Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi (小林トシ子, Kobayashi Toshiko, 6 April 1932 – 29 December 2016) 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.