Toshiko Kobayashi

Biography

Toshiko Kobayashi was a Japanese actress who began her career at age 14, joining the Nichigeki Dancing Team in 1946. She made her film debut in Keisuke Kinoshita's Broken Drum in 1949 and went on to star in several notable films with Kinoshita and Masaki Kobayashi, including "Twenty-Four Eyes" in 1954. Kobayashi was married to director Hiroshi Teshigahara from 1956 until his death in 2001, with whom she had three daughters.