Kaoru Kobayashi

Known for: Acting

Born: 1951-09-04 (age 74)

From: 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.

Filmography (125)

TV★ 8.3
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
2025
as Taiei Tamashiro
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Last Blossom
2025
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.6
Sham
2025
MOVIE★ 7.0
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
TV★ 8.0
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
as 仙川鶴一
MOVIE★ 6.0
Promised Land
2024
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
as Fujiwara Yosuke
TV★ 8.3
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
as 穗高重亲
MOVIE★ 6.9
Kubi
2023
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
TV★ 7.5
Worry Not, She's the Boss
2023
as Yamagami Tatsuo
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Boy and the Heron
2023
as Noble Pelican (voice)
TV★ 7.8
THE DAYS
2023
as Furuya
TV★ 8.6
Fixer
2023
as Ichiro Suzaki
MOVIE★ 7.8
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
MOVIE
Trapped Balloon
2023
as Shigezo Kojima
MOVIE★ 7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
as Shoichi Hoshino
MOVIE★ 6.3
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022
as Professor Kamoshita
MOVIE★ 6.0
Winter Rose
2022
as Giichi Wataguchi
TV★ 7.5
Solomon's Perjury
2021
as 津崎正男
MOVIE★ 6.6
Arc
2021
as Rihito
TV★ 7.3
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
MOVIE★ 7.8
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
as Hirotaro Yamane
MOVIE
Independence of Japan
2020
TV★ 8.8
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
as Kotaki Reiji
TV★ 7.8
Off the Record
2020
as Noto Toru
TV★ 8.2
Top League
2019
TV★ 6.5
The Great White Tower
2019
as Mataichi Zaizen
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Island of Cats
2019
as Iwao
MOVIE★ 5.6
His Lost Name
2019
as Tetsuro
TV★ 7.1
Miracles
2018
as Shun Samejima
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
TV★ 7.0
Hagetaka
2018
as Ryosuke Iijima
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
as Takeo Matsuoka
MOVIE★ 6.2
Lear on the Shore
2017
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mukoku
2017
as Shozo Yatabe
MOVIE★ 7.9
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
as Seiichi Morita
TV
Grade A Reversal
2017
TV★ 7.0
Heaven
2017
as Doizaki Gen
MOVIE★ 4.5
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
as Nakagawa Akiko
MOVIE★ 8.1
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
as Jisaku Koka
MOVIE★ 7.4
Midnight Diner 2
2016
as Master
TV★ 7.9
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
as Master
MOVIE★ 6.1
Natsumi's Firefly
2016
as Sakakiyama
TV★ 8.2
Hibana: Spark
2016
MOVIE★ 8.3
Botchan
2016
as Madonna’s father
TV★ 5.0
Godan
2015
TV★ 6.6
Koinaka
2015
as Hirotoshi Serizawa
TV★ 7.4
The Emperor's Cook
2015
MOVIE★ 7.6
Midnight Diner
2014
as Master
MOVIE★ 8.4
Climbing to Spring
2014
as Isao Nagamine
TV★ 8.0
Hello Life from 55
2014
TV★ 7.3
Villiany Ganbo
2014
as Gen Koshimizu
MOVIE★ 6.5
The End of Summer
2013
as Shingo Kosugi
TV★ 7.5
Woman
2013
as Uesugi Kentaro
TV★ 8.0
Trembling Cow
2013
MOVIE★ 6.6
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013
as Toshiharu Nakazato
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Great Passage
2013
as Kohei Araki
MOVIE
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
as Masashi Sera
TV
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
TV★ 9.3
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.1
Carnation
2011
as Zensaku Ohara
TV★ 7.0
The Castle of Sand
2011
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Egoists
2011
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
TV★ 8.5
The Marriage Counselor
2011
as Syogo Yanagisawa
MOVIE★ 5.4
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010
as Ryuzo Higa
MOVIE★ 10.0
Abraxas
2010
MOVIE★ 4.9
A Crowd of Three
2010
MOVIE★ 6.5
Haru's Journey
2010
as Kinoshita
MOVIE★ 5.0
Boys on the Run
2010
as Suzuki san
TV
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
TV★ 8.2
Midnight Diner
2009
as Master
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kamui
2009
as Hanbei
TV
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
as Kunpei Takiyama
MOVIE★ 4.0
Then Summer Came
2008
MOVIE★ 7.0
Vacation
2008
as Toru Hirai
MOVIE★ 8.0
Double Trouble
2008
MOVIE★ 6.9
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
as Oton
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006
as Yasutada Kamiya
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tales from Earthsea
2006
as The King (voice)
MOVIE
A Melody for My Father
2005
MOVIE★ 6.2
Female
2005
as Old man
MOVIE★ 6.9
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
as Mitsuru Watanabe
MOVIE★ 6.5
Like Asura
2003
as Takao Satomi
TV★ 8.7
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
as 星野正一
MOVIE
Ten Dark Women
2002
MOVIE★ 7.1
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
TV★ 8.5
The Private Detective Mike
2002
MOVIE
Le Secret
1999
as 杉田平介
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Black House
1999
MOVIE★ 6.9
Secret
1999
as Heisuke Sugita
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Washing Machine
1999
as Taiji Ogami
MOVIE★ 7.6
Coquille
1999
as Tatsuya Urayama
TV
Ten urara
1998
as 松尾良治
MOVIE★ 8.3
Princess Mononoke
1997
as Jikobo (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
TV★ 6.0
ナニワ金融道
1996
as 桑田澄男
MOVIE★ 8.0
Uneasy Encounters
1994
MOVIE★ 9.0
Chibusa
1993
MOVIE
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993
as Yoshinori Ishino
TV
Sunflower on the Hill
1993
as Yuzuhara Kohei
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Last U-Boat
1993
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
MOVIE★ 6.8
Shimanto River
1991
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
as Hachirou Ooishi
MOVIE★ 4.6
Untamagiru
1989
as Giru
MOVIE★ 5.2
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Saitô (voice)
TV
Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
MOVIE★ 8.0
For Business
1986
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
MOVIE★ 7.1
And Then
1985
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
MOVIE★ 7.8
Love Letter
1985
as Tetsushi Kamiya
MOVIE★ 6.5
Paradise View
1985
as Reishu Goya
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Funeral
1984
as Inose
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Wangan Highway
1984
as Nakamura
MOVIE
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
TV★ 6.0
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
as 仲手川耕一
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Second Love
1983
as Hideo Hyuga
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Dropout
1982
as Miura
TV
Toge no Gunzo
1982
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hear the Wind Sing
1981
as Me
MOVIE★ 6.3
Call from Darkness
1981
as Tatsuo Tamura
MOVIE★ 6.7
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979
as Eisuke Morimoto
MOVIE★ 7.1
Ballad of Orin
1977
as Torazo
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Sea of Genkai
1976