikichi Yashiro
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as Isshin Tarō
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Isshin Tarō
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Goichi Yufune
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Samurai in the Office
1959
A Salaryman's Ten Commandments
1959
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Summer Clouds
1958
as Hatsuji
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Little Peach
1958
as Tayama
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
The Naked General
1958
as Kiyoshi Yamashita
Assistant President
1958
The Third President
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Officer Furuyama
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Ôban
1957
as Policeman
Price of Beauty
1957
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
1957
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Atarashii Sebiro
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Schooldays
1957
as Yamaoka
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
as Heikurō
The Luckiest Dai
1957
The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud
1957
Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
1957
Sudden Rain
1956
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
Settlement of Love
1956
as Takeuchi
A Wife's Heart
1956
as Shinji
Night School
1956
as Night time teacher
The President Talks Bank
1956
The President's Boss
1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents
1956
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
1956
as Miki
A Brother and His Sister
1956
as Utsumi
In Case of One Woman
1956
as Sankichi Hashimoto
Pure Love
1956
Newlywed of the First Section
1956
All Sold Out
1956
Everyone's Sweetheart
1956
Funny Fellows
1956
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
The First Kiss
1955
as Seikichi
Nonki saiban
1955
Young Love Conquers All
1955
Detour to Love
1955
as Tetsuo Iwatani
School Girls in Costume
1955
Student Double Suicide
1954
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
1954
Zoku botchan shain
1954
Husband Comes Home Every Suturday
1954
Young Eyes
1954
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
1953
as Heima Sakamoto
Husband and Wife
1953
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
Mr. Pu
1953
Adolescence Part II
1953
as (uncredited)
The Eagle of the Pacific
1953
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
My Wonderful Yellow Car
1953
as Drunken man A
Their Father's Wife
1953
The Red Light Military Base
1953
as School Teacher Uenishi
Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth
1953
Girls in the Orchard
1953
A Song of Little Men
1953
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
1952
Love's Cheerleader
1952
as Mr. Gan
恐妻時代
1952
as Shinichi Utsumi
Third Class Executives
1952
as Wakahara
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
as Policeman
Mr. Lucky
1952
as 若原俊平
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Zoku santō jūyaku
1952
Gunrō no machi
1952
Yobiko hoshi
1952
Repast
1951
as Shinzo Murata
Nodo jiman sanbagarasu
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
as Kenji
Clothes of Deception
1951
as Kōji
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
1951
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
Fire Department
1951
Resurrection
1950
as Kunihiko Murai
Mado Kara Tobidase
1950
as Yûji Tokuyama
I Am Being Targeted
1950
Mitsurin no mehyō
1950
Hatachi zengo
1950
Tetsuro no dankon
1950
The Rainbow Man
1949
as Ryôsuke Akashi
Kenji to onnakanshu
1949
Doku bara
1949
Hana no jitsugetsu
1949
The Dead Beauty Incident
1948
Music's Twenty Doors
1948
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
1948
Unmei no koyomi
1948
Oyabaka taishō
1948
Diary of a Nurse
1947
The Hopeful Family
1947
Odoriko monogatari
1947
Someday Flowers Will Bloom
1947
Kimi ka to omohite
1946
Kenrantaru fukushū
1946
Convent Bride
1946
The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog
1946
Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit
1944
The Man From Chungking
1943
as 中原精一
The Tiger of Malaya
1943
as Hassan
All-out Attack on Singapore
1943
as Private Kimura
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
1942