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