Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi (小林トシ子) was a Japanese actress active from 1949 to 1980.

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. Under contract with the Shochiku film studios, she starred in many films of Kinoshita and Masaki Kobayashi.

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

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