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