Kaoru Kobayashi
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Kaoru Kobayashi
The Funeral
1984
Filmography
Acting (84)
2025
The Last Blossomas Akutsu (1986) (voice)
8.0
2025
6.9
7.0
2024
6.0
2024
The Yin Yang Master Zeroas Fujiwara Yosuke
6.2
2023
Kubias Tokugawa Ieyasu
6.9
6.0
2023
The Boy and the Heronas Noble Pelican (voice)
7.4
2023
Trapped Balloonas Shigezo Kojima
2022
Dr. Coto's Clinicas Shoichi Hoshino
7.6
2022
Yes, I Can't Swimas Professor Kamoshita
6.1
2022
Winter Roseas Giichi Wataguchi
6.5
2021
Arcas Rihito
6.6
2021
We Made a Beautiful Bouquetas Hirotaro Yamane
7.7
2019
The Island of Catsas Iwao
7.0
2019
His Lost Nameas Tetsuro
5.6
2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottanas Mamoru Fujita
7.0
2017
The Miracles of the Namiya General Storeas Takeo Matsuoka
7.0
6.4
2017
Mukokuas Shozo Yatabe
6.8
2017
Kiseki: Sobito of That Dayas Seiichi Morita
7.9
2017
An Emblem Dedicated To Youas Nakagawa Akiko
4.5
2016
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"as Jisaku Koka
8.1
2016
Midnight Diner 2as Master
7.5
2016
Natsumi's Fireflyas Sakakiyama
6.1
2016
Botchanas Madonna’s father
8.3
2014
Midnight Dineras Master
7.7
2014
Climbing to Springas Isao Nagamine
8.4
2013
The End of Summeras Shingo Kosugi
6.5
2013
Leaving on the 15th Springas Toshiharu Nakazato
6.6
2013
The Great Passageas Kohei Araki
7.2
2013
Kyokuhoku Rhapsodyas Masashi Sera
2011
The Egoistsas Kazuyuki Ninomiya
4.9
2010
Sketches of Kaitan Cityas Ryuzo Higa
5.4
2010
10.0
2010
4.9
2010
Haru's Journeyas Kinoshita
6.6
2010
Boys on the Runas Suzuki san
5.0
2009
Kamuias Hanbei
6.1
2008
4.0
2008
Vacationas Toru Hirai
7.0
2008
8.0
2007
6.9
2006
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiyaas Yasutada Kamiya
7.6
2006
Tales from Earthseaas The King (voice)
6.5
2005
Femaleas Old man
6.2
2004
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dogas Mitsuru Watanabe
7.0
2003
Like Asuraas Takao Satomi
6.6
2002
2002
Ghiblies: Episode 2as Toshi-chan (Voice)
7.0
1999
Le Secretas 杉田平介
1999
6.1
1999
Secretas Heisuke Sugita
6.9
1999
The Washing Machineas Taiji Ogami
7.0
1999
Coquilleas Tatsuya Urayama
7.6
1997
Princess Mononokeas Jikobo (voice)
8.3
6.0
8.0
1993
9.0
1993
The Tomb & the Divorceas Yoshinori Ishino
1993
The Last U-Boatas Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
5.7
1991
6.8
1990
Hong Kong Paradiseas Hachirou Ooishi
7.5
1989
Untamagiruas Giru
4.6
5.2
1988
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Madas Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
8.0
1987
Twilight of the Cockroachesas Saitô (voice)
6.2
1986
For Businessas Miyabi Sakuramiya
8.0
1985
And Thenas Tsunejiro Hiraoka
7.2
1985
Love Letteras Tetsushi Kamiya
7.8
1985
Paradise Viewas Reishu Goya
6.5
1984
The Funeralas Inose
7.2
1984
The Wangan Highwayas Nakamura
8.0
1983
The Second Loveas Hideo Hyuga
6.3
1982
The Dropoutas Miura
6.4
1981
Hear the Wind Singas Me
6.6
1981
Call from Darknessas Tatsuo Tamura
6.3
1979
Eighteen Years, to the Seaas Eisuke Morimoto
6.7
1977
Ballad of Orinas Torazo
7.2
5.8