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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

1.6

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
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004 • as Mitsuru Watanabe
★ 6.9
Kubi
Kubi
2023 • as Tokugawa Ieyasu
★ 6.9
The Egoists
The Egoists
2011 • as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
★ 4.1
Untamagiru
Untamagiru
1989 • as Giru
★ 3.8
Kamui
Kamui
2009 • as Hanbei
★ 6.1
The Funeral
The Funeral
1984 • as Inose
★ 7.1
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017 • as Takeo Matsuoka
★ 7.0
Climbing to Spring
Climbing to Spring
2014 • as Isao Nagamine
★ 8.4
Midnight Diner
Midnight Diner
2014 • as Master
★ 7.6
Sham
Sham
2025
★ 7.7
The Yin Yang Master Zero
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024 • as Fujiwara Yosuke
★ 6.3
The Great Passage
The Great Passage
2013 • as Kohei Araki
★ 7.2
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017 • as Seiichi Morita
★ 7.9
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007 • as Oton
★ 6.9
Secret
Secret
1999 • as Heisuke Sugita
★ 6.8
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
★ 7.0
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016 • as Jisaku Koka
★ 7.8
The Last Blossom
The Last Blossom
2025 • as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
★ 7.8
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987 • as Saitô (voice)
★ 5.8
Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 2
2016 • as Master
★ 7.4
Natsumi's Firefly
Natsumi's Firefly
2016 • as Sakakiyama
★ 6.1
Sketches of Kaitan City
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010 • as Ryuzo Higa
★ 5.4
Call from Darkness
Call from Darkness
1981 • as Tatsuo Tamura
★ 5.7
Winter Rose
Winter Rose
2022 • as Giichi Wataguchi
★ 6.0
Ballad of Orin
Ballad of Orin
1977 • as Torazo
★ 7.1
The Second Love
The Second Love
1983 • as Hideo Hyuga
★ 5.5
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022 • as Shoichi Hoshino
★ 7.6
Ghiblies: Episode 2
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002 • as Toshi-chan (Voice)
★ 7.0
A Crowd of Three
A Crowd of Three
2010
★ 4.9
The Black House
The Black House
1999
★ 5.9
The Island of Cats
The Island of Cats
2019 • as Iwao
★ 6.9
Like Asura
Like Asura
2003 • as Takao Satomi
★ 6.5
Arc
Arc
2021 • as Rihito
★ 6.6
Then Summer Came
Then Summer Came
2008
★ 4.0
Haru's Journey
Haru's Journey
2010 • as Kinoshita
★ 6.5
Uneasy Encounters
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Hear the Wind Sing
Hear the Wind Sing
1981 • as Me
★ 6.0
For Business
For Business
1986 • as Miyabi Sakuramiya
Female
Female
2005 • as Old man
★ 5.6
Mukoku
Mukoku
2017 • as Shozo Yatabe
★ 6.2
Boys on the Run
Boys on the Run
2010 • as Suzuki san
★ 5.0
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988 • as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
★ 7.0
Lear on the Shore
Lear on the Shore
2017
★ 6.2
Double Trouble
Double Trouble
2008
★ 8.0
Love Letter
Love Letter
1985 • as Tetsushi Kamiya
★ 7.6
Hong Kong Paradise
Hong Kong Paradise
1990 • as Hachirou Ooishi
★ 5.0
Yes, I Can't Swim
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022 • as Professor Kamoshita
★ 6.3
Love and Action in Osaka
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
★ 4.8
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
★ 7.8
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979 • as Eisuke Morimoto
★ 6.5
Botchan
Botchan
2016 • as Madonna’s father
★ 8.3
Vacation
Vacation
2008 • as Toru Hirai
★ 7.0
An Emblem Dedicated To You
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017 • as Nakagawa Akiko
★ 3.0
And Then
And Then
1985 • as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
★ 7.1
The End of Summer
The End of Summer
2013 • as Shingo Kosugi
★ 6.5
Abraxas
Abraxas
2010
★ 10.0
The Tomb & the Divorce
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993 • as Yoshinori Ishino
Leaving on the 15th Spring
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013 • as Toshiharu Nakazato
★ 6.6
The Last U-Boat
The Last U-Boat
1993 • as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
★ 5.4
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006 • as Yasutada Kamiya
★ 7.6
Coquille
Coquille
1999 • as Tatsuya Urayama
★ 7.8
Shimanto River
Shimanto River
1991
★ 6.0
The Dropout
The Dropout
1982 • as Miura
★ 7.0
Trapped Balloon
Trapped Balloon
2023 • as Shigezo Kojima
Promised Land
Promised Land
2024
★ 6.0
Le Secret
Le Secret
1999 • as 杉田平介
The Washing Machine
The Washing Machine
1999 • as Taiji Ogami
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
★ 6.0
Chibusa
Chibusa
1993
Independence of Japan
Independence of Japan
2020
His Lost Name
His Lost Name
2019 • as Tetsuro
★ 5.6
Ten Dark Women
Ten Dark Women
2002
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
★ 6.0
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013 • as Masashi Sera
The Wangan Highway
The Wangan Highway
1984 • as Nakamura
★ 6.0
The Sea of Genkai
The Sea of Genkai
1976
★ 5.0
movie
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
A Melody for My Father
A Melody for My Father
2005
Paradise View
Paradise View
1985 • as Reishu Goya
★ 5.3