--- name: "Keiju Kobayashi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/keiju-kobayashi" fi1m_id: "keiju-kobayashi" imdb_id: "nm0462013" tmdb_id: 70324 wikidata_id: "Q3067366" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 November 1923" died: "16 September 2010" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-28T20:43:34.395698+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Keiju Kobayashi ## Identity Keiju Kobayashi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keiju-kobayashi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** keiju-kobayashi - **IMDb ID:** nm0462013 - **TMDB ID:** 70324 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3067366 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiju_Kobayashi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3067366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70324 Actor. Born 23 November 1923 in Gunma, Japan. Died 16 September 2010. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 November 1923, Gunma, Japan - **Died:** 16 September 2010 - **Active:** 1984–1995 - **Also known as:** Кэйдзю Кобаяси - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 55 (1), 1990s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiju_Kobayashi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3067366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70324 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Whisper of the Heart*](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) (82) - **Apple TV:** [*The Return of Godzilla*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Keiju Kobayashi was a Japanese actor. Born in Gunma Prefecture on 23 November 1923, he dropped out of Nihon University and began acting at the Nikkatsu studio, making his film debut in 1942. He moved to Toho in 1956. In a career spanning more than six decades, Kobayashi appeared in over 250 films. He was particularly noted for his roles in the "Company President" comedy series at Toho and worked with directors including Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kihachi Okamoto. He voiced Shirō Nishi in the 1995 Studio Ghibli film *Whisper of the Heart*. Kobayashi won several acting awards, including Mainichi Film Awards for *The Naked General* (1958), *Kuroi gashū* (1960) and *The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman* (1963). He died in Tokyo on 16 September 2010. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Shiro Nishi (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) ## Complete filmography (243) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Godzilla Resurrection* (2018), as Prime Minister Mitamura - *Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells* (2005), as Narrator - *Take the 'A' Train, Someday* (2003), as 平松 - *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), Actor - *To Love* (1997), as Kamijo - *Whisper of the Heart* (1995), as Shiro Nishi (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/whisper-of-the-heart.md) - *Karin* (1993), series, as 小森弥之助 - *Tasmania Story* (1990), Actor - *Yawara!* (1989), as Jigoro inokuma - *弁護士朝日岳之助* (1988), series, Actor - *The Wives of Rokumeikan* (1988), Actor - *A Taxing Woman* (1987), as Ryoko's Boss - *The Gentlemen’s Alliance* (1986), Actor - *Tree Without Leaves* (1986), as Hatsu-rojin - *For Business* (1986), as Mihara - *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Prime Minister Mitamura - *Waves of Spring* (1985), series, Actor - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) - *L・O・V・I・N・G* (1983), Actor - *松田聖子のはじめての情事* (1983), series, Actor - *Okinawan Boys* (1983), Actor - *Baian Mayoibashi* (1982), Actor - *Tuesday Suspense Theater* (1981), series, Actor - *The Imperial Navy* (1981), as Isoroku Yamamoto - *White Love* (1979), as Keisuke Uemura - *Afterglow* (1978), Actor - *田舎刑事　時間よ、とまれ* (1977), Actor - *Mount Hakkoda* (1977), Actor - *Love and Separation in Sri Lanka* (1976), Actor - *Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow* (1976), series, as Taira no Yoshimasa - *Tora-san, the Intellectual* (1975), Actor - *Waga seishun no toki* (1975), Actor - *Tidal Wave* (1975), as Dr. Tadokoro - *Japan Sinks* (1974), series, as 田所雄介博士 - *Submersion of Japan* (1974), series, as Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro - *Submersion of Japan* (1973), as Dr. Tadokoro - *Pieces of Autumn* (1973), series, Actor - *The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi* (1973), as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san) - *The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!* (1972), as Chugo Kuroda (Chu-san) - *Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here* (1972), as Tokuhei Kyojima - *First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri* (1971), as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries - *I Hear the Whistle* (1971), as Takashi Sugimoto - *The Battle of Okinawa* (1971), as General Ushijima - *First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff* (1971), as Shinsuke Narada - *Maboroshi no Satsui* (1971), Actor - *The Militarists* (1970), as Premier Hideki Tojo - *Five Gents and a Kuniang* (1970), as Tanba Hisashi - *The Ambitious* (1970), as Yoshinosuke Saigo - *Five Gents Fly to Taiwan* (1970), as Hisashi Tamba - *Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor* (1969), as Toshizo Hijikata - *The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club* (1969), as Tomizô Funakoshi - *Black Comedy - Ah, Fool* (1969), Actor - *5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II* (1969), as Saijō Takashi (PR manager) - *5 Gents Fly to Kyushu* (1969), as Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager) - *Young Challengers* (1968), as Junpei Namikawa - *Judge and Jeopardy* (1968), as Hiroshi Masaki - *Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant* (1968), as Kenichi Honjō - *Five Gents and Karate Grandpa* (1968), as Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager) - *Japan's Longest Day* (1967), as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa - *Five Gents Prefer Geisha* (1967), as Shingo Kimura - *Our Silent Love* (1967), Actor - *Discover Japan with the 5 Gents* (1967), as Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director) - *Challenge for Glory* (1966), Actor - *The Daphne* (1966), as Ooka (Umeko's husband) - *King of the Raccoon Dogs* (1966), Actor - *Five Gents on the Spot* (1966), as Keigo Kojima - *The Stranger Within a Woman* (1966), as Isao Tashiro - *A Company President's Life Story* (1966), as Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary) - *Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi* (1965), Actor - *Beast Alley* (1965), as Detective Hisatsune - *We Will Remember* (1965), Actor - *Raccoon Dog Leader* (1965), Actor - *President's Ninja Trick Book Part II* (1965), as Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager) - *Samurai Assassin* (1965), as Einosuke Kurihara - *Five Gents' Trick Book* (1965), Actor - *Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins* (1964), as 1st Sin & 7th Sin - *Could I But Live* (1964), as Masayoshi Sakata - *Thief on the Run* (1964), Actor - *I Am a Medical Examiner* (1964), Actor - *Hello, Baby* (1964), as Keisuke Yomoyama - *Ken* (1964), as Eri Itami - *3 Gents in the Snow Country* (1964), Actor - *Hail the 3 Gents* (1964), as Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary) - *We Are Salarymen* (1963), as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric - *The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman* (1963), as Eburi Toshimaru - *Walleyed Nippon* (1963), as Narrator & Matchmaker - *Aloha 3 Gents* (1963), as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary) - *3 Gents In Hawaii* (1963), as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary) - *Travel Stories of a Company President Part II* (1963), as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary) - *Pressure of Guilt* (1963), Actor - *Travel Stories of a Company President* (1963), Actor - *Fūryū onsen bantō nikki* (1962), Actor - *Born in Sin* (1962), Actor - *My Hobo* (1962), as Junpei Shishido - *Chûshingura* (1962), as Awajinokami Wakisake - *A Wanderer's Notebook* (1962), as Fujiyama - *The Daughters of the Saotome Family* (1962), Actor - *Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong* (1962), Actor - *Mother Country* (1962), Actor - *Three Gentlemen from Tokyo* (1962), Actor - *Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble* (1962), Actor - *Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II* (1962), Actor - *The Wiser Age* (1962), as Jiro Ishikawa - *Shimizu Port Salaryman* (1962), Actor - *Sanjuro* (1962), as The Spy - *3 Dolls and Baby Gang* (1961), Actor - *The End of Summer* (1961), as Hisao - *Snow in the South Seas* (1961), Actor - *Acchan no bebi gyangu* (1961), Actor - *Playboy President: Part II* (1961), as Takeshi Kuwabara - *Playboy President* (1961), as Kuwabara Takeshi - *Eternity of Love* (1961), Actor - *Seven Enemies* (1961), Actor - *The Masterless 47 – Part II* (1961), Actor - *Taking a Success Course* (1961), Actor - *Happiness of Us Alone* (1961), as Michio Katayama - *The Masterless 47* (1960), as Heitaro Teraoka - *Master Fencer Sees the World* (1960), Actor - *Respect, Flatter, and Love* (1960), Actor - *New Third Class Executive: Husband Education* (1960), as Namikichi Yashiro - *Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success* (1960), as Isshin Tarō - *The Storm of the Pacific* (1960), Actor - *New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller* (1960), as Namiyoshi Yashiro - *Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1* (1960), Actor - *The Lost Alibi* (1960), as Teiichiro Ishino - *Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes* (1960), as Isshin Tarō - *New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking* (1960), as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee) - *A Salaryman's Ten Commandments* (1959), Actor - *New Third-Class Executive* (1959), as Namiyoshi Yashiro - *Samurai in the Office* (1959), Actor - *Bringing Up Husbands* (1959), Actor - *Fox and Raccoon* (1959), as Goichi Yufune - *Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II* (1959), Actor - *Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period* (1959), Actor - *Yajikita dōchū sugoroku* (1958), Actor - *The Naked General* (1958), as Kiyoshi Yamashita - *Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3* (1958), as Hideyoshi Kinoshita - *Summer Clouds* (1958), as Hatsuji - *Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring* (1958), as Officer Furuyama - *Little Peach* (1958), as Tayama - *Yaji and Kita on the Road* (1958), as Kitahachi Kitariya - *Holiday in Tokyo* (1958), Actor - *The Third President* (1958), Actor - *Makeraremasen katsumadewa* (1958), Actor - *Assistant President* (1958), Actor - *The Surprising Legend of Jirocho: Jirocho's Family Feud* (1957), Actor - *Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2* (1957), as Kinoshita Hideyoshi - *Schooldays* (1957), as Yamaoka - *Atarashii Sebiro* (1957), Actor - *Diary of a Successful Salaryman* (1957), as Kinoshita Hideyoshi - *Elephant from "Zoo Story"* (1957), as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi - *Price of Beauty* (1957), Actor - *Ôban* (1957), as Policeman - *Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel* (1957), Actor - *Story of a Detective's Assistant* (1957), as Heikurō - *The Luckiest Dai* (1957), Actor - *Funny Fellows* (1956), Actor - *Pure Love* (1956), Actor - *Easy-Going Married Couple* (1956), Actor - *A Brother and His Sister* (1956), as Utsumi - *In Case of One Woman* (1956), as Sankichi Hashimoto - *Newlywed of the First Section* (1956), Actor - *Three Generations of Company Presidents* (1956), Actor - *A Wife's Heart* (1956), as Shinji - *Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl* (1956), as Miki - *Night School* (1956), as Night time teacher - *Settlement of Love* (1956), as Takeuchi - *The President Talks Bank* (1956), Actor - *Everyone's Sweetheart* (1956), Actor - *Sudden Rain* (1956), as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door) - *All Sold Out* (1956), Actor - *The President's Boss* (1956), Actor - *Young Love Conquers All* (1955), Actor - *Detour to Love* (1955), as Tetsuo Iwatani - *The First Kiss* (1955), as Seikichi - *School Girls in Costume* (1955), Actor - *Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei* (1955), Actor - *Nonki saiban* (1955), Actor - *Here Is a Spring* (1955), Actor - *Husband Comes Home Every Suturday* (1954), Actor - *Student Double Suicide* (1954), Actor - *Zoku botchan shain* (1954), Actor - *Madam of the first class and husband of the third class* (1954), Actor - *Young Eyes* (1954), Actor - *The Red Light Military Base* (1953), as School Teacher Uenishi - *First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband* (1953), as Heima Sakamoto - *The Eagle of the Pacific* (1953), as Staff Officer (uncredited) - *Girls in the Orchard* (1953), Actor - *A Song of Little Men* (1953), Actor - *Brilliant! The First Detective: Zenigata Heiji in His Youth* (1953), Actor - *Adolescence Part II* (1953), as (uncredited) - *Their Father's Wife* (1953), Actor - *Mr. Pu* (1953), Actor - *Husband and Wife* (1953), as Shigekichi Hayakawa - *My Wonderful Yellow Car* (1953), as Drunken man A - *恐妻時代* (1952), as Shinichi Utsumi - *Zoku santō jūyaku* (1952), Actor - *Tokyo Sweetheart* (1952), Actor - *Dimple of Tokyo* (1952), as Policeman - *Love's Cheerleader* (1952), as Mr. Gan - *Third Class Executives* (1952), as Wakahara - *Kin no tamago: Golden Girl* (1952), Actor - *Yobiko hoshi* (1952), Actor - *Mr. Lucky* (1952), as 若原俊平 - *Gunrō no machi* (1952), Actor - *Repast* (1951), as Shinzo Murata - *Nodo jiman sanbagarasu* (1951), Actor - *Tsuki yori no haha* (1951), as Kenji - *Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre* (1951), Actor - *Saijoke no kyoen* (1951), Actor - *Fire Department* (1951), Actor - *Clothes of Deception* (1951), as Kōji - *Tetsuro no dankon* (1950), Actor - *Hatachi zengo* (1950), Actor - *Mitsurin no mehyō* (1950), Actor - *Resurrection* (1950), as Kunihiko Murai - *I Am Being Targeted* (1950), Actor - *Mado Kara Tobidase* (1950), as Yûji Tokuyama - *Hana no jitsugetsu* (1949), Actor - *The Rainbow Man* (1949), as Ryôsuke Akashi - *Doku bara* (1949), Actor - *Kenji to onnakanshu* (1949), Actor - *The Dead Beauty Incident* (1948), Actor - *Music's Twenty Doors* (1948), Actor - *Oyabaka taishō* (1948), Actor - *Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman* (1948), Actor - *Unmei no koyomi* (1948), Actor - *Someday Flowers Will Bloom* (1947), Actor - *Diary of a Nurse* (1947), Actor - *The Hopeful Family* (1947), Actor - *Odoriko monogatari* (1947), Actor - *The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog* (1946), Actor - *Convent Bride* (1946), Actor - *Kenrantaru fukushū* (1946), Actor - *Kimi ka to omohite* (1946), Actor - *Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit* (1944), Actor - *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), Actor ## Gallery - ![『江分利満氏の優雅な生活』 (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/93035/gallery-ab3bb8e54db4.jpg) 『江分利満氏の優雅な生活』 (1963) — 映画評論社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Eiga-Hyoron-1964-March-2.jpg/1280px-Eiga-Hyoron-1964-March-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『われ一粒の麦なれど』（1964年）](https://film.one/media/person/93035/gallery-70c03f426969.png) 『われ一粒の麦なれど』（1964年） — 国際情報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Keiju-Kobayashi-1.png/1280px-Keiju-Kobayashi-1.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Keiju Kobayashi](https://film.one/media/person/93035/gallery-890226503b91.jpg) Keiju Kobayashi — 新東宝（Shintoho Company, Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Keiju_Kobayashi_Studio_Still_from_Atsukama-shi_to_Oyakama-shi_1955_Scan10002_161022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Keiju Kobayashi (left), Hisaya Morishige and Ken Uehara. Studio Still of the 1955 Japanese film "Atsukama-shi to Oyakama-shi" (Shintoho).](https://film.one/media/person/93035/gallery-4cb4411c670c.jpg) Keiju Kobayashi (left), Hisaya Morishige and Ken Uehara. Studio Still of the 1955 Japanese film "Atsukama-shi to Oyakama-shi" (Shintoho). — 新東宝（Shintoho Company, Ltd.）, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ken_Uehara_Hisaya_Morishige_Keiju_Kobayashi_Studio_Still_from_Atsukama-shi_to_Oyakama-shi_1955_Scan10002_161022.jpg/1280px-Ken_Uehara_Hisaya_Morishige_Keiju_Kobayashi_Studio_Still_from_Atsukama-shi_to_Oyakama-shi_1955_Scan10002_161022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『江分利満氏の優雅な生活』 (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/93035/gallery-696395c43f7f.jpg) 『江分利満氏の優雅な生活』 (1963) — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Kinema-Junpo-1964-February-Special-5.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1964-February-Special-5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Medal with Purple Ribbon 1985: Medal with Purple Ribbon (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor 1965: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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