Personal Info
Birth date
1923-11-23 (101 Years)
Day of death
2010-09-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Gunma, Japan
Also known as
Кэйдзю Кобаяси
Keiju Kobayashi
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 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
Filmography
Whisper of the Heart
7.954
Overview:
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.Tuesday Suspense Theater
NYR
Overview:
"Tuesday Suspense Theater" was broadcast every Tuesday from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ) on the Nippon Television network for 24 years from September 29 , 1981 to September 27, 2005. It was a two-hour drama slot. As a general rule, suspense dramas with one complete episode (very rarely, two parts) were broadcast every week from 21:00 to 22:54 ( JST ). It is a broadcast frame. Some episodes also aired horror, historical dramas, and special effects dramas.A Wanderer's Notebook
7.2
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Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.Karin
NYR
Overview:
A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.Sanjuro
7.955
Overview:
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow
9
Overview:
Kaze to kumo to Niji to deals with the Heian period in Japan. Based on Chōgorō Kaionji`s novels Taira no Masakado and Umi to Kaze to Niji to. The drama was made by Go Kato`s request. The story chronicles the life of Taira no Masakado . The story begins with Masakado′s childhood. Masakado happens to meet Fujiwara no Hidesato, and he thinks that he want to be great Samurai like Hidesato in the future.The Return of Godzilla
7.188
Overview:
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.Submersion of Japan
NYR
Overview:
In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautiful Japanese cities to the ground. A weather survey group discovers that the Japanese Archipelago is moving towards the Japanese Trench, which if left to continue on its collision course, would bring the whole island of Japan under the sea!Japan's Longest Day
7.125
Overview:
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.Japan Sinks
NYR
Overview:
Long-form adaptation of previous year's movie; due to a sudden tectonic shift, the country of Japan starts sinking.Godzilla 1985
6.782
Overview:
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.The Battle of Okinawa
7.5
Overview:
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.Chûshingura
7.3
Overview:
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.A Taxing Woman
6.811
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Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.The Rainbow Man
6.7
Overview:
When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.Submersion of Japan
6.7
Overview:
A team of geophysicists investigating seismic activity on the seafloor discover that the islands of Japan, after suffering from massive volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, will be pulled into the ocean, killing millions.The Storm of the Pacific
5.6
Overview:
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.The End of Summer
7.5
Overview:
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
NYR
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At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's past, she must decide whether to run or face it—with help from a kind local officer.Five Gents Prefer Geisha
NYR
Overview:
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
NYR
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In this outing, Shoji (Morishige) and his employees plan to build a hotel for Expo 70.Samurai Assassin
7.364
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Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
6.8
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Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.A Wife's Heart
6.8
Overview:
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.White Love
5
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Kobasashi was learning Spanish so that she could go to Spain to look for her father who had left the family. She fell in love with her language teacher Ken. Finally she found her father in Madrid and she also met Ken's ex-girl friend Taeko there. Ken came to Madrid and learned of their meeting. He wanted her to help to look for Taeko. Ken was caught in between the past and the present.One Summer's Day
NYR
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Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding relationship between a young lad and an eccentric old man. Fifth-grader Yuta (Takuro Atsugi) is a typical city child looking forward to a summer of reading comic books and playing video games. Instead, he is bundled off to his grandparent's house on the Inland Sea. His grandfather, Yuta's parents explain, has been acting strangely as of late -- he eats the offerings in the family altar and once tried to lead attendants at a funeral in a rousing round of calisthenics. Since his mother and father are swamped with work, and his elder sister (Nana Sano) is studying for college entrance exams, Yuta has been asked to look after Grandpa. The old man takes Yuta on a tour of Onomichi, regaling him with 70 years of its history. Along the way, Grandpa slips in and out of the past, increasingly unable to discern between the two.Acting
2018Godzilla Resurrection as Prime Minister Mitamura
2005Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells as Narrator
2003Take the 'A' Train, Someday as 平松
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' as Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
2002Vengeance for Sale as Undertaker
2001Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. as Inspector Muta
1999One Summer's Day as Kenshiro Ooi
1998The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya as Unknown
1997To Love as Kamijo
1995Whisper of the Heart as Shiro Nishi (voice)
1993Karin (151 Episodes) as 小森弥之助
1990Tasmania Story as Unknown
1989Yawara! as Jigoro inokuma
1988弁護士朝日岳之助 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1987A Taxing Woman as Ryoko's Boss
1986The Gentlemen’s Alliance as Unknown
1986Tree Without Leaves as Hatsu-rojin
1986For Business as Mihara
1985Godzilla 1985 as Prime Minister Mitamura
1985Waves of Spring (50 Episodes) as Unknown
1984The Return of Godzilla as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1983L・O・V・I・N・G as Unknown
1983松田聖子のはじめての情事 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1983Okinawan Boys as Unknown
1981Tuesday Suspense Theater (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981The Imperial Navy as Isoroku Yamamoto
1979White Love as Keisuke Uemura
1977田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ as Unknown
1977Mount Hakkoda as Unknown
1976Love and Separation in Sri Lanka as Unknown
1976Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow (52 Episodes) as Taira no Yoshimasa
1975Tora-san, the Intellectual as Unknown
1975Tidal Wave as Dr. Tadokoro
1974Submersion of Japan (26 Episodes) as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro
1974Japan Sinks (26 Episodes) as 田所雄介博士
1973Submersion of Japan as Dr. Tadokoro
1973Pieces of Autumn (15 Episodes) as Unknown
1972The Golden Bat Shows Up as Tokuhei Kyojima
1971First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
1971I Hear the Whistle as Takashi Sugimoto
1971The Battle of Okinawa as General Ushijima
1971First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President as Shinsuke Narada
1971幻の殺意 as Unknown
1970The Militarists as Premier Hideki Tojo
1970Five Gents and a Kuniang as Tanba Hisashi
1970The Ambitious as Yoshinosuke Saigo
1970Five Gents Fly to Taiwan as Hisashi Tamba
1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor as Toshizo Hijikata
1969The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Tomizô Funakoshi
1969Black Comedy - Ah, Fool as Unknown
19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II as Saijō Takashi (PR manager)
19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager)
1968Young Challengers as Junpei Namikawa
1968Judge and Jeopardy as Hiroshi Masaki
1968Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Kenichi Honjō
1968Five Gents and Karate Grandpa as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager)
1967Japan's Longest Day as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1967Five Gents Prefer Geisha as Shingo Kimura
1967Discover Japan with the 5 Gents as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director)
1966Challenge for Glory as Unknown
1966The Daphne as Ooka (Umeko's husband)
1966Five Gents on the Spot as Keigo Kojima
1966The Thin Line as Isao Tashiro
1966A Company President's Life Story as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary)
1965Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi as Unknown
1965Beast Alley as Detective Hisatsune
1965President's Ninja Trick Book Part II as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager)
1965Samurai Assassin as Einosuke Kurihara
1965Five Gents' Trick Book as Unknown
1964Could I But Live as Unknown
1964Hello, Baby as Keisuke Yomoyama
1964Ken as Eri Itami
19643 Gents in the Snow Country as Unknown
1964Hail the 3 Gents as Unknown
1963The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman as Eburi Toshimaru
1963Company President Travels Abroad Part II as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
1963Company President Travels Abroad as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
1963Travel Stories of a Company President Part II as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
1963Pressure of Guilt as Unknown
1963Travel Stories of a Company President as Unknown
1962Fūryū onsen bantō nikki as Unknown
1962My Hobo as Junpei Shishido
1962Born in Sin as Unknown
1962Chûshingura as Awajinokami Wakisake
1962A Wanderer's Notebook as Fujiyama
1962Saotome-ka no musume-tachi as Unknown
1962Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong as Unknown
1962Mother Country as Unknown
1962Three Gentlemen from Tokyo as Unknown
1962Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble as Unknown
1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II as Unknown
1962The Wiser Age as Jiro Ishikawa
1962Shimizu Port Salaryman as Unknown
1962Sanjuro as The Spy
19613 Dolls and Baby Gang as Unknown
1961The End of Summer as Hisao
1961Snow in the South Seas as Unknown
1961Acchan no bebi gyangu as Unknown
1961Playboy President: Part II as Takeshi Kuwabara
1961Playboy President as Kuwabara Takeshi
1961Wakarete ikiru toki mo as Unknown
1961The Masterless 47 – Part II as Unknown
1961Taking a Success Course as Unknown
1961Happiness of Us Alone as Michio Katayama
1960The Masterless 47 as Heitaro Teraoka
1960Master Fencer Sees the World as Unknown
1960New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Namikichi Yashiro
1960The Storm of the Pacific as Unknown
1960New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller as Namiyoshi Yashiro
1960The Lost Alibi as Teiichiro Ishino
1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1959New Third-Class Executive as Namiyoshi Yashiro
1959Fox and Raccoon as Goichi Yufune
1959Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents as Unknown
1959Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period as Unknown
1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as Unknown
1958The Naked General as Unknown
1958Summer Clouds as Hatsuji
1958Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Officer Furuyama
1958Little Peach as Tayama
1958Yaji and Kita on the Road as Kitahachi Kitariya
1958The Third President as Unknown
1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa as Unknown
1958Assistant President as Unknown
1957Atarashii Sebiro as Unknown
1957Elephant from "Zoo Story" as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
1957Price of Beauty as Unknown
1957Ôban as Policeman
1956Three Generations of Company Presidents as Unknown
1956A Wife's Heart as Shinji
1956Night School as Night time teacher
1956Settlement of Love as Takeuchi
1956The President Talks Bank as Unknown
1956Sudden Rain as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1956The President's Boss as Unknown
1955The First Kiss as Unknown
1955Life's Simple Pleasures as Unknown
1955Nonki saiban as Unknown
1955Here Is a Spring as Unknown
1954Student Double Suicide as Unknown
1954Zoku botchan shain as Unknown
1954Madam of the first class and husband of the third class as Unknown
1953Red-Light Bases as School Teacher Uenishi
1953First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband as Heima Sakamoto
1953The Eagle of the Pacific as Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953Girls in the Orchard as Unknown
1953Youth of Heiji Senigata as Unknown
1953Adolescence Part II as (uncredited)
1953Their Father's Wife as Unknown
1953Mr. Pu as Unknown
1953Husband and Wife as Shigekichi Hayakawa
1953My Wonderful Yellow Car as Drunken man A
1952恐妻時代 as Shinichi Utsumi
1952Dimple of Tokyo as Policeman
1952Tokyo Sweetheart as Unknown
1952Love's Cheerleader as Mr. Gan
1952Third Class Executives as Wakahara
1952Kin no tamago: Golden Girl as Unknown
1952Mr. Lucky as 若原俊平
1951Repast as Shinzo Murata
1951のど自慢三羽烏 as Unknown
1951Tsuki yori no haha as Kenji
1951Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre as Unknown
1951Clothes of Deception as Kōji
1950Resurrection as Kunihiko Murai
1950Mado Kara Tobidase as Yûji Tokuyama
1949The Rainbow Man as Ryôsuke Akashi
1948The Dead Beauty Incident as Unknown
1948Music's Twenty Doors as Unknown
1947Diary of a Nurse as Unknown
1947The Hopeful Family as Unknown
1943The Man From Chungking as 中原精一
1943The Tiger of Malaya as Hassan
1942Horror of the Fifth Columnist as Unknown