Toshiko Kobayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi (center)
in Carmen Comes Home
Born(1932-04-06)6 April 1932[1]
Tsukiji, Chūō-ku, Tokyo[1]
Died29 December 2016(2016-12-29) (aged 84)
NationalityJapanese
Other namesToshiko Teshigahara
OccupationActress
Years active1949–1980
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

References

  1. ^ a b c "小林トシ子 (Toshiko Kobayashi)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "小林トシ子 (Toshiko Kobayashi)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ Sims, Calvin (20 April 2001). "Hiroshi Teshigahara, 74, Avant-Garde Japanese Film Director". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ Harper, Dan (May 2003). "Hiroshi Teshigahara". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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