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