Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
Born 1951-09-04
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Kaoru Kobayashi
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Princess Mononoke
1997
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The Boy and the Heron
2023
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Tales from Earthsea
2006
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THE DAYS
2023
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
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Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
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Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
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Midnight Diner
2009
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Ten urara
1998
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (127 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1972 Fireflies on the Shore | Taiei Tamashiro | TV Series | 2025 |
 | The Last Blossom | Akutsu (1986) (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
 | 憶えのない殺人 | 佐治英雄 | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Sham | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Oboe no Nai Satsujin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai | Tsuruichi Senkawa | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Promised Land | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Yin Yang Master Zero | Fujiwara Yosuke | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Tiger and Her Wings | 穗高重亲 | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Kubi | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Movie | 2023 |
 | Tsugaru Lacquer Girl | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | Worry Not, She's the Boss | Yamagami Tatsuo | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Boy and the Heron | Noble Pelican (voice) | Movie | 2023 |
 | THE DAYS | Furuya | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Fixer | Ichiro Suzaki | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
 | Trapped Balloon | Shigezo Kojima | Movie | 2023 |
 | Dr. Coto's Clinic | Shoichi Hoshino | Movie | 2022 |
 | Yes, I Can't Swim | Professor Kamoshita | Movie | 2022 |
 | Winter Rose | Giichi Wataguchi | Movie | 2022 |
 | Solomon's Perjury | Masao Tsuzaki | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Arc | Rihito | Movie | 2021 |
 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] | TV Series | 2021 |
 | We Made a Beautiful Bouquet | Hirotaro Yamane | Movie | 2021 |
 | Independence of Japan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2020 |
 | Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku | Kotaki Reiji | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Off the Record | Noto Toru | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Top League | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Great White Tower | Mataichi Zaizen | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Island of Cats | Iwao | Movie | 2019 |
 | His Lost Name | Tetsuro | Movie | 2019 |
 | Miracles | Shun Samejima | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan | Mamoru Fujita | Movie | 2018 |
 | Hagetaka | Ryosuke Iijima | TV Series | 2018 |
 | The Miracles of the Namiya General Store | Takeo Matsuoka | Movie | 2017 |
 | Lear on the Shore | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Mukoku | Shozo Yatabe | Movie | 2017 |
 | Kiseki: Sobito of That Day | Seiichi Morita | Movie | 2017 |
 | Grade A Reversal | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Heaven | Doizaki Gen | TV Series | 2017 |
 | An Emblem Dedicated To You | Nakagawa Akiko | Movie | 2017 |
 | Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" | Jisaku Koka | Movie | 2016 |
 | Midnight Diner 2 | Master | Movie | 2016 |
 | Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories | Master | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Natsumi's Firefly | Sakakiyama | Movie | 2016 |
 | Hibana: Spark | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Botchan | Madonna’s father | Movie | 2016 |
 | Godan | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Koinaka | Hirotoshi Serizawa | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Emperor's Cook | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Midnight Diner | Master | Movie | 2014 |
 | Climbing to Spring | Isao Nagamine | Movie | 2014 |
 | Hello Life from 55 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Villiany Ganbo | Gen Koshimizu | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The End of Summer | Shingo Kosugi | Movie | 2013 |
 | Woman | Uesugi Kentaro | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Trembling Cow | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Leaving on the 15th Spring | Toshiharu Nakazato | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Great Passage | Kohei Araki | Movie | 2013 |
 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody | Masashi Sera | Movie | 2013 |
 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Carnation | Zensaku Ohara | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Castle of Sand | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Egoists | Kazuyuki Ninomiya | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Marriage Counselor | Syogo Yanagisawa | TV Series | 2011 |
| The Marriage Counselor | Creator | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Sketches of Kaitan City | Ryuzo Higa | Movie | 2010 |
 | Abraxas | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
 | A Crowd of Three | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
 | Haru's Journey | Kinoshita | Movie | 2010 |
 | Boys on the Run | Suzuki san | Movie | 2010 |
 | News Sokuho wa Nagareta | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Midnight Diner | Master | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Kamui | Hanbei | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Sun in Kurobe | Kunpei Takiyama | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Then Summer Came | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Vacation | Toru Hirai | Movie | 2008 |
 | Double Trouble | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Oton | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya | Yasutada Kamiya | Movie | 2006 |
 | Tales from Earthsea | The King (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | A Melody for My Father | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2005 |
 | Female | Old man | Movie | 2005 |
 | Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog | Mitsuru Watanabe | Movie | 2004 |
 | Like Asura | Takao Satomi | Movie | 2003 |
 | Dr. Coto's Clinic | 星野正一 | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Ten Dark Women | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 |
 | Ghiblies: Episode 2 | Toshi-chan (Voice) | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Private Detective Mike | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Le Secret | 杉田平介 | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Black House | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
 | Secret | Heisuke Sugita | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Washing Machine | Taiji Ogami | Movie | 1999 |
 | Coquille | Tatsuya Urayama | Movie | 1999 |
 | Ten urara | 松尾良治 | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Princess Mononoke | Jikobo (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Way of Osaka Financing 1 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 |
| ナニワ金融道 | 桑田 澄男 | TV Series | 1996 | |
 | Uneasy Encounters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
 | Chibusa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Tomb & the Divorce | Yoshinori Ishino | Movie | 1993 |
 | Sunflower on the Hill | Yuzuhara Kohei | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Last U-Boat | Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän | Movie | 1993 |
 | Shimanto River | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Hong Kong Paradise | Hachirou Ooishi | Movie | 1990 |
 | Untamagiru | Giru | Movie | 1989 |
 | Love and Action in Osaka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad | Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4) | Movie | 1988 |
 | Twilight of the Cockroaches | Saitô (voice) | Movie | 1987 |
 | Iki no Iiyatsu | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1987 |
 | For Business | Miyabi Sakuramiya | Movie | 1986 |
 | And Then | Tsunejiro Hiraoka | Movie | 1985 |
 | Love Letter | Tetsushi Kamiya | Movie | 1985 |
 | Paradise View | Reishu Goya | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Funeral | Inose | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Wangan Highway | Nakamura | Movie | 1984 |
| Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 | |
 | ふぞろいの林檎たち | 仲手川 耕一 | TV Series | 1983 |
 | The Second Love | Hideo Hyuga | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Dropout | Miura | Movie | 1982 |
 | Toge no Gunzo | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Hear the Wind Sing | Me | Movie | 1981 |
 | Call from Darkness | Tatsuo Tamura | Movie | 1981 |
 | Eighteen Years, to the Sea | Eisuke Morimoto | Movie | 1979 |
 | Ballad of Orin | Torazo | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Sea of Genkai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |