--- name: "Kanae Kobayashi" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kanae-kobayashi" fi1m_id: "kanae-kobayashi" imdb_id: "nm0462208" tmdb_id: 134619 wikidata_id: "Q85879698" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 March 1907" died: "8 September 2001" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T00:07:55.650545+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kanae Kobayashi ## Identity Kanae Kobayashi - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kanae-kobayashi - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kanae-kobayashi - **IMDb ID:** nm0462208 - **TMDB ID:** 134619 - **Wikidata ID:** Q85879698 - **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85879698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134619 Actor. Born 7 March 1907 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Died 8 September 2001. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 March 1907, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan - **Died:** 8 September 2001 - **Also known as:** 伊東 叶江（本名）, 小林 加奈枝, 小林 叶江（出生名） - **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85879698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/134619 ## Biography Kanae Kobayashi was a Japanese actress. Born on 7 March 1907 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, she moved to Kyoto in 1916 to live with her uncle, the film director Kobayashi Yaroku, and made her screen debut as a child actor. After working at a department store, she joined Nikkatsu Daishogun Studio in 1924 and spent over fifty years as a supporting actress, often in period dramas. She appeared in numerous films from the 1950s to the 1970s, including roles as Otatsu in *Chikamatsu Monogatari* (1954), Kane the innkeeper in *The Tale of Zatoichi* (1962), and Old Geisha Kikuryû in *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976). Other credits include several entries in the Zatoichi series and *Empire of Passion* (1978). Kobayashi died on 8 September 2001. *Sources: imdb.com, weblio.jp, mydramalist.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), Fi1m 74, as Old Geisha Kikuryû — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses.md) ## Complete filmography (103) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Kōsuke Kindaichi Series 2: The Mummy Bride* (1983), Actor - *Empire of Passion* (1978), Actor - *In the Realm of the Senses* (1976), as Old Geisha Kikuryû — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses.md) - *Death at an Old Mansion* (1975), as Onao - *Coup d'Etat* (1973), Actor - *The Water Was So Clear* (1973), Actor - *Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance* (1972), as Bereaved Woman's Servant - *Kogarashi Monjiro* (1972), series, as Old woman, Oshino - *Women's Prison for Torture* (1971), Actor - *Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman* (1971), as Shige - *Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival* (1970), Actor - *Ghost of Kasane Swamp* (1970), as Osei, the brothel madam - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay* (1969), Actor - *Blood End* (1969), Actor - *Tenchu!* (1969), Actor - *The Bride from Hades* (1968), Actor - *Zatoichi Challenged* (1967), Actor - *Zatoichi the Outlaw* (1967), Actor - *Drunken Harbor* (1966), Actor - *Zatoichi's Pilgrimage* (1966), Actor - *The Betrayal* (1966), Actor - *Dianas of the Campus* (1966), Actor - *Zatoichi's Vengeance* (1966), as Tamekichi's mother - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess* (1966), Actor - *Zatoichi and the Chess Expert* (1965), as Widow Tarozaemon - *Life of Matsu the Untamed* (1965), as Tea shop woman - *Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan* (1965), Actor - *Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi* (1965), Actor - *On the Road Forever* (1964), Actor - *Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance* (1963), Actor - *New Tale of Zatoichi* (1963), as Old lady going deaf - *The Lightning Sword* (1962), Actor - *The Demon of Sendai's Castle* (1962), Actor - *The Tale of Zatoichi* (1962), as Kane the innkeeper - *Sabakareru Echizen no kami* (1962), Actor - *Her Hidden Past* (1962), as Sakai family maid - *Teppo Yasu no Shogai* (1962), Actor - *Keshin* (1962), Actor - *Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya* (1961), Actor - *A Lustful Man* (1961), Actor - *Shikaku yashiki* (1961), Actor - *Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut* (1961), Actor - *晴小袖* (1961), Actor - *風来物語 あばれ飛車* (1960), Actor - *What Price Love?* (1960), Actor - *Bonchi* (1960), Actor - *Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord* (1959), Actor - *Gambler and the Princess* (1959), Actor - *The Gay Masquerade* (1958), Actor - *Conflagration* (1958), Actor - *The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood* (1957), Actor - *An Osaka Story* (1957), Actor - *Red Signal* (1957), Actor - *Unchan monogatari* (1956), Actor - *Flowery Hood 2* (1956), Actor - *Flowery Hood* (1956), Actor - *Manzai chōchin* (1956), Actor - *Ninjutsu senshuken jiai* (1956), Actor - *Ninjutsu musha shūgyō* (1956), Actor - *Headquarters of Crime Detection* (1956), Actor - *Asataro the Crow* (1956), Actor - *Obake kara* (1956), Actor - *Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan* (1956), Actor - *Komusō henka: Tsubanari kaidō* (1956), Actor - *Matashirō Fighting Journey* (1956), Actor - *Migratory Birds of the Flowers* (1956), Actor - *The Magical Warrior* (1955), Actor - *Maiko sanjūshi* (1955), Actor - *Chikamatsu Monogatari* (1954), as Otatsu - *Otomi-san* (1954), Actor - *Date sōdō: Haha goten* (1954), Actor - *Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord* (1954), Actor - *Akōgishi* (1954), Actor - *Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko* (1954), Actor - *The Woman in the Rumor* (1954), as Oharu - *Yoidore nitōryū* (1954), Actor - *Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace* (1953), Actor - *Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami* (1953), Actor - *A Geisha* (1953), as Hairdresser - *Avalanche* (1952), Actor - *Haha ningyō* (1951), Actor - *Aizenbashi* (1951), Actor - *Duel at Omagatsuji* (1951), Actor - *Story of a Beloved Wife* (1951), Actor - *Miss Oyu* (1951), as Nanny - *Tsuki no wataridori* (1951), Actor - *Hibotan tōzoku* (1950), Actor - *Minami no bara* (1950), Actor - *Song of Love* (1950), Actor - *Onna goroshi abura jigoku* (1949), Actor - *My Name Is Mistress* (1949), Actor - *Haha koiboshi* (1949), Actor - *The Grand Master* (1948), as Saya - *Oshiroi jō* (1947), Actor - *Tree of Life* (1947), Actor - *A Carriage Running in the Darkness* (1947), Actor - *Taki no shiraito* (1946), Actor - *Tebukuro o nugasu otoko* (1946), Actor - *Onatsu Seijurō* (1946), Actor - *Saigo no joito* (1945), Actor - *The Life of Matsu the Untamed* (1943), Actor - *Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon* (1940), Actor - *Mito Kōmon* (1926), Actor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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