Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/23/1923
Place of Birth
Gunma, Japan
Also Known As
Keiju Kobayashi
Biography
Known For
Whisper of the Heart
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
Godzilla 1985
as Prime Minister Mitamura
Young Love Conquers All
Unknown Role
Schooldays
as Yamaoka
L・O・V・I・N・G
Unknown Role
The Return of Godzilla
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
Sanjuro
as The Spy
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Miki
Yawara!
as Jigoro inokuma
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
The Imperial Navy
as Isoroku Yamamoto
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Hisashi Tamba
Japan's Longest Day
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Tanba Hisashi
The Storm of the Pacific
Unknown Role
Mount Hakkoda
Unknown Role
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
Submersion of Japan
as Dr. Tadokoro
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
Beast Alley
as Detective Hisatsune
Career Timeline
2002
1993
1986
1976
1971
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
I Hear the Whistle
as Takashi Sugimoto
The Battle of Okinawa
as General Ushijima
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President
as Shinsuke Narada
幻の殺意
Role unknown
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
We Are Salarymen
as Head of Sales, Seihō Electric
The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman
as Eburi Toshimaru
Walleyed Nippon
as Narrator & Matchmaker
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
as Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary)
Company President Travels Abroad
as Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary)
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary)
Pressure of Guilt
Role unknown
Travel Stories of a Company President
Role unknown
1962
Fūryū onsen bantō nikki
Role unknown
My Hobo
as Junpei Shishido
Born in Sin
Role unknown
Chûshingura
as Awajinokami Wakisake
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Fujiyama
The Daughters of the Saotome Family
Role unknown
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Role unknown
Mother Country
Role unknown
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Role unknown
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Role unknown
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Role unknown
The Wiser Age
as Jiro Ishikawa
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Role unknown
Sanjuro
as The Spy
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Role unknown
The End of Summer
as Hisao
Snow in the South Seas
Role unknown
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Role unknown
Playboy President: Part II
as Takeshi Kuwabara
Playboy President
as Kuwabara Takeshi
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
Role unknown
The Masterless 47 – Part II
Role unknown
Taking a Success Course
Role unknown
Happiness of Us Alone
as Michio Katayama
1960
The Masterless 47
as Heitaro Teraoka
Master Fencer Sees the World
Role unknown
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Namikichi Yashiro
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Isshin Tarō
The Storm of the Pacific
Role unknown
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Namiyoshi Yashiro
The Lost Alibi
as Teiichiro Ishino
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Isshin Tarō
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Namikichi Yashiro (Employee)
1959
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Role unknown
The Naked General
Role unknown
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hideyoshi Kinoshita
Summer Clouds
as Hatsuji
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Officer Furuyama
Little Peach
as Tayama
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Kitahachi Kitariya
Holiday in Tokyo
Role unknown
The Third President
Role unknown
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Role unknown
Assistant President
Role unknown
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Schooldays
as Yamaoka
Atarashii Sebiro
Role unknown
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Kinoshita Hideyoshi
Elephant from "Zoo Story"
as Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi
Price of Beauty
Role unknown
Ôban
as Policeman
1956
Three Generations of Company Presidents
Role unknown
A Wife's Heart
as Shinji
Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl
as Miki
Night School
as Night time teacher
Settlement of Love
as Takeuchi
The President Talks Bank
Role unknown
Sudden Rain
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
The President's Boss
Role unknown
1955
1954
1953
Red-Light Bases
as School Teacher Uenishi
First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband
as Heima Sakamoto
The Eagle of the Pacific
as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Girls in the Orchard
Role unknown
Youth of Heiji Senigata
Role unknown
Adolescence Part II
as (uncredited)
Their Father's Wife
Role unknown
Mr. Pu
Role unknown
Husband and Wife
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
My Wonderful Yellow Car
as Drunken man A