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Kaoru Kobayashi

Actor

Kaoru Kobayashi

Born September 4, 1951 in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan84 films

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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Boy and the Heron poster7.4The Boy and the Heron2023Tales from Earthsea poster6.5Tales from Earthsea2006We Made a Beautiful Bouquet poster7.7We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021Midnight Diner poster7.7Midnight Diner2014The Great Passage poster7.2The Great Passage2013The Funeral poster7.2The Funeral1984The Miracles of the Namiya General Store poster7.0The Miracles of the Namiya General Store2017Kamui poster6.1Kamui2009

Filmography

84 films as actor
  1. 2025The Last BlossomAkutsu (1986) (voice)
  2. 2025Sham
  3. 2025Oboe no Nai Satsujin
  4. 2024Promised Land
  5. 2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroFujiwara Yosuke
  6. 2023KubiTokugawa Ieyasu
  7. 2023Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
  8. 2023The Boy and the HeronNoble Pelican (voice)
  9. 2023Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
  10. 2023Trapped BalloonShigezo Kojima
  11. 2022Dr. Coto's ClinicShoichi Hoshino
  12. 2022Yes, I Can't SwimProfessor Kamoshita
  13. 2022Winter RoseGiichi Wataguchi
  14. 2021ArcRihito
  15. 2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetHirotaro Yamane
  16. 2020Independence of Japan
  17. 2019The Island of CatsIwao
  18. 2019His Lost NameTetsuro
  19. 2018The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanMamoru Fujita
  20. 2017The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreTakeo Matsuoka
  21. 2017Lear on the Shore
  22. 2017MukokuShozo Yatabe
  23. 2017Kiseki: Sobito of That DaySeiichi Morita
  24. 2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouNakagawa Akiko
  25. 2016Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"Jisaku Koka
  26. 2016Midnight Diner 2Master
  27. 2016Natsumi's FireflySakakiyama
  28. 2016BotchanMadonna’s father
  29. 2014Midnight DinerMaster
  30. 2014Climbing to SpringIsao Nagamine
  31. 2013The End of SummerShingo Kosugi
  32. 2013Leaving on the 15th SpringToshiharu Nakazato
  33. 2013The Great PassageKohei Araki
  34. 2013Kyokuhoku RhapsodyMasashi Sera
  35. 2011The EgoistsKazuyuki Ninomiya
  36. 2010Sketches of Kaitan CityRyuzo Higa
  37. 2010Abraxas
  38. 2010A Crowd of Three
  39. 2010Haru's JourneyKinoshita
  40. 2010Boys on the RunSuzuki san
  41. 2009KamuiHanbei
  42. 2008Then Summer Came
  43. 2008VacationToru Hirai
  44. 2008Double Trouble
  45. 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadOton
  46. 2006The Blossoming of Etsuko KamiyaYasutada Kamiya
  47. 2006Tales from EarthseaThe King (voice)
  48. 2005A Melody for My Father
  49. 2005FemaleOld man
  50. 2004Quill: The Life of a Guide DogMitsuru Watanabe
  51. 2003Like AsuraTakao Satomi
  52. 2002Ten Dark Women
  53. 2002Ghiblies: Episode 2Toshi-chan (Voice)
  54. 1999Le Secret杉田平介
  55. 1999The Black House
  56. 1999SecretHeisuke Sugita
  57. 1999The Washing MachineTaiji Ogami
  58. 1999CoquilleTatsuya Urayama
  59. 1997Princess MononokeJikobo (voice)
  60. 1996The Way of Osaka Financing 1
  61. 1994Uneasy Encounters
  62. 1993Chibusa
  63. 1993The Tomb & the DivorceYoshinori Ishino
  64. 1993The Last U-BoatTatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
  65. 1991Shimanto River
  66. 1990Hong Kong ParadiseHachirou Ooishi
  67. 1989UntamagiruGiru
  68. 1988Love and Action in Osaka
  69. 1988Bakayaro! I'm Plenty MadShigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
  70. 1987Twilight of the CockroachesSaitô (voice)
  71. 1986For BusinessMiyabi Sakuramiya
  72. 1985And ThenTsunejiro Hiraoka
  73. 1985Love LetterTetsushi Kamiya
  74. 1985Paradise ViewReishu Goya
  75. 1984The FuneralInose
  76. 1984The Wangan HighwayNakamura
  77. 1984Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
  78. 1983The Second LoveHideo Hyuga
  79. 1982The DropoutMiura
  80. 1981Hear the Wind SingMe
  81. 1981Call from DarknessTatsuo Tamura
  82. 1979Eighteen Years, to the SeaEisuke Morimoto
  83. 1977Ballad of OrinTorazo
  84. 1976The Sea of Genkai