Chitose Kobayashi
Birthday: Born in 1937-02-13 in South Korea
Deathday: 2003-11-26
TV Credits
春の坂道
Character: Orin
The story chronicles the life of Yagyū Munenori....
ほんまもん
Character: Fuji Yamanaka
...
はっさい先生
Character: 母・たき
The 39th NHK Asadora drama is Hassai-sensei. A novice teacher in 1930s Osaka learns that there is more to education than mere instruction. Though her tenure is interrupted by first marriage and later World War II, she begins a quest for "ideal education" after the war....
俺たちの旅
Character:
A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys....
鳩子の海
Character: 時子
A woman who lost her memory after experiencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima....
おしん
Character: Mino
Oshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from April 4, 1983 to March 31, 1984. The series follows the life of Shin Tanokura during the Meiji period up to the early 1980s. Shin was called "Oshin", which is an archaic Japanese cognomen....
Movie Credits
A Lonely Gamble
Character: Kyoko Nakagawa
In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings....
Youth After School
Character: Chizuru Sasaki
"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was broadcast on NHK TV in 1963, but the program recording technology was not mature at that time, and relevant people called it "phantom TV drama (幻のドラマ)". However, this TV series that was originally thought to be lost has been rediscovered after 50 years....
寛美の我こそは一等社員
Character:
1962 Japanese movie...
Hagure kigeki mandara
Character:
1962 Japanese movie...
A Colt Is My Passport
Character: Mina
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy....
Hito mo arukeba
Character: Kiyoko Narikin
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter....
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Character:
In the early Meiji era, two contrasting craftsmen, who had been bound by a ten-year strong friendship, suddenly hated each other and face many obstacles. Adapted from Shugoro Yamamoto novel....
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Character: Shinobu Murata
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrusts his last wish; "find my sister and take care of her." Goro leaves as a free man with a mission, but soon finds that he might have been better off in jail....
Bloody Shuriken
Character:
Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like all heroes, cannot stay....
Oshin
Character:
Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting another child, barely have enough to eat. In order to make ends meet for her family, 7-year-old Oshin gives up school and decides to become a servant in the household of a wealthy family, where she faces trials and tribulation beyond her worst fears....
Works of the Fish Man
Character:
Katsujiro the fisherman overcomes his laziness when he learns of his younger sister Okiku’s unfortunate fate. Nakamura Kinnosuke stars in two roles (Katsugoro and Aoyama Harima) in this film about the tragic nature of society in the late Edo period....
Flower Cards Chivalry
Character:
An absolutely astonishing art house ninkyo yakuza film. Wandering gambler runs into a young swindler woman working with old man. They are both arrested by detective. A year later gambler is staying with gangster boss when he comes across that woman and her partner again. Boss lusts for both her and his own daughter, while the boss's crazy yakuza brother loves his daughter, who, in turn, watches the player and wants to destroy the people standing in her way. And here lies one of the film's remark...