Kaoru Kobayashi
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Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.
Known for
Credits
Princess Mononoke (1997)
as Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
as Noble Pelican (voice)
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
as The King (voice)
The Tomb & the Divorce (1993)
as Yoshinori Ishino
Paradise View (1985)
as Reishu Goya
Uneasy Encounters (1994)
Actor
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
as Hirotaro Yamane
Ghiblies: Episode 2 (2002)
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
as Master
Secret (1999)
as Heisuke Sugita
Ballad of Orin (1977)
as Torazo
The Egoists (2011)
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017)
as Takeo Matsuoka
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
as Mitsuru Watanabe
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
Actor
The Funeral (1984)
as Inose
The Black House (1999)
Actor
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" (2016)
as Jisaku Koka
Untamagiru (1989)
as Giru
Kubi (2023)
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
as Saitô (voice)
Kamui (2009)
as Hanbei
Like Asura (2003)
as Takao Satomi
Female (2005)
as Old man
Midnight Diner (2014)
as Master
The Sea of Genkai (1976)
Actor
Le Secret (1999)
as 杉田平介
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day (2017)
as Seiichi Morita
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
as Oton
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)
as Masashi Sera
The Great Passage (2013)
as Kohei Araki
The Last Blossom (2025)
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
And Then (1985)
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Haru's Journey (2010)
as Kinoshita
The Second Love (1983)
as Hideo Hyuga
The Island of Cats (2019)
as Iwao
Sham (2025)
Actor
Mukoku (2017)
as Shozo Yatabe
Boys on the Run (2010)
as Suzuki san
Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)
as Ryuzo Higa
A Crowd of Three (2010)
Actor
Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)
as Shoichi Hoshino
Abraxas (2010)
Actor
The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
as Fujiwara Yosuke
The End of Summer (2013)
as Shingo Kosugi
The Wangan Highway (1984)
as Nakamura
Climbing to Spring (2014)
as Isao Nagamine
Hear the Wind Sing (1981)
as Me
An Emblem Dedicated To You (2017)
as Nakagawa Akiko
Natsumi's Firefly (2016)
as Sakakiyama
The Last U-Boat (1993)
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya (2006)
as Yasutada Kamiya
Shimanto River (1991)
Actor
Love and Action in Osaka (1988)
Actor
Coquille (1999)
as Tatsuya Urayama
Call from Darkness (1981)
as Tatsuo Tamura
Leaving on the 15th Spring (2013)
as Toshiharu Nakazato
Love Letter (1985)
as Tetsushi Kamiya
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad (1988)
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
Winter Rose (2022)
as Giichi Wataguchi
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 (2023)
Actor
Botchan (2016)
as Madonna’s father
Vacation (2008)
as Toru Hirai
Arc (2021)
as Rihito
Eighteen Years, to the Sea (1979)
as Eisuke Morimoto
For Business (1986)
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
as Hachirou Ooishi
Lear on the Shore (2017)
Actor
The Dropout (1982)
as Miura
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 (1996)
Actor
Double Trouble (2008)
Actor
A Melody for My Father (2005)
Actor
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (2023)
Actor
Yes, I Can't Swim (2022)
as Professor Kamoshita
Then Summer Came (2008)
Actor
Trapped Balloon (2023)
as Shigezo Kojima
Ten Dark Women (2002)
Actor
Independence of Japan (2020)
Actor
Promised Land (2024)
Actor
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! (1984)
Actor
Chibusa (1993)
Actor
The Washing Machine (1999)
as Taiji Ogami
Oboe no Nai Satsujin (2025)
Actor
His Lost Name (2019)
as Tetsuro