Tokuji Kobayashi
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 9, 1901
Place of Birth: Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Happiness of Us Alone
The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a school reunion, and the film follows their trials and tribulations ... and joys.
Snow-Flake
Twenty-Four Eyes
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
The Ballad of Narayama
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?
The River Fuefuki
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
Equinox Flower
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
One Wonderful Sunday
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.
I Will Buy You
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
The Trio's Engagements
Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.
So Goes My Love
Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns from working in a café. Shigeo is not happy with the situation and neither is his family who do not approve of Minako. Especially his uncle tries to convince him to leave Minako, even using his influence behind the scenes. Things start to change when Shigeo's sister pays the young couple a visit, being the first member of Shigeo's family to actually get to know Minako in person.
Filmography
as Old patient
as Schoolmate
as One of the villagers who teaches Narayama's manners (uncredited)
as Laundry owner
as Neighbour on the right, Mister
as 中村吉蔵
as Old man Nomura
as Nobuko's father
as Matsue no Chichi
as Nomura
as Evangelist for 'Oterashi'
as Mr. Fugu
as Overweight apartment receptionist
as Eiji Sawada
as Perfumer
as An examinee
as Patient A
as A student
as Clerk A
as Nishida
as Shunkichi Kuriyama
as Senko
as Sumida
as Pickpocket Mankichi
as Konishi
as Ryuichi Suzuki
as Guest
as Eikichi, brother of Kaoru
as Komura
as Genzaemon Tonomura
as Kaneda
as Kaneda
as Heikichi Ohara
as Denji
as Gentleman
as Lieutenant
as Tanjiro
as Employee
as Makita Yoshirō
as Saeki Takeo (Employee)