Kaoru Kobayashi
Acting
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.
Born: September 4, 1951 · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Filmography (59)
Sham
2025
Actor
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
Actor: Fujiwara Yosuke
TV
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
Actor: 穗高重亲
Kubi
2023
Actor: Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Boy and the Heron
2023
Actor: Noble Pelican (voi…
TV
THE DAYS
2023
Actor: Furuya
TV
Fixer
2023
Actor: Ichiro Suzaki
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022
Actor: Professor Kamoshit…
Arc
2021
Actor: Rihito
TV
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021
Actor: Shibusawa Ichiroem…
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
Actor: Hirotaro Yamane
TV
Off the Record
2020
Actor: Noto Toru
The Island of Cats
2019
Actor: Iwao
TV
Miracles
2018
Actor: Shun Samejima
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
Actor: Takeo Matsuoka
Lear on the Shore
2017
Actor
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
Actor: Seiichi Morita
TV
Heaven
2017
Actor: Doizaki Gen
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
Actor: Jisaku Koka
Midnight Diner 2
2016
Actor: Master
TV
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
Actor: Master
Natsumi's Firefly
2016
Actor: Sakakiyama
TV
Hibana: Spark
2016
Actor
TV
Koinaka
2015
Actor: Hirotoshi Serizawa
TV
The Emperor's Cook
2015
Actor
Midnight Diner
2014
Actor: Master
Climbing to Spring
2014
Actor: Isao Nagamine
The End of Summer
2013
Actor: Shingo Kosugi
TV
Woman
2013
Actor: Uesugi Kentaro
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013
Actor: Toshiharu Nakazato
The Great Passage
2013
Actor: Kohei Araki
TV
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
Actor: Self - Narrator (v…
TV
Carnation
2011
Actor: Zensaku Ohara
The Egoists
2011
Actor: Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Haru's Journey
2010
Actor: Kinoshita
Boys on the Run
2010
Actor: Suzuki san
TV
Midnight Diner
2009
Actor: Master
Kamui
2009
Actor: Hanbei
Vacation
2008
Actor: Toru Hirai
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Actor: Oton
Tales from Earthsea
2006
Actor: The King (voice)
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
Actor: Mitsuru Watanabe
Like Asura
2003
Actor: Takao Satomi
TV
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Actor: 星野正一
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002
Actor: Toshi-chan (Voice)
TV
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Actor
The Black House
1999
Actor
Secret
1999
Actor: Heisuke Sugita
Coquille
1999
Actor: Tatsuya Urayama
TV
Ten urara
1998
Actor: 松尾良治
Princess Mononoke
1997
Actor: Jikobo (voice)
The Last U-Boat
1993
Actor: Tatsumi - Fregatte…
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
Actor: Saitô (voice)
And Then
1985
Actor: Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Love Letter
1985
Actor: Tetsushi Kamiya
The Funeral
1984
Actor: Inose
TV
Toge no Gunzo
1982
Actor
Call from Darkness
1981
Actor: Tatsuo Tamura
Ballad of Orin
1977
Actor: Torazo