Kaoru Kobayashi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 4, 1951
- Birthplace
- Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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.
Filmography
The Last Blossom 2025
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
Sham 2025
as Yugamidani Toshio
Oboe no Nai Satsujin 2025
Actor
Promised Land 2024
Actor
The Yin Yang Master Zero 2024
as Fujiwara Yosuke
Kubi 2023
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl 2023
Actor
The Boy and the Heron 2023
as Noble Pelican (voice)
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 2023
Actor
Trapped Balloon 2023
as Shigezo Kojima
Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022
as Shoichi Hoshino
Yes, I Can't Swim 2022
as Professor Kamoshita
Winter Rose 2022
as Giichi Wataguchi
Arc 2021
as Rihito
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet 2021
as Hirotaro Yamane
Independence of Japan 2020
Actor
The Island of Cats 2019
as Iwao
His Lost Name 2019
as Tetsuro
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan 2018
as Mamoru Fujita
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store 2017
as Takeo Matsuoka
Mukoku 2017
as Shozo Yatabe
Lear on the Shore 2017
Actor
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day 2017
as Seiichi Morita
An Emblem Dedicated To You 2017
as Nakagawa Akiko
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" 2016
as Jisaku Koka
Midnight Diner 2 2016
as Master
Natsumi's Firefly 2016
as Sakakiyama
Botchan 2016
as Madonna’s father
Midnight Diner 2014
as Master
Climbing to Spring 2014
as Isao Nagamine
The End of Summer 2013
as Shingo Kosugi
Leaving on the 15th Spring 2013
as Toshiharu Nakazato
The Great Passage 2013
as Kohei Araki
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody 2013
as Masashi Sera
The Egoists 2011
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Sketches of Kaitan City 2010
as Ryuzo Higa
Abraxas 2010
Actor
A Crowd of Three 2010
Actor
Haru's Journey 2010
as Kinoshita
Boys on the Run 2010
as Suzuki san
Kamui 2009
as Hanbei
Then Summer Came 2008
Actor
Vacation 2008
as Toru Hirai
Double Trouble 2008
Actor
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 2007
as Oton
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya 2006
as Yasutada Kamiya
Tales from Earthsea 2006
as The King (voice)
A Melody for My Father 2005
Actor
Female 2005
as Old man
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog 2004
as Mitsuru Watanabe
Like Asura 2003
as Takao Satomi
Ten Dark Women 2002
Actor
Ghiblies: Episode 2 2002
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
Le Secret 1999
as 杉田平介
The Black House 1999
Actor
Secret 1999
as Heisuke Sugita
The Washing Machine 1999
as Taiji Ogami
Coquille 1999
as Tatsuya Urayama
Princess Mononoke 1997
as Jikobo (voice)
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 1996
Actor
Uneasy Encounters 1994
Actor
Chibusa 1993
Actor
The Tomb & the Divorce 1993
as Yoshinori Ishino
The Last U-Boat 1993
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
Shimanto River 1991
Actor
Hong Kong Paradise 1990
as Hachirou Ooishi
Untamagiru 1989
as Giru
Love and Action in Osaka 1988
as Futoshi Miike
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad 1988
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
Twilight of the Cockroaches 1987
as Saitô (voice)
For Business 1986
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
And Then 1985
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Love Letter 1985
as Tetsushi Kamiya
Paradise View 1985
as Reishu Goya
The Funeral 1984
as Inose
The Wangan Highway 1984
as Nakamura
- Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! 1984
Actor
The Second Love 1983
as Hideo Hyuga
The Dropout 1982
as Miura
- Nikutai no shokei
Nikutai no shokei 1982
as Magazine reporter
Hear the Wind Sing 1981
as Me
Call from Darkness 1981
as Tatsuo Tamura
Eighteen Years, to the Sea 1979
as Eisuke Morimoto
Ballad of Orin 1977
as Torazo
The Sea of Genkai 1976
Actor
Credits from TMDB.