Kaoru Kobayashi
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 4, 1951 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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
| 2025 | Oboe no Nai Satsujin | |
| 2025 | Sham | |
| 2025 | The Last BlossomAkutsu (1986) (voice) | |
| 2025 | 1972 Fireflies on the ShoreTaiei Tamashiro | |
| 2024 | The Yin Yang Master ZeroFujiwara Yosuke | |
| 2024 | Promised Land | |
| 2024 | The Tiger and Her Wings穗高重亲 | |
| 2024 | Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai仙川鶴一 | |
| 2023 | KubiTokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 2023 | The Boy and the HeronNoble Pelican (voice) | |
| 2023 | Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 | |
| 2023 | Trapped BalloonShigezo Kojima | |
| 2023 | Tsugaru Lacquer Girl | |
| 2023 | FixerIchiro Suzaki | |
| 2023 | Worry Not, She's the BossYamagami Tatsuo | |
| 2023 | THE DAYSFuruya | |
| 2022 | Yes, I Can't SwimProfessor Kamoshita | |
| 2022 | Winter RoseGiichi Wataguchi | |
| 2022 | Dr. Coto's ClinicShoichi Hoshino | |
| 2021 | We Made a Beautiful BouquetHirotaro Yamane | |
| 2021 | ArcRihito | |
| 2021 | Solomon's Perjury津崎 正男 | |
| 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue SkyShibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] | |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan | |
| 2020 | Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuKotaki Reiji | |
| 2020 | Off the RecordNoto Toru | |
| 2019 | His Lost NameTetsuro | |
| 2019 | The Island of CatsIwao | |
| 2019 | Top League | |
| 2019 | The Great White TowerMataichi Zaizen | |
| 2018 | The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan | |
| 2018 | HagetakaRyosuke Iijima | |
| 2018 | MiraclesShun Samejima | |
| 2017 | Kiseki: Sobito of That DaySeiichi Morita | |
| 2017 | An Emblem Dedicated To YouNakagawa Akiko | |
| 2017 | Lear on the Shore | |
| 2017 | MukokuShozo Yatabe | |
| 2017 | The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreTakeo Matsuoka | |
| 2017 | Grade A Reversal | |
| 2017 | HeavenDoizaki Gen | |
| 2016 | BotchanMadonna’s father | |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner 2Master | |
| 2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"Jisaku Koka | |
| 2016 | Natsumi's FireflySakakiyama | |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesMaster | |
| 2016 | Hibana: Spark | |
| 2015 | KoinakaHirotoshi Serizawa | |
| 2015 | Godan | |
| 2015 | The Emperor's Cook | |
| 2014 | Climbing to SpringIsao Nagamine | |
| 2014 | Midnight DinerMaster | |
| 2014 | Hello Life from 55 | |
| 2014 | Villiany GanboGen Koshimizu | |
| 2013 | The Great PassageKohei Araki | |
| 2013 | The End of SummerShingo Kosugi | |
| 2013 | Leaving on the 15th SpringToshiharu Nakazato | |
| 2013 | Kyokuhoku RhapsodyMasashi Sera | |
| 2013 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody | |
| 2013 | WomanUesugi Kentaro | |
| 2013 | Trembling Cow | |
| 2012 | Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” TravelogueSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | The EgoistsKazuyuki Ninomiya | |
| 2011 | The Castle of Sand | |
| 2011 | The Marriage CounselorSyogo Yanagisawa | |
| 2011 | CarnationZensaku Ohara | |
| 2010 | A Crowd of Three | |
| 2010 | Boys on the RunSuzuki san | |
| 2010 | Haru's JourneyKinoshita | |
| 2010 | Sketches of Kaitan CityRyuzo Higa | |
| 2010 | Abraxas | |
| 2009 | KamuiHanbei | |
| 2009 | Midnight DinerMaster | |
| 2009 | News Sokuho wa Nagareta | |
| 2009 | The Sun in KurobeKunpei Takiyama | |
| 2008 | VacationToru Hirai | |
| 2008 | Then Summer Came | |
| 2008 | Double Trouble | |
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadOton | |
| 2006 | Tales from EarthseaThe King (voice) | |
| 2006 | The Blossoming of Etsuko KamiyaYasutada Kamiya | |
| 2005 | FemaleOld man | |
| 2005 | A Melody for My Father | |
| 2004 | Quill: The Life of a Guide DogMitsuru Watanabe | |
| 2003 | Like AsuraTakao Satomi | |
| 2003 | Dr. Coto's Clinic星野正一 | |
| 2002 | Ghiblies: Episode 2Toshi-chan (Voice) | |
| 2002 | Ten Dark Women | |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | |
| 1999 | SecretHeisuke Sugita | |
| 1999 | CoquilleTatsuya Urayama | |
| 1999 | The Washing MachineTaiji Ogami | |
| 1999 | The Black House | |
| 1999 | Le Secret杉田平介 | |
| 1998 | Ten urara松尾良治 | |
| 1997 | Princess MononokeJikobo (voice) | |
| 1996 | The Way of Osaka Financing 1 | |
| 1996 | ナニワ金融道桑田 澄男 | |
| 1994 | Uneasy Encounters | |
| 1993 | The Last U-BoatTatsumi - Fregattenkapitän | |
| 1993 | The Tomb & the DivorceYoshinori Ishino | |
| 1993 | Chibusa | |
| 1993 | Sunflower on the HillYuzuhara Kohei | |
| 1991 | Shimanto River | |
| 1990 | Hong Kong ParadiseHachirou Ooishi | |
| 1989 | UntamagiruGiru | |
| 1988 | Bakayaro! I'm Plenty MadShigeru Kosaka (Episode 4) | |
| 1988 | Love and Action in Osaka | |
| 1987 | Twilight of the CockroachesSaitô (voice) | |
| 1987 | Iki no Iiyatsu | |
| 1986 | For BusinessMiyabi Sakuramiya | |
| 1985 | And ThenTsunejiro Hiraoka | |
| 1985 | Paradise ViewReishu Goya | |
| 1985 | Love LetterTetsushi Kamiya | |
| 1984 | The FuneralInose | |
| 1984 | The Wangan HighwayNakamura | |
| 1984 | Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! | |
| 1983 | The Second LoveHideo Hyuga | |
| 1983 | ふぞろいの林檎たち仲手川 耕一 | |
| 1982 | The DropoutMiura | |
| 1982 | Toge no Gunzo | |
| 1981 | Call from DarknessTatsuo Tamura | |
| 1981 | Hear the Wind SingMe | |
| 1979 | Eighteen Years, to the SeaEisuke Morimoto | |
| 1977 | Ballad of OrinTorazo | |
| 1976 | The Sea of Genkai |