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