Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting

Kaoru Kobayashi

Born 4 September 1951 · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 75

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

Highlights

Princess Mononoke1997 · Film · Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron2023 · Film · Noble Pelican (voice)
Tales from Earthsea2006 · Film · The King (voice)
THE DAYS2023 · Series · Furuya
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021 · Film · Hirotaro Yamane
Midnight Diner2009 · Series · Master

Filmography

Movies

83 films

The Last Blossom2025 · Film · Akutsu (1986) (voice)
Sham2025 · Film
Oboe no Nai Satsujin2025 · Film
Promised Land2024 · Film
The Yin Yang Master Zero2024 · Film · Fujiwara Yosuke
Kubi2023 · Film · Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl2023 · Film
The Boy and the Heron2023 · Film · Noble Pelican (voice)
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 22023 · Film
Trapped Balloon2023 · Film · Shigezo Kojima
Dr. Coto's Clinic2022 · Film · Shoichi Hoshino
Yes, I Can't Swim2022 · Film · Professor Kamoshita
Winter Rose2022 · Film · Giichi Wataguchi
Arc2021 · Film · Rihito
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021 · Film · Hirotaro Yamane
Independence of Japan2020 · Film
The Island of Cats2019 · Film · Iwao
His Lost Name2019 · Film · Tetsuro
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan2018 · Film · Mamoru Fujita
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store2017 · Film · Takeo Matsuoka
Lear on the Shore2017 · Film
Mukoku2017 · Film · Shozo Yatabe
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day2017 · Film · Seiichi Morita
An Emblem Dedicated To You2017 · Film · Nakagawa Akiko
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"2016 · Film · Jisaku Koka
Midnight Diner 22016 · Film · Master
Natsumi's Firefly2016 · Film · Sakakiyama
Botchan2016 · Film · Madonna’s father
Midnight Diner2014 · Film · Master
Climbing to Spring2014 · Film · Isao Nagamine
The End of Summer2013 · Film · Shingo Kosugi
Leaving on the 15th Spring2013 · Film · Toshiharu Nakazato
The Great Passage2013 · Film · Kohei Araki
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody2013 · Film · Masashi Sera
The Egoists2011 · Film · Kazuyuki Ninomiya
Sketches of Kaitan City2010 · Film · Ryuzo Higa
Abraxas2010 · Film
A Crowd of Three2010 · Film
Haru's Journey2010 · Film · Kinoshita
Boys on the Run2010 · Film · Suzuki san
Kamui2009 · Film · Hanbei
Then Summer Came2008 · Film
Vacation2008 · Film · Toru Hirai
Double Trouble2008 · Film
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad2007 · Film · Oton
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya2006 · Film · Yasutada Kamiya
Tales from Earthsea2006 · Film · The King (voice)
A Melody for My Father2005 · Film
Female2005 · Film · Old man
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog2004 · Film · Mitsuru Watanabe
Like Asura2003 · Film · Takao Satomi
Ten Dark Women2002 · Film
Ghiblies: Episode 22002 · Film · Toshi-chan (Voice)
Le Secret1999 · Film · 杉田平介
The Black House1999 · Film
Secret1999 · Film · Heisuke Sugita
The Washing Machine1999 · Film · Taiji Ogami
Coquille1999 · Film · Tatsuya Urayama
Princess Mononoke1997 · Film · Jikobo (voice)
The Way of Osaka Financing 11996 · Film
Uneasy Encounters1994 · Film
Chibusa1993 · Film
The Tomb & the Divorce1993 · Film · Yoshinori Ishino
The Last U-Boat1993 · Film · Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
Shimanto River1991 · Film
Hong Kong Paradise1990 · Film · Hachirou Ooishi
Untamagiru1989 · Film · Giru
Love and Action in Osaka1988 · Film
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad1988 · Film · Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
Twilight of the Cockroaches1987 · Film · Saitô (voice)
For Business1986 · Film · Miyabi Sakuramiya
And Then1985 · Film · Tsunejiro Hiraoka
Love Letter1985 · Film · Tetsushi Kamiya
Paradise View1985 · Film · Reishu Goya
The Funeral1984 · Film · Inose
The Wangan Highway1984 · Film · Nakamura
The Second Love1983 · Film · Hideo Hyuga
The Dropout1982 · Film · Miura
Hear the Wind Sing1981 · Film · Me
Call from Darkness1981 · Film · Tatsuo Tamura
Eighteen Years, to the Sea1979 · Film · Eisuke Morimoto
Ballad of Orin1977 · Film · Torazo
The Sea of Genkai1976 · Film

Filmography

Series

41 shows

深夜食堂 62026 · Series · Master
1972 Fireflies on the Shore2025 · Series · Taiei Tamashiro
憶えのない殺人2025 · Series · 佐治英雄
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai2024 · Series · Tsuruichi Senkawa
The Tiger and Her Wings2024 · Series · Hodaka Shigechika
Worry Not, She's the Boss2023 · Series · Yamagami Tatsuo
THE DAYS2023 · Series · Furuya
Fixer2023 · Series · Ichiro Suzaki
Solomon's Perjury2021 · Series · Masao Tsuzaki
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky2021 · Series · Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku2020 · Series · Kotaki Reiji
Off the Record2020 · Series · Noto Toru
Top League2019 · Series
The Great White Tower2019 · Series · Mataichi Zaizen
Miracles2018 · Series · Shun Samejima
Hagetaka2018 · Series · Ryosuke Iijima
Grade A Reversal2017 · Series
Heaven2017 · Series · Doizaki Gen
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories2016 · Series · Master
Hibana: Spark2016 · Series
Godan2015 · Series · Takao Anjo
Koinaka2015 · Series · Hirotoshi Serizawa
The Emperor's Cook2015 · Series
Hello Life from 552014 · Series
Villiany Ganbo2014 · Series · Gen Koshimizu
Woman2013 · Series · Uesugi Kentaro
Trembling Cow2013 · Series
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody2013 · Series
Carnation2011 · Series · Zensaku Ohara
The Castle of Sand2011 · Series
The Marriage Counselor2011 · Series · Syogo Yanagisawa
News Sokuho wa Nagareta2009 · Series
Midnight Diner2009 · Series · Master
The Sun in Kurobe2009 · Series · Kunpei Takiyama
Dr. Coto's Clinic2003 · Series · 星野正一
The Private Detective Mike2002 · Series
Ten urara1998 · Series · 松尾良治
Sunflower on the Hill1993 · Series · Yuzuhara Kohei
Iki no Iiyatsu1987 · Series
ふぞろいの林檎たち1983 · Series · 仲手川 耕一
Toge no Gunzo1982 · Series