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Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

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.

Born

Sep 04, 1951

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Known For

Acting

Movies

84 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.6

movie

Known For

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

1997

as Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

2023

as Noble Pelican (voice)
Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

2006

as The King (voice)
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021

as Hirotaro Yamane
Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
1997 • as Jikobo (voice)
★ 8.3
The Boy and the Heron
The Boy and the Heron
2023 • as Noble Pelican (voice)
★ 7.4
Tales from Earthsea
Tales from Earthsea
2006 • as The King (voice)
★ 6.5
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021 • as Hirotaro Yamane
★ 7.7
Call from Darkness
Call from Darkness
1981 • as Tatsuo Tamura
★ 6.3
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017 • as Takeo Matsuoka
★ 7.0
The Last Blossom
The Last Blossom
2025 • as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
★ 8.0
Ghiblies: Episode 2
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002 • as Toshi-chan (Voice)
★ 7.0
The Second Love
The Second Love
1983 • as Hideo Hyuga
★ 6.3
Sham
Sham
2025
★ 7.0
Secret
Secret
1999 • as Heisuke Sugita
★ 6.9
Female
Female
2005 • as Old man
★ 6.2
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022 • as Shoichi Hoshino
★ 7.6
The Egoists
The Egoists
2011 • as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
★ 4.9
Haru's Journey
Haru's Journey
2010 • as Kinoshita
★ 6.6
Untamagiru
Untamagiru
1989 • as Giru
★ 4.6
Winter Rose
Winter Rose
2022 • as Giichi Wataguchi
★ 6.5
The Funeral
The Funeral
1984 • as Inose
★ 7.2
Like Asura
Like Asura
2003 • as Takao Satomi
★ 6.6
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 • as Mitsuru Watanabe
★ 7.0
Botchan
Botchan
2016 • as Madonna’s father
★ 8.3
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017 • as Seiichi Morita
★ 7.9
Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner
2014 • as Master
★ 7.7
And Then
And Then
1985 • as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
★ 7.2
Kubi
Kubi
2023 • as Tokugawa Ieyasu
★ 6.9
Paradise View
Paradise View
1985 • as Reishu Goya
★ 6.5
Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 2
2016 • as Master
★ 7.5
For Business
For Business
1986 • as Miyabi Sakuramiya
★ 8.0
Love and Action in Osaka
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
★ 5.2
Kamui
Kamui
2009 • as Hanbei
★ 6.1
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 • as Oton
★ 6.9
Ballad of Orin
Ballad of Orin
1977 • as Torazo
★ 7.2
Boys on the Run
Boys on the Run
2010 • as Suzuki san
★ 5.0
The Sea of Genkai
The Sea of Genkai
1976
★ 5.8
The Great Passage
The Great Passage
2013 • as Kohei Araki
★ 7.2
Climbing to Spring
Climbing to Spring
2014 • as Isao Nagamine
★ 8.4
The Tomb & the Divorce
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993 • as Yoshinori Ishino
The Black House
The Black House
1999
★ 6.1
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987 • as Saitô (voice)
★ 6.2
Then Summer Came
Then Summer Came
2008
★ 4.0
Love Letter
Love Letter
1985 • as Tetsushi Kamiya
★ 7.8
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988 • as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
★ 8.0
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979 • as Eisuke Morimoto
★ 6.7
A Crowd of Three
A Crowd of Three
2010
★ 4.9
Independence of Japan
Independence of Japan
2020
Uneasy Encounters
Uneasy Encounters
1994
★ 8.0
Yes, I Can't Swim
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022 • as Professor Kamoshita
★ 6.3
movie
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
The Dropout
The Dropout
1982 • as Miura
★ 6.4
Le Secret
Le Secret
1999 • as 杉田平介
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
★ 7.8
The Island of Cats
The Island of Cats
2019 • as Iwao
★ 7.0
The Yin Yang Master Zero
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024 • as Fujiwara Yosuke
★ 6.2
Natsumi's Firefly
Natsumi's Firefly
2016 • as Sakakiyama
★ 6.1
The End of Summer
The End of Summer
2013 • as Shingo Kosugi
★ 6.5
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016 • as Jisaku Koka
★ 8.1
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018 • as Mamoru Fujita
★ 7.0
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013 • as Masashi Sera
Hear the Wind Sing
Hear the Wind Sing
1981 • as Me
★ 6.6
The Wangan Highway
The Wangan Highway
1984 • as Nakamura
★ 8.0
Mukoku
Mukoku
2017 • as Shozo Yatabe
★ 6.8
Sketches of Kaitan City
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010 • as Ryuzo Higa
★ 5.4
Leaving on the 15th Spring
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013 • as Toshiharu Nakazato
★ 6.6
Hong Kong Paradise
Hong Kong Paradise
1990 • as Hachirou Ooishi
★ 7.5
Lear on the Shore
Lear on the Shore
2017
★ 6.4
Shimanto River
Shimanto River
1991
★ 6.8
Vacation
Vacation
2008 • as Toru Hirai
★ 7.0
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
★ 7.0
The Washing Machine
The Washing Machine
1999 • as Taiji Ogami
★ 7.0
An Emblem Dedicated To You
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017 • as Nakagawa Akiko
★ 4.5
Coquille
Coquille
1999 • as Tatsuya Urayama
★ 7.6
His Lost Name
His Lost Name
2019 • as Tetsuro
★ 5.6
Chibusa
Chibusa
1993
★ 9.0
Arc
Arc
2021 • as Rihito
★ 6.6
The Last U-Boat
The Last U-Boat
1993 • as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
★ 5.7
Abraxas
Abraxas
2010
★ 10.0
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006 • as Yasutada Kamiya
★ 7.6
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
★ 6.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
★ 6.0
Trapped Balloon
Trapped Balloon
2023 • as Shigezo Kojima
Double Trouble
Double Trouble
2008
★ 8.0
Ten Dark Women
Ten Dark Women
2002
Promised Land
Promised Land
2024
★ 6.0
A Melody for My Father
A Melody for My Father
2005