Personal Info
Known Credits
135
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1923-11-23 (102 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Also Known For
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 defin ...
Known For
Acting
2005 --
Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells
| Narrator
2003 --
Take the 'A' Train, Someday
| 平松
2002 --
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
| Self
2002 --
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
| Self
2001 --
Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows.
| Inspector Muta
1999 --
One Summer's Day
| Kenshiro Ooi
1998 --
The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya
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1997 --
To Love
| Kamijo
1995 --
Whisper of the Heart
| Shiro Nishi (voice)
1990 --
Tasmania Story
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1989 --
Yawara!
| Jigoro inokuma
1987 --
A Taxing Woman
| Ryoko's Boss
1986 --
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
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1986 --
Tree Without Leaves
| Hatsu-rojin
1986 --
For Business
| Mihara
1985 --
Godzilla 1985
| Prime Minister Mitamura
1984 --
The Return of Godzilla
| Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
1983 --
L・O・V・I・N・G
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1983 --
Okinawan Boys
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1981 --
The Imperial Navy
| Isoroku Yamamoto
1979 --
White Love
| Keisuke Uemura
1977 --
田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ
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1977 --
Mount Hakkoda
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1976 --
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
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1975 --
Tora-san, the Intellectual
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1975 --
Tidal Wave
| Dr. Tadokoro
1973 --
Submersion of Japan
| Dr. Tadokoro
1972 --
The Golden Bat Shows Up
| Tokuhei Kyojima
1971 --
I Hear the Whistle
| Takashi Sugimoto
1971 --
The Battle of Okinawa
| General Ushijima
1971 --
幻の殺意
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1970 --
The Militarists
| Premier Hideki Tojo
1970 --
The Ambitious
| Yoshinosuke Saigo
1969 --
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
| Toshizo Hijikata
1969 --
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
| Tomizô Funakoshi
1969 --
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
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1968 --
Young Challengers
| Junpei Namikawa
1968 --
Judge and Jeopardy
| Hiroshi Masaki
1967 --
Japan's Longest Day
| Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
1966 --
Challenge for Glory
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1966 --
The Daphne
| Ooka (Umeko's husband)
1966 --
The Thin Line
| Isao Tashiro
1965 --
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
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1965 --
Beast Alley
| Detective Hisatsune
1965 --
Five Gents' Trick Book
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1965 --
Samurai Assassin
| Einosuke Kurihara
1964 --
Could I But Live
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1964 --
こんにちは赤ちゃん
| Keisuke Yomoyama
1964 --
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
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1964 --
Hail the 3 Gents
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1963 --
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
| Eburi Toshimaru
1963 --
Pressure of Guilt
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1962 --
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
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1962 --
Born in Sin
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1962 --
My Hobo
| Junpei Shishido
1962 --
Chûshingura
| Awajinokami Wakisake
1962 --
A Wanderer's Notebook
| Fujiyama
1962 --
Saotome-ka no musume-tachi
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1962 --
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
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1962 --
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
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1962 --
Mother Country
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1962 --
女難コースを突破せよ
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1962 --
続サラリーマン清水港
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1962 --
The Wiser Age
| Jiro Ishikawa
1962 --
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
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1962 --
Sanjuro
| The Spy
1961 --
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
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1961 --
The End of Summer
| Hisao
1961 --
Snow in the South Seas
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1961 --
Acchan no bebi gyangu
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1961 --
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
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1961 --
The Masterless 47 – Part II
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1961 --
Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore
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1961 --
Happiness of Us Alone
| Michio Katayama
1960 --
The Masterless 47
| Heitaro Teraoka
1960 --
Master Fencer Sees the World
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1960 --
The Storm of the Pacific
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1960 --
The Lost Alibi
| Teiichiro Ishino
1959 --
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
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1959 --
社長太平記
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1958 --
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
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1958 --
The Naked General
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1958 --
Summer Clouds
| Hatsuji
1958 --
Little Peach
| Tayama
1958 --
Yaji and Kita on the Road
| Kitahachi Kitariya
1958 --
The Third President
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1958 --
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
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1958 --
Assistant President
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1957 --
Price of Beauty
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1957 --
Ôban
| Policeman
1956 --
はりきり社長
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1956 --
A Wife's Heart
| Shinji
1956 --
Night School
| Night time teacher
1956 --
Settlement of Love
| Takeuchi
1956 --
The President Talks Bank
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1956 --
Sudden Rain
| Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
1956 --
The President's Boss
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1955 --
The First Kiss
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1955 --
Life's Simple Pleasures
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1955 --
Nonki saiban
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1955 --
Here Is a Spring
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1954 --
Student Double Suicide
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1954 --
Madam of the first class and husband of the third class
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1953 --
Red-Light Bases
| School Teacher Uenishi
1953 --
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
| Heima Sakamoto
1953 --
The Eagle of the Pacific
| Staff Officer (uncredited)
1953 --
Girls in the Orchard
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1953 --
Youth of Heiji Senigata
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1953 --
Adolescence Part II
| (uncredited)
1953 --
Their Father's Wife
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1953 --
Mr. Pu
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1953 --
Husband and Wife
| Shigekichi Hayakawa
1953 --
My Wonderful Yellow Car
| Drunken man A
1952 --
恐妻時代
| Shinichi Utsumi
1952 --
Tokyo Sweetheart
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1952 --
Dimple of Tokyo
| Policeman
1952 --
Love's Cheerleader
| Mr. Gan
1952 --
Third Class Executives
| Wakahara
1952 --
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl
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1952 --
Mr. Lucky
| 若原俊平
1951 --
Repast
| Shinzo Murata
1951 --
のど自慢三羽烏
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1951 --
Tsuki yori no haha
| Kenji
1951 --
Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre
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1951 --
Clothes of Deception
| Kōji
1950 --
Resurrection
| Kunihiko Murai
1950 --
Mado Kara Tobidase
| Yûji Tokuyama
1949 --
The Rainbow Man
| Ryôsuke Akashi
1948 --
The Dead Beauty Incident
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1948 --
Music's Twenty Doors
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1947 --
Diary of a Nurse
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1947 --
The Hopeful Family
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1943 --
The Man From Chungking
| 中原精一
1943 --
The Tiger of Malaya
| Hassan
1942 --
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
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