Toshiko Kobayashi

Japanese actress

Toshiko Kobayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi (center) in Carmen Comes Home
Born	(1932-04-06)6 April 1932^[1] Tsukiji, Chūō-ku, Tokyo^[1]
Died	29 December 2016(2016-12-29) (aged 84)
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Toshiko Teshigahara
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949–1980
Spouse(s)	Hiroshi Teshigahara (1956–2001)

Toshiko Kobayashi (小林トシ子, Kobayashi Toshiko, 6 April 1932 – 29 December 2016) was a Japanese actress active from 1949 to 1980.^[1]

She joined the Nichigeki Dancing Team in 1946. In 1949, she was discovered by film director Keisuke Kinoshita and gave her film debut in his comedy Broken Drum.^[2] Under contract with the Shochiku film studios,^[2] she starred in many films of Kinoshita and Masaki Kobayashi.^[3]

She was married to new wave film director Hiroshi Teshigahara from 1956 until his death in 2001, with whom she had two daughters.^[4]^[5]

Selected filmography

1949: Broken Drum (破れ太鼓 Yabure-daiko) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1951: Carmen Comes Home (カルメン故郷に帰る Karumen kokyō ni kaeru) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1951: Boyhood (少年期 Shōnenki) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1951: Fireworks over the Sea (海の花火 Umi no hanabi) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1952: Carmen's Pure Love (カルメン純情す Karumen junjōsu) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1955: Twenty-Four Eyes (二十四の瞳 Nijushi no hitomi) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1954: Somewhere Under the Broad Sky (女性に関する十二章 Kono hiroi sora no dokoka ni) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi
1955: She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (野菊の如き君なりき Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1955: Beautiful Days (美わしき歳月 Uruwashiki saigetsu) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi
1955: The Tattered Wings (遠い雲 Tōi kumo) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1956: The Thick-Walled Room (壁あつき部屋 Kabe atsuki heya) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi
1957: The Story of Pure Love (純愛物語 Jun'ai monogatari) – dir. Tadashi Imai
1957: Danger Stalks Near (風前の灯 Fūzen no tomoshibi) – dir. Keisuke Kinoshita
1959: The Human Condition Pt. 1 + 2 (人間の條件 Ningen no jōken) – dir. Masaki Kobayashi
1960: Cruel Story of Youth (青春残酷物語 Seishun Zankoku Monogatari) – dir. Nagisa Ōshima
1968: Black Lizard (黒蜥蜴 Kurotokage) – dir. Kinji Fukasaku
1972: Summer Soldiers (サマー・ソルジャー Samā sorujā) – dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
1980: Woman (ザ・ウーマン Za ūman) – dir. Yoichi Takabayashi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "小林トシ子 (Toshiko Kobayashi)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b キネマの美女二十世紀ノスタルジア (Kinema Beauty: 20th Century Nostalgia). Tokyo: Bungeishunjū. 1999. p. 58. ISBN 978-4163552606.
^ "小林トシ子 (Toshiko Kobayashi)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ Sims, Calvin (20 April 2001). "Hiroshi Teshigahara, 74, Avant-Garde Japanese Film Director". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
^ Harper, Dan (May 2003). "Hiroshi Teshigahara". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 6 July 2021.