Kanae Kobayashi

Biography

Kanae Kobayashi was a Japanese actress born on March 7, 1907, in Ishikawa Prefecture's gold leaf city. She began her career as a child actress under her uncle, film director Kohei Kobayashi, and later joined the Nikkatsu Main Theatre Department, where she remained for over 50 years. Her notable roles include Widow Tarozaemon in "Zatoichi and the Chess Expert" (1965) and Old lady going deaf in "New Tale of Zatoichi" (1963).