Acting
Keiju Kobayashi
- Titles
- 120movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1949 to 2018, with a break from 2006 to 2017, busiest in 1960 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 83top three billing
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
Sanjuro88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.6average 2.6
- Warfare3.4average 1.2
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Politics4.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.0average 3.3
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Pathos6.6average 5.2
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.4
- Crime2.5, average 3.7
- Pop Culture1.0, average 2.2
- Mystery3.2, average 4.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 6
- Nostalgic 6
- Family Dynamics 5
- Post-War Japan 5
- Character Study 5
- Classic Japanese Cinema 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Japanese Comedy 3
- Social Satire 3
- Family Relationships 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Daisuke KatōActorSudden Rain, Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success, A Wanderer's Notebook, Five Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, +32 more- RRyōzō KasaharaWriterFive Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Five Gents and Karate Grandpa, Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant, The Militarists, +26 more
Hisaya MorishigeActorThe End of Summer, Five Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Five Gents and Karate Grandpa, Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant, +20 more- KKôichi IwashitaEditorThe End of Summer, Five Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Five Gents and Karate Grandpa, Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant, +20 more
Yōko TsukasaActorThe End of Summer, Five Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Five Gents and Karate Grandpa, Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant, +19 more
Shūe MatsubayashiDirectorThe Imperial Navy, Five Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Five Gents and Karate Grandpa, Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant, +16 more
Reiko DanActorThe End of Summer, Sanjuro, Five Gents Fly to Taiwan, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, The Masterless 47, +12 more
Michiyo AratamaActorThe End of Summer, Samurai Assassin, The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman, The Stranger Within a Woman, The Masterless 47, +12 more- TTakeshi SuzukiCinematographer5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Hello, Baby, Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu, Playboy President, +12 more
Norihei MikiActorHail the 3 Gents, The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club, Yaji and Kita on the Road, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, Night School, +10 more
Mitsuko KusabueActorA Wanderer's Notebook, Happiness of Us Alone, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, The Stranger Within a Woman, The Masterless 47, +9 more
Asami KujiActor5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II, Five Gents and Karate Grandpa, Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant, Hail the 3 Gents, 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu, +7 more
Movies and TV shows
1272010s
1 title
as Prime Minister Mitamura
2000s
4 titles
1990s
4 titles · average score 83
as Kenshiro Ooi
as Kamijo
as Shiro Nishi (voice)
TV show · as 小森弥之助
1980s
11 titles · average score 69
as Jigoro inokuma
TV show
as Ryoko's Boss
as Hatsu-rojin
as Mihara
as Prime Minister Mitamura
TV show
as Prime Minister Seiki Mitamura
TV show
as Isoroku Yamamoto
1970s
19 titles · average score 65
as Keisuke Uemura
TV show · as Taira no Yoshimasa
as Dr. Tadokoro
as Tokuhei Kyojima
as General Ushijima
as Shinsuke Narada, President of Yoyo Industries
as Takashi Sugimoto
as Shinsuke Narada
as Yoshinosuke Saigo
as Premier Hideki Tojo
as Hisashi Tamba
as Tanba Hisashi
1960s
45 titles · average score 76
as Toshizo Hijikata
as Hiroshi Masaki
as Isao Tashiro
as Einosuke Kurihara
as Detective Hisatsune
as Eburi Toshimaru
as The Spy
as Fujiyama
as Michio Katayama
as Hisao
as Teiichiro Ishino
as Heitaro Teraoka
1950s
39 titles · average score 74
as Hatsuji
as Kiyoshi Yamashita
as Tayama
as Shinji
as Nenkichi Imazato (the man next door)
as Night time teacher
as Takeuchi
as Seikichi
as Shigekichi Hayakawa
as Drunken man A
as 若原俊平
as Kōji
1940s
4 titles
as Ryôsuke Akashi
as Hassan
as Private Kimura
