Occupation Actor Years active 1942–2009 | Name Keiju Kobayashi Role Actor | |
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Born November 23, 1923 ( 1923-11-23 ) Gunma, Japan Died September 16, 2010, Tokyo, Japan Awards Japan Academy Prize for Special Award from the Chairman Movies Whisper of the Heart, Sanjuro, Nihon Chinbotsu, The Return of Godzilla, Battle of Okinawa Similar People Hisaya Morishige, Kihachi Okamoto, Toshiro Mifune, Mikio Naruse, Shinobu Hashimoto | ||
SANJURO - Trailer - HQ - (1962)
Keiju Kobayashi (小林桂樹, Kobayashi Keiju, 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 Katō, 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.
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He died on 16 September 2010 of heart failure at the age of 86.
Selected television appearances
Honours
Filmography
Actor
2010
Hoshi no kunikara mago futari
2008
Koisuru kanojo, nishi e.
2007
Tenkôsei: Sayonara anata
2005
Nagasaki 1945: Anjerasu no kane as
Narrator (voice)
2005
Haha no iru basho as
Kuno Kenichiro
2004
Koinu no warutsu (TV Series) as
Fusao Kurata
2003
Warushawa no aki (TV Movie)
2003
Itsuka 'A' torein ni notte as
Hiramatsu
2003
Tegami as
Genji Omori
2001
Denen no yuutsu as
Zenzo Ushihara
2001
Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku as
Undertakert
2001
Kokubetsu (TV Movie) as
Soichiro
1999
That Guy as
Kenshiro Ooi (Yuta's grandfather)
1997
Aisuru as
Kamijo
1995
Whisper of the Heart as
Shiro Nishi (voice)
1995
Hôbiki no Tatsu torimonochô (TV Series) as
Tetsugorô
1993
Karin (TV Series)
1992
Hawaiian Wedding Song: Maui No Omoide (TV Movie) as
Yoshimura
1990
Tabi no hajimari (TV Series)
1990
Tasumania monogatari as
Kaichi Ishibashi
1989
Yawara! as
Jigoro inokuma
1987
A Taxing Woman as
Sasatsubu Kanrikachô
1986
Shinshi dômei as
Tomohiro Murayama
1986
Rakuyôju as
Hatsu-rojin
1986
Sorobanzuku as
Mihara
1985
Godzilla 1985 as
Prime Minister Mitamura
1985
Haru no hatô (TV Series)
1984
The Return of Godzilla as
Prime Minster Seiki Mitamura
1984
Yomigaetta engi (TV Movie)
1983
Loving as
Sugitani
1983
Okinawan Boys as
Koganei
1983
Chichi to ko as
Takeichi Kudo
1982
Kurumi no heya (TV Series)
1982
Haithîn bugi as
Kôichirô Fujimaru
1981
The Imperial Navy as
Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku
1981
Kazunomiya sama otome (TV Movie)
1980
Natsu no hikari ni ... (TV Movie)
1979
Howaito rabu as
Keisuke Uemura
1978
Akujo ni tsuite (TV Series)
1977
Hakkodasan
1976
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
1976
Kigeki hyakuten manten
1976
Kaze to kumo to niji to (TV Series)(1976)
1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual as
Dr. Tadokoro
1975
Tooi sekkin (TV Movie) as
Shinji Yamao
1975
Waga seishun no toki as
Doctor Yonomiya
1974
Submersion of Japan (TV Series) as
Dr. Tadokoro
1973
Submersion of Japan as
Dr. Tadokoro (D-1 Project Leader)
1973
Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki as
Keigo Kuroda
1972
Nippon sanjûshi: Osaraba Tokyo no maki as
Keigo Kuroda
1972
Ôgon Batto ga yattekuru as
Tokuhei Kyojima
1971
Zoku Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin
1971
Tô-chan no pô ga kikoeru
1971
Battle of Okinawa as
Gen. Ushijima
1971
Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain
1971
Maboroshi no satsui
1970
The Militarists as
Premier Hideki Tojo
1970
Zoku shachô gaku ABC
1970
Bakumatsu as
Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970
Shachô gaku ABC
1969
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as
Toshizo Hijikata
1969
Dai Nippon suri shûdan as
Tomizô Funakoshi
1969
Burakku comedi
1969
Zoku shachô enmachô
1969
Shachô enmachô
1968
Young Challengers
1968
Kubi as
Hiroshi Masaki
1968
Zoku shacho hanjôki
1968
Shachô hanjôki
1967
Japan's Longest Day as
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1967
Topo Gigio and the Missile War as
Voice (voice)
1967
Zoku shachô senichiya
1967
Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku as
Michio Katayama
1967
Zoku namonaku mazushiku utsukushiku: Haha to ko as
Michio Katayama
1967
Fûfu hyakkei (TV Series)
- Fûfu bokuro (1967)
1967
Shachô senichiya
1966
Eiko eno chôsen
1966
The Daphne as
Ohoka
1966
Dark the Mountain Snow as
Kyuemon's Brother
1966
Five Gents on the Spot as
Takashi Ishikawa
1966
The Stranger Within a Woman as
Isao Tashiro
1966
Shachô gyôjôki
1965
Beast Alley as
Detective Hisatsune
1965
Senjo ni nagareru uta as
Mei-Yao Chang
1965
Tameki no taisho as
Usakichi
1965
Five Gents Trick Book as
Takashi Ishikawa
1965
Samurai Assassin as
Einosuke Kurihara
1965
Shachô ninpôchô
1964
Danchi: Nanatsu no taizai as
!st Sin-Tarô Nakamura
1964
Could I But Live as
Sakata
1964
Tensai sagishi monogatari: Tanuki no hanamichi as
Kiichi Senda
1964
Kon'nichiwa akachan as
Keisuke Yomoyama
1964
Ken as
Eri Itami
1964
Zoku shachô shinshiroku
1964
Shachô shinshiroku
1963
We Are Salary Men
1963
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
1963
Zoku shachô gaiyûki
1963
Shiro to kuro as
Ochiai
1963
Shachô gaiyûki
1963
Zoku shachô manyûki
1963
Attack Squadron!
1963
Shachô manyûki
1962
Born in Sin as
Keizô Sakamoto
1962
Burari burabura monogatari as
Jumpei, the Hobo
1962
Chushingura as
Awajinokami Wakisaka
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook as
Fujiyama
1962
Sôtome ke no musume tachi as
Yoshurô Taguchi
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Mother Country as
Kyuhei Goda
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Zoku sararîman shimizu minato
1962
A Woman's Place as
Ishikawa Jiro, jinan
1962
Salary man Shimizu minato as
Matsutarô Ishii
1962
Sanjuro as
The Spy
1961
Bebî gyangu to oneechan as
Haruo Koizu
1961
The End of Summer as
Hisao, Fumiko's husband
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Playboy President
1961
Zoku shachô dochuki: onna oyabun taiketsu no maki
1961
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961
Zoku sararîman Chûshingura as
Heitaro Teraoka
1961
Shusse kôsu ni shinro o tore
1961
Happiness of Us Alone as
Michio Katayama, her husband
1960
Sararîman Chûshingura as
Heitaro Teraoka
1960
Gambare! Bangaku
1960
Shin jôdaigaku
1960
Wanton Journey
1960
Shin santô jûyaku: Ataru mo hakke no maki as
Namikichi Yashiro
1960
Taiheiyô no arashi
1960
Sarariman shussetai kôki daigobu as
Kinoshita
1960
The Lost Alibi as
Teiichiro Ishino
1960
Shin santô jûyaku: Tabi to onna to sake no maki
1959
Sarariman jikkai
1959
The Three Treasures as
God Amatsumaura
1959
Shin santô jûyaku as
Namikichi Yashiro
1959
Sarariman shussetai koki daiyonbu as
Kinoshita
1959
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Kitsune to tanuki
1959
Zoku shachô taiheiki
1959
Shachô taiheiki as
Yûkichi Ômori
1958
Yajikita dôchû sugoroku as
Kitahachi Kitariya
1958
Hadaka no taishô as
Kioshi Yamashita
1958
Kami no taisho
1958
Zokuzoku sarariman shussetai kôki
1958
Summer Clouds as
Hatsuji
1958
All About Marriage (voice)
1958
Little Peach as
Tayama
1958
Yajikita dôchûki as
Kitahachi Kitariya
1958
Tôkyô no kyûjitsu as
Hayashi
1958
Zoku shachô sandaiki
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa as
Matsui
1958
Shachô sandaiki
1957
Jirochô gaiden: Ôabare jirochô ikka
1957
Zoku sarariman shussetai kôki
1957
Daigaku no samurai tachi as
Yamaoka
1957
Salaryman shusse taikôki as
Hidekichi Kinoshita
1957
'Dôbutsuen monogatari' yori: Zô
1957
Bibô no miyako
1957
Ôban as
Policeman
1957
Goyôkiki monogatari as
Heikurô
1957
Zoku Goyôkiki monogatari as
Heikurô
1957
Taian kichijitsu
1956
Okashi-na yatsu as
Daisuke Hayakawa
1956
Jun'ai
1956
Nonki fufu
1956
Ani to sono musume as
Utsumi
1956
Aru onna no baai as
Sankichi Hashimoto
1956
Shinkon dai ikka
1956
Harikiri shacho
1956
A Wife's Heart as
Shinji
1956
Three Young Men and a Dream Girl as
Miki
1956
Night School (Short) as
Night time teacher
1956
Aijô no kessan as
Takeuchi
1956
Zoku hesokuri shacho
1956
Migotona musume as
Yata Arai
1956
Hanayome kaigi
1956
Sudden Rain as
Nenkichi Imasato
1956
Hesokuri shachô as
Shin'ichi Komori
1955
Aoi kajitsu as
Wakayama
1955
Fûryû kôban nikki
1955
Yagate aozora as
Tstsuo Iwatani
1955
Zoku Salaryman Mejiro Sampei as
Murakami
1955
Onna doshi (Short) as
Seikichi Taketani
1955
The First Kiss as
Seikichi-Women Ways (segment 3)
1955
Atsukama-shi to Oyakama-shi
1955
School Girls in Costume as
Kôsuke Sugano
1955
Salaryman Mejiro Sampei as
Murakami
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Botchan kisha as
Kyôsuke Ise
1955
Koko ni izumi ari
1955
Hatsukoi kanariya musume
1954
Doyoubi no tenshi
1954
Musume gokoro wa hazukashi ureshi
1954
Gakusei shinjû
1954
Wakamono yo! Koi o shiro
1954
Kakute yume ari as
Yoshibumi Takamizawa
1954
Zoku Botchan shain as
Taro
1954
Botchan shain as
Taro
1954
Wakai hitomi
1953
Akasen kichi as
School Teacher Uenishi
1953
Junjô shain
1953
Ittô nyôbo to santô teishu as
Heima Sakamoto
1953
Taiheiyô no washi as
Staff Officer
1953
Hana no naka no musumetachi as
Katsuzô Ishii
1953
Salary man no uta
1953
Kofuku-san
1953
Youth of Heiji Senigata as
Iwa-sama
1953
Zoku shishunki
1953
Haha to musume
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
Gozen reiji
1953
Husband and Wife as
Shigekichi Hayakawa
1953
My Wonderful Yellow Car as
Drunken man A
1953
Ittô shain: Santô jûyaku kyôdai-hen
1952
Santô jûyaku as
Wakahara
1952
Kyô tsuma jidai
1952
Quiz kyô jidai
1952
Zoku santô jûyaku
1952
Hatsukoi tokoshan musuko
1952
Tokyo no ekubo as
Policeman
1952
Tokyo Sweetheart
1952
Koi no ôen danchô as
Gan-san
1952
Kin no tamago: Golden girl
1952
Musuko no hanayome
1952
Mr. Lucky
1952
Yobiko hoshi
1952
Gunrô no machi
1951
Repast as
Shinzo Murata, Michiyo's brother
1951
Hôpu-san: Sararîman tora no maki as
Kyôta Kazama
1951
Mother from the Moon
1951
Sengoha obake taikai
1951
Uchôten jidai
1951
Saijoke no Kyoen
1951
Sono hito no na wa ienai
1951
Tsuki ga deta-deta
1951
Shôbô kesshi-tai
1951
Clothes of Deception as
Koji
1950
Tetsuro no dankon
1950
Hatachi zengo
1950
Mitsurin no mehyô as
Eisaku Yamashita
1950
Fukkatsu as
Kunihiko Murai
1950
Watashi wa nerawarete iru
1950
Mado kara tobidase as
Yûji Tokuyama
1949
Jinsei senshu
1949
Nijiotoko as
Ryôsuke Akashi
1949
Kenji to onnakanshu
1948
Ongaku nijû no tobira as
Shinpei
1948
Mountain Cat Woman
1947
Hanasaku kazoku as
Kenji
1947
Odoriko monogatari
1946
Shûdôin no hanayome as
Kiyotani
1946
Kenran taru fukushû as
Assistant B
1944
Kikuchi sembon-yari: Shidonî tokubetsu kôgeki-tai as
Hiroyuki Fujio
1943
Marai no tora as
Hassan
1942
Daigoretsu no kyofu
Soundtrack
1975
Tora-san, the Intellectual ("La donna e mobile") / (performer: "Sôran-bushi" (Hokkaidô prefecture folk song))
1954
Botchan shain (performer: "Boku wa Salaryman")
Self
2002
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Sanjuro (2002) - Self
- The Hidden Fortress (2002) - Self
1987
Marusa no onna wo marusa suru (Video documentary) as
Self
1972
The 23rd Annual NHK kôhaku uta gassen (TV Special) as
Self
1942
Kaigun to taisô (Documentary short) as
One of the gymnasts (uncredited)
References
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