Keiju Kobayashi
Born in Gunma, Japan — Nov 23 1923• Died Sep 16 2010
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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 ma…
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Whisper of the Heart
Shiro Nishi (voice)
Karin
小森弥之助
Tuesday Suspense Theater
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
Sanjuro
The Spy
Japan Sinks
田所雄介博士
The Return of Godzilla
Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Waves of Spring
Chûshingura
Awajinokami Wakisake
Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
Taira no Yoshimasa
Japan's Longest Day
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Pieces of Autumn
The Imperial Navy
Isoroku Yamamoto
Mount Hakkoda
Godzilla 1985
Prime Minister Mitamura
A Taxing Woman
Ryoko's Boss
Submersion of Japan
Dr. Tadokoro
Repast
Shinzo Murata
The Battle of Okinawa
General Ushijima
The Militarists
Premier Hideki Tojo
The Storm of the Pacific
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Toshizo Hijikata
The End of Summer
Hisao
The Eagle of the Pacific
Staff Officer (uncredited)
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Little Peach
Tayama
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Self
Samurai Assassin
Einosuke Kurihara
Summer Clouds
Hatsuji
Fox and Raccoon
Goichi Yufune
Here Is a Spring
Happiness of Us Alone
Michio Katayama
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Namikichi Yashiro
Beast Alley
Detective Hisatsune
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
Holiday in Tokyo
The Lost Alibi
Teiichiro Ishino
A Wanderer's Notebook
Fujiyama
One Summer's Day
Kenshiro Ooi
The Stranger Within a Woman
Isao Tashiro
Nonki saiban
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Kitahachi Kitariya
Playboy President: Part II
Takeshi Kuwabara
The Ambitious
Yoshinosuke Saigo
Tokyo Sweetheart
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Officer Furuyama
For Business
Mihara
Mr. Pu
A Wife's Heart
Shinji
Judge and Jeopardy
Hiroshi Masaki
Ôban
Policeman
Master Fencer Sees the World
Company President Travels Abroad
Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
Pressure of Guilt
New Third-Class Executive
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Vengeance for Sale
Undertaker
My Wonderful Yellow Car
Drunken man A
Red-Light Bases
School Teacher Uenishi
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Mr. Lucky
若原俊平
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Tomizô Funakoshi
Snow in the South Seas
Their Father's Wife
Five Gents on the Spot
Keigo Kojima
The Masterless 47 – Part II
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Namiyoshi Yashiro
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Settlement of Love
Takeuchi
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Assistant President
Husband and Wife
Shigekichi Hayakawa
Sudden Rain
Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The Masterless 47
Heitaro Teraoka
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Price of Beauty
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Kenichi Honjō
Ken
Eri Itami
The Wiser Age
Jiro Ishikawa
Playboy President
Kuwabara Takeshi
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
The First Kiss
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Clothes of Deception
Kōji
White Love
Keisuke Uemura
Challenge for Glory
Tasmania Story
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
Student Double Suicide
Born in Sin
Eternity of Love
Girls in the Orchard
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
Eburi Toshimaru
Hail the 3 Gents
Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary)
Tora-san, the Intellectual
Could I But Live
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Yawara!
Jigoro inokuma
Tree Without Leaves
Hatsu-rojin
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Shingo Kimura
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
Adolescence Part II
(uncredited)
The Third President
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Young Challengers
Junpei Namikawa
弁護士朝日岳之助
A Company President's Life Story
Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
The President's Boss
Mado Kara Tobidase
Yûji Tokuyama
Dimple of Tokyo
Policeman
Three Generations of Company Presidents
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
Inspector Muta
Mother Country
The President Talks Bank
松田聖子のはじめての情事
恐妻時代
Shinichi Utsumi
Acchan no bebi gyangu
To Love
Kamijo
I Hear the Whistle
Takashi Sugimoto
The Man From Chungking
中原精一
Night School
Night time teacher
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Self
Tidal Wave
Dr. Tadokoro
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Tsuki yori no haha
Kenji
Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
The Daphne
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Travel Stories of a Company President
We Will Remember
We Are Salarymen
Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Isshin Tarō
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
Heima Sakamoto
Diary of a Nurse
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
Tokuhei Kyojima
L・O・V・I・N・G
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
The Dead Beauty Incident
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
のど自慢三羽烏
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
Miki
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Taking a Success Course
Okinawan Boys
Walleyed Nippon
Narrator & Matchmaker
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
平松
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
Resurrection
Kunihiko Murai
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Godzilla Resurrection
Prime Minister Mitamura
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Isshin Tarō
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Shinsuke Narada
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
Narrator
Five Gents' Trick Book
Love's Cheerleader
Mr. Gan
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Tanba Hisashi
Zoku botchan shain
The Tiger of Malaya
Hassan
土曜日の天使
Hello, Baby
Keisuke Yomoyama
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
Schooldays
Yamaoka
The Naked General
My Hobo
Junpei Shishido
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Hisashi Tamba
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Young Love Conquers All
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Kinoshita Hideyoshi
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
The Hopeful Family
Music's Twenty Doors
Maboroshi no Satsui
Third Class Executives
Wakahara
The Rainbow Man
Ryôsuke Akashi
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1st Sin & 7th Sin
Atarashii Sebiro
Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman
Bringing Up Husbands
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!
Samurai in the Office
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1