Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
Acting · Born 1951-09-04 · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, 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.
Credits · 118
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
2025 · Taiei Tamashiro
FilmThe Last Blossom
2025 · Akutsu (1986) (voice)
憶えのない殺人
2025 · 佐治英雄
FilmSham
2025
FilmOboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024 · Tsuruichi Senkawa
FilmPromised Land
2024
FilmThe Yin Yang Master Zero
2024 · Fujiwara Yosuke
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024 · 穗高重亲
FilmKubi
2023 · Tokugawa Ieyasu
FilmTsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
Worry Not, She's the Boss
2023 · Yamagami Tatsuo
FilmThe Boy and the Heron
2023 · Noble Pelican (voice)
THE DAYS
2023 · Furuya
Fixer
2023 · Ichiro Suzaki
FilmBaian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
FilmDr. Coto's Clinic
2022 · Shoichi Hoshino
FilmYes, I Can't Swim
2022 · Professor Kamoshita
FilmWinter Rose
2022 · Giichi Wataguchi
Solomon's Perjury
2021 · Masao Tsuzaki
FilmArc
2021 · Rihito
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021 · Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
FilmWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021 · Hirotaro Yamane
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020 · Kotaki Reiji
Off the Record
2020 · Noto Toru
Top League
2019
The Great White Tower
2019 · Mataichi Zaizen
FilmThe Island of Cats
2019 · Iwao
FilmHis Lost Name
2019 · Tetsuro
Miracles
2018 · Shun Samejima
FilmThe Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018 · Mamoru Fujita
Hagetaka
2018 · Ryosuke Iijima
FilmThe Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017 · Takeo Matsuoka
FilmLear on the Shore
2017
FilmMukoku
2017 · Shozo Yatabe
FilmKiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017 · Seiichi Morita
Grade A Reversal
2017
Heaven
2017 · Doizaki Gen
FilmAn Emblem Dedicated To You
2017 · Nakagawa Akiko
FilmFueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016 · Jisaku Koka
FilmMidnight Diner 2
2016 · Master
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016 · Master
FilmNatsumi's Firefly
2016 · Sakakiyama
Hibana: Spark
2016
FilmBotchan
2016 · Madonna’s father
Godan
2015
Koinaka
2015 · Hirotoshi Serizawa
The Emperor's Cook
2015
FilmMidnight Diner
2014 · Master
FilmClimbing to Spring
2014 · Isao Nagamine
Hello Life from 55
2014
Villiany Ganbo
2014 · Gen Koshimizu
FilmThe End of Summer
2013 · Shingo Kosugi
Woman
2013 · Uesugi Kentaro
Trembling Cow
2013
FilmLeaving on the 15th Spring
2013 · Toshiharu Nakazato
FilmThe Great Passage
2013 · Kohei Araki
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Carnation
2011 · Zensaku Ohara
The Castle of Sand
2011
FilmThe Egoists
2011 · Kazuyuki Ninomiya
The Marriage Counselor
2011 · Syogo Yanagisawa
FilmSketches of Kaitan City
2010 · Ryuzo Higa
FilmAbraxas
2010
FilmA Crowd of Three
2010
FilmHaru's Journey
2010 · Kinoshita
FilmBoys on the Run
2010 · Suzuki san
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
Midnight Diner
2009 · Master
FilmKamui
2009 · Hanbei
The Sun in Kurobe
2009 · Kunpei Takiyama
FilmThen Summer Came
2008
FilmVacation
2008 · Toru Hirai
FilmDouble Trouble
2008
FilmTokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 · Oton
FilmThe Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006 · Yasutada Kamiya
FilmTales from Earthsea
2006 · The King (voice)
FilmFemale
2005 · Old man
FilmQuill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 · Mitsuru Watanabe
FilmLike Asura
2003 · Takao Satomi
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003 · 星野正一
FilmGhiblies: Episode 2
2002 · Toshi-chan (Voice)
The Private Detective Mike
2002
FilmThe Black House
1999
FilmSecret
1999 · Heisuke Sugita
FilmThe Washing Machine
1999 · Taiji Ogami
FilmCoquille
1999 · Tatsuya Urayama
Ten urara
1998 · 松尾良治
FilmPrincess Mononoke
1997 · Jikobo (voice)
FilmThe Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
ナニワ金融道
ナニワ金融道
1996 · 桑田 澄男
FilmUneasy Encounters
1994
FilmChibusa
1993
Sunflower on the Hill
1993 · Yuzuhara Kohei
FilmThe Last U-Boat
1993 · Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
FilmShimanto River
1991
FilmHong Kong Paradise
1990 · Hachirou Ooishi
FilmUntamagiru
1989 · Giru
FilmLove and Action in Osaka
1988
FilmBakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988 · Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
FilmTwilight of the Cockroaches
1987 · Saitô (voice)
Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
FilmFor Business
1986 · Miyabi Sakuramiya
FilmAnd Then
1985 · Tsunejiro Hiraoka
FilmLove Letter
1985 · Tetsushi Kamiya
FilmParadise View
1985 · Reishu Goya
FilmThe Funeral
1984 · Inose
FilmThe Wangan Highway
1984 · Nakamura
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983 · 仲手川 耕一
FilmThe Second Love
1983 · Hideo Hyuga
FilmThe Dropout
1982 · Miura
Toge no Gunzo
1982
FilmHear the Wind Sing
1981 · Me
FilmCall from Darkness
1981 · Tatsuo Tamura
FilmEighteen Years, to the Sea
1979 · Eisuke Morimoto
FilmBallad of Orin
1977 · Torazo
FilmThe Sea of Genkai
1976