Keiju Kobayashi: movies and TV shows
Keiju Kobayashi has 227 credits in the archive: 218 films and 9 TV series, from 1942 to 2018. Highest rated: Tokyo Sweetheart (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1942 – 2018 · busiest year: 1962 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Godzilla Resurrection | Prime Minister Mitamura | Film | 10.0 | 94 |
| 2005 | Nagasaki 1945 ~ The Angelus Bells | Narrator | Film | 3.0 | 81 |
| 2003 | Take the 'A' Train, Someday | 平松 | Film | 5.5 | 79 |
| 2002 | Vengeance for Sale | Undertaker | Film | 6.8 | 78 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' | Self | Film | — | 78 |
| 2001 | Inspector Muta's Incident Files: Yokohama to Kushiro Field. The Mystery of the Triple Murder That Only Marimo Knows. | Inspector Muta | Film | — | 77 |
| 1999 | One Summer's Day | Kenshiro Ooi | Film | 10.0 | 75 |
| 1998 | The Case Files of Detective Superintendent Muta 25 - The Case of the Woman Who Slayed at Lake Toya | Film | — | 74 | |
| 1997 | To Love | Kamijo | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 1995 | Whisper of the Heart | Shiro Nishi (voice) | Film | 7.9 | 71 |
| 1993 | Karin | 小森弥之助 | TV | — | 69 |
| 1990 | Tasmania Story | Film | 8.5 | 66 | |
| 1989 | Yawara! | Jigoro inokuma | Film | — | 65 |
| 1988 | The Wives of Rokumeikan | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1988 | 弁護士朝日岳之助 | TV | — | 64 | |
| 1987 | A Taxing Woman | Ryoko's Boss | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1986 | For Business | Mihara | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1986 | Tree Without Leaves | Hatsu-rojin | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1986 | The Gentlemen’s Alliance | Film | 6.5 | 62 | |
| 1985 | Waves of Spring | TV | — | 61 | |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 | Prime Minister Mitamura | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1984 | The Return of Godzilla | Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura | Film | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1983 | Okinawan Boys | Film | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1983 | 松田聖子のはじめての情事 | TV | — | 59 | |
| 1983 | L・O・V・I・N・G | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1982 | Baian Mayoibashi | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1981 | Tuesday Suspense Theater | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1981 | The Imperial Navy | Isoroku Yamamoto | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1979 | White Love | Keisuke Uemura | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1978 | Afterglow | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | Film | 6.6 | 53 | |
| 1977 | 田舎刑事 時間よ、とまれ | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1976 | Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow | Taira no Yoshimasa | TV | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1976 | Love and Separation in Sri Lanka | Film | 10.0 | 52 | |
| 1975 | Tidal Wave | Dr. Tadokoro | Film | — | 51 |
| 1975 | Tora-san, the Intellectual | Film | 8.2 | 51 | |
| 1975 | Waga seishun no toki | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1974 | Submersion of Japan | Dr. Yusuke Tadokoro | TV | — | 50 |
| 1974 | Japan Sinks | 田所雄介博士 | TV | — | 50 |
| 1973 | Pieces of Autumn | TV | — | 49 | |
| 1973 | Submersion of Japan | Dr. Tadokoro | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1972 | The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo! | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1972 | Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here | Tokuhei Kyojima | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1971 | Maboroshi no Satsui | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1971 | The Battle of Okinawa | General Ushijima | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1971 | First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff | Shinsuke Narada | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1971 | First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri | Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1971 | I Hear the Whistle | Takashi Sugimoto | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1970 | The Militarists | Premier Hideki Tojo | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1970 | The Ambitious | Yoshinosuke Saigo | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1970 | Five Gents Fly to Taiwan | Hisashi Tamba | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1970 | Five Gents and a Kuniang | Tanba Hisashi | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1969 | Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor | Toshizo Hijikata | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1969 | The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club | Tomizô Funakoshi | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1969 | 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu | Takashi Saijō (PR and Planning Manager) | Film | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1969 | Black Comedy - Ah, Fool | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1969 | 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II | Saijō Takashi (PR manager) | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1968 | Judge and Jeopardy | Hiroshi Masaki | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant | Kenichi Honjō | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | Young Challengers | Junpei Namikawa | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1968 | Five Gents and Karate Grandpa | Kenichi Honjo (Takayama Trading 1st Sales Manager) | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day | Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1967 | Discover Japan with the 5 Gents | Nobuyoshi Kimura (Development Director) | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1967 | Five Gents Prefer Geisha | Shingo Kimura | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1966 | The Daphne | Ooka (Umeko's husband) | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1966 | The Stranger Within a Woman | Isao Tashiro | Film | 7.4 | 42 |
| 1966 | A Company President's Life Story | Kojima Keigo (Chief of Secretary) | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1966 | Challenge for Glory | Film | 9.0 | 42 | |
| 1966 | Five Gents on the Spot | Keigo Kojima | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1965 | Samurai Assassin | Einosuke Kurihara | Film | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1965 | We Will Remember | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1965 | Five Gents' Trick Book | Film | 10.0 | 41 | |
| 1965 | Beast Alley | Detective Hisatsune | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | President's Ninja Trick Book Part II | Takashi Ishikawa (Technical Manager) | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1965 | Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1964 | Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins | 1st Sin & 7th Sin | Film | — | 40 |
| 1964 | Ken | Eri Itami | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1964 | Could I But Live | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1964 | Hail the 3 Gents | Tsutomu Harada (President's Secretary) | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1964 | Hello, Baby | Keisuke Yomoyama | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1964 | 3 Gents in the Snow Country | Film | 10.0 | 40 | |
| 1963 | The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman | Eburi Toshimaru | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1963 | Walleyed Nippon | Narrator & Matchmaker | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1963 | 3 Gents In Hawaii | Nakamura Hiroshi (Chief Secretary) | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1963 | Pressure of Guilt | Film | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1963 | We Are Salarymen | Head of Sales, Seihō Electric | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1963 | Travel Stories of a Company President | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1963 | Travel Stories of a Company President Part II | Susumu Kimura (Chief Secretary) | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1963 | Aloha 3 Gents | Hiroshi Nakamura (Chief Secretary) | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1962 | Sanjuro | The Spy | Film | 7.9 | 38 |
| 1962 | My Hobo | Junpei Shishido | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1962 | Chûshingura | Awajinokami Wakisake | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1962 | A Wanderer's Notebook | Fujiyama | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen from Tokyo | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Wiser Age | Jiro Ishikawa | Film | 7.2 | 38 |
| 1962 | Mother Country | Film | 6.8 | 38 | |
| 1962 | Shimizu Port Salaryman | Film | 8.0 | 38 | |
| 1962 | Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong | Film | 6.5 | 38 | |
| 1962 | Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1962 | Fūryū onsen bantō nikki | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1962 | Born in Sin | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1962 | The Daughters of the Saotome Family | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1961 | The End of Summer | Hisao | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1961 | 七人の敵あり | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1961 | The Masterless 47 – Part II | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1961 | Happiness of Us Alone | Michio Katayama | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | Eternity of Love | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1961 | Playboy President | Kuwabara Takeshi | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | Playboy President: Part II | Takeshi Kuwabara | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1961 | Taking a Success Course | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1961 | Snow in the South Seas | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1961 | 3 Dolls and Baby Gang | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1961 | Acchan no bebi gyangu | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1960 | Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1960 | Respect, Flatter, and Love | Film | 7.0 | 36 | |
| 1960 | The Storm of the Pacific | Film | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1960 | The Masterless 47 | Heitaro Teraoka | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1960 | Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success | Isshin Tarō | Film | — | 36 |
| 1960 | New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking | Namikichi Yashiro (Employee) | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1960 | New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller | Namiyoshi Yashiro | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1960 | The Lost Alibi | Teiichiro Ishino | Film | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1960 | Master Fencer Sees the World | Film | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1960 | New Third Class Executive: Husband Education | Namikichi Yashiro | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1960 | Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes | Isshin Tarō | Film | — | 36 |
| 1959 | Samurai in the Office | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1959 | Fox and Raccoon | Goichi Yufune | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1959 | Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1959 | New Third-Class Executive | Namiyoshi Yashiro | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1959 | Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II | Film | 9.0 | 35 | |
| 1959 | Bringing Up Husbands | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1958 | The Naked General | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Summer Clouds | Hatsuji | Film | 7.6 | 34 |
| 1958 | Little Peach | Tayama | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1958 | Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring | Officer Furuyama | Film | — | 34 |
| 1958 | Holiday in Tokyo | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 | Hideyoshi Kinoshita | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1958 | The Third President | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Yaji and Kita on the Road | Kitahachi Kitariya | Film | — | 34 |
| 1958 | Makeraremasen katsumadewa | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | Film | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Assistant President | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1957 | Story of a Detective's Assistant | Heikurō | Film | — | 33 |
| 1957 | The Luckiest Dai | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1957 | Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 | Kinoshita Hideyoshi | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1957 | Elephant from "Zoo Story" | Head of Animal Care Division, Higashi | Film | — | 33 |
| 1957 | Ôban | Policeman | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1957 | Atarashii Sebiro | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1957 | Price of Beauty | Film | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1957 | Schooldays | Yamaoka | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1957 | Diary of a Successful Salaryman | Kinoshita Hideyoshi | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1956 | In Case of One Woman | Sankichi Hashimoto | Film | — | 32 |
| 1956 | All Sold Out | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1956 | Newlywed of the First Section | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1956 | A Brother and His Sister | Utsumi | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1956 | Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl | Miki | Film | — | 32 |
| 1956 | Pure Love | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1956 | Sudden Rain | Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door) | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1956 | A Wife's Heart | Shinji | Film | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1956 | Settlement of Love | Takeuchi | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1956 | Three Generations of Company Presidents | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1956 | The President Talks Bank | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1956 | Night School | Night time teacher | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1956 | The President's Boss | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1955 | Detour to Love | Tetsuo Iwatani | Film | — | 31 |
| 1955 | Young Love Conquers All | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1955 | The First Kiss | Seikichi | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1955 | Here Is a Spring | Film | 8.2 | 31 | |
| 1955 | Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1955 | Nonki saiban | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1954 | Young Eyes | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1954 | Zoku botchan shain | Film | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1954 | Husband Comes Home Every Suturday | Film | 10.0 | 30 | |
| 1954 | Student Double Suicide | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1954 | Madam of the first class and husband of the third class | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1953 | A Song of Little Men | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1953 | The Eagle of the Pacific | Staff Officer (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 29 |
| 1953 | The Red Light Military Base | School Teacher Uenishi | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1953 | My Wonderful Yellow Car | Drunken man A | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1953 | Youth of Heiji Senigata | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1953 | Adolescence Part II | (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1953 | First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband | Heima Sakamoto | Film | — | 29 |
| 1953 | Husband and Wife | Shigekichi Hayakawa | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1953 | Mr. Pu | Film | 6.7 | 29 | |
| 1953 | Their Father's Wife | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1953 | Girls in the Orchard | Film | 8.0 | 29 | |
| 1952 | Gunrō no machi | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1952 | Zoku santō jūyaku | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1952 | Mr. Lucky | 若原俊平 | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1952 | Third Class Executives | Wakahara | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1952 | 恐妻時代 | Shinichi Utsumi | Film | — | 28 |
| 1952 | Tokyo Sweetheart | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| 1952 | Kin no tamago: Golden Girl | Film | 9.0 | 28 | |
| 1952 | Dimple of Tokyo | Policeman | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1952 | Love's Cheerleader | Mr. Gan | Film | — | 28 |
| 1951 | Saijoke no kyoen | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1951 | Repast | Shinzo Murata | Film | 7.6 | 27 |
| 1951 | Clothes of Deception | Kōji | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1951 | Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre | Film | 10.0 | 27 | |
| 1951 | Tsuki yori no haha | Kenji | Film | — | 27 |
| 1951 | Nodo jiman sanbagarasu | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1950 | Mado Kara Tobidase | Yûji Tokuyama | Film | — | 26 |
| 1950 | Resurrection | Kunihiko Murai | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1949 | The Rainbow Man | Ryôsuke Akashi | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1949 | Kenji to onnakanshu | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1949 | Doku bara | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1949 | Hana no jitsugetsu | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1948 | Unmei no koyomi | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1948 | Oyabaka taishō | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1948 | Wildcat Lady or Mountain Cat Woman | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1948 | The Dead Beauty Incident | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1948 | Music's Twenty Doors | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1947 | Someday Flowers Will Bloom | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1947 | Odoriko monogatari | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1947 | Diary of a Nurse | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1947 | The Hopeful Family | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1946 | The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1946 | Convent Bride | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1946 | Kimi ka to omohite | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1946 | Kenrantaru fukushū | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1944 | Thousand Spears of Kikuchi: Sydney Special Attack Unit | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1943 | All-out Attack on Singapore | Private Kimura | Film | — | 19 |
| 1943 | The Man From Chungking | 中原精一 | Film | — | 19 |
| 1943 | The Tiger of Malaya | Hassan | Film | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1942 | Horror of the Fifth Columnist | Film | 9.5 | 18 |