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Kaoru Kobayashi
Born
September 4, 1951
Age 74
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
83
Movies
41
TV Shows
Also Known As
小林薫
小林薰
こばやし かおる
کائورو کوبایاشی
Kaoru Kobayashi
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Kaoru Kobayashi
Acting
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.
Movies
83
TV Shows
41
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The Last Blossom
as
Akutsu (1986) (voice)
2025
9.0
Sham
Cast
2025
0
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
Cast
2025
6.0
Promised Land
Cast
2024
5.4
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as
Fujiwara Yosuke
2024
7.0
Kubi
as
Tokugawa Ieyasu
2023
6.0
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
Cast
2023
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
as
Noble Pelican (voice)
2023
8.2
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Cast
2023
0
Trapped Balloon
as
Shigezo Kojima
2023
7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as
Shoichi Hoshino
2022
6.3
Yes, I Can't Swim
as
Professor Kamoshita
2022
5.0
Winter Rose
as
Giichi Wataguchi
2022
6.4
Arc
as
Rihito
2021
7.6
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as
Hirotaro Yamane
2021
0
Independence of Japan
Cast
2020
6.9
The Island of Cats
as
Iwao
2019
5.6
His Lost Name
as
Tetsuro
2019
7.0
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Cast
2018
7.0
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as
Takeo Matsuoka
2017
6.2
Lear on the Shore
Cast
2017
6.2
Mukoku
as
Shozo Yatabe
2017
7.9
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
as
Seiichi Morita
2017
3.0
An Emblem Dedicated To You
as
Nakagawa Akiko
2017
7.8
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
as
Jisaku Koka
2016
7.4
Midnight Diner 2
as
Master
2016
6.2
Natsumi's Firefly
as
Sakakiyama
2016
8.0
Botchan
as
Madonna’s father
2016
7.6
Midnight Diner
as
Master
2014
8.3
Climbing to Spring
as
Isao Nagamine
2014
6.5
The End of Summer
as
Shingo Kosugi
2013
6.6
Leaving on the 15th Spring
as
Toshiharu Nakazato
2013
7.3
The Great Passage
as
Kohei Araki
2013
0
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
as
Masashi Sera
2013
0
Castle of Sand
as
Imanishi Eitaro
2011
4.1
The Egoists
as
Kazuyuki Ninomiya
2011
5.4
Sketches of Kaitan City
as
Ryuzo Higa
2010
10.0
Abraxas
Cast
2010
4.9
A Crowd of Three
Cast
2010
6.5
Haru's Journey
as
Kinoshita
2010
5.0
Boys on the Run
as
Suzuki san
2010
6.1
Kamui
as
Hanbei
2009
4.0
Then Summer Came
Cast
2008
7.0
Vacation
as
Toru Hirai
2008
8.0
Double Trouble
Cast
2008
7.0
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as
Oton
2007
7.6
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
as
Yasutada Kamiya
2006
6.5
Tales from Earthsea
as
The King (voice)
2006
5.6
Female
as
Old man
2005
6.8
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
as
Mitsuru Watanabe
2004
6.5
Like Asura
as
Takao Satomi
2003
0
Ten Dark Women
Cast
2002
7.0
Ghiblies: Episode 2
as
Toshi-chan (Voice)
2002
6.0
The Black House
Cast
1999
6.8
Secret
as
Heisuke Sugita
1999
0
The Washing Machine
as
Taiji Ogami
1999
7.8
Coquille
as
Tatsuya Urayama
1999
8.3
Princess Mononoke
as
Jikobo (voice)
1997
6.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
Cast
1996
0
Uneasy Encounters
Cast
1994
0
Chibusa
Cast
1993
0
The Tomb & the Divorce
as
Yoshinori Ishino
1993
5.4
The Last U-Boat
as
Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
1993
6.0
Shimanto River
Cast
1991
5.0
Hong Kong Paradise
as
Hachirou Ooishi
1990
3.8
Untamagiru
as
Giru
1989
4.8
Love and Action in Osaka
Cast
1988
7.0
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
as
Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
1988
5.8
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as
Saitô (voice)
1987
0
For Business
as
Miyabi Sakuramiya
1986
7.0
And Then
as
Tsunejiro Hiraoka
1985
7.9
Love Letter
as
Tetsushi Kamiya
1985
5.3
Paradise View
as
Reishu Goya
1985
7.1
The Funeral
as
Inose
1984
0
The Wangan Highway
as
Nakamura
1984
0
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Cast
1984
5.5
The Second Love
as
Hideo Hyuga
1983
7.0
The Dropout
Cast
1982
6.0
Hear the Wind Sing
as
Me
1981
5.7
Call from Darkness
as
Tatsuo Tamura
1981
6.5
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
as
Eisuke Morimoto
1979
7.1
Ballad of Orin
as
Torazo
1977
5.0
The Sea of Genkai
Cast
1976
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