Actor
Kaoru Kobayashi
- Born September 4, 1951 in Kyoto, Kyoto, 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.
Known for
Princess Mononoke1997
The Boy and the Heron2023
Tales from Earthsea2006
THE DAYS2023
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021
Midnight Diner2009
Midnight Diner2014
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories2016
Filmography
- 2026深夜食堂 6SeriesMaster
- 2025ShamFilm
- 2025The Last BlossomFilmAkutsu (1986) (voice)
- 20251972 Fireflies on the ShoreSeriesTaiei Tamashiro
- 2025Oboe no Nai SatsujinFilm
- 2025憶えのない殺人Series佐治英雄
- 2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroFilmFujiwara Yosuke
- 2024Shrink: Psychiatrist YowaiSeriesTsuruichi Senkawa
- 2024The Tiger and Her WingsSeriesHodaka Shigechika
- 2024Promised LandFilm
- 2023The Boy and the HeronFilmNoble Pelican (voice)
- 2023THE DAYSSeriesFuruya
- 2023KubiFilmTokugawa Ieyasu
- 2023FixerSeriesIchiro Suzaki
- 2023Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2Film
- 2023Tsugaru Lacquer GirlFilm
- 2023Worry Not, She's the BossSeriesYamagami Tatsuo
- 2023Trapped BalloonFilmShigezo Kojima
- 2022Yes, I Can't SwimFilmProfessor Kamoshita
- 2022Dr. Coto's ClinicFilmShoichi Hoshino
- 2022Winter RoseFilmGiichi Wataguchi
- 2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetFilmHirotaro Yamane
- 2021ArcFilmRihito
- 2021Solomon's PerjurySeriesMasao Tsuzaki
- 2021Reach Beyond the Blue SkySeriesShibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
- 2020Off the RecordSeriesNoto Toru
- 2020Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuSeriesKotaki Reiji
- 2020Independence of JapanFilm
- 2019The Island of CatsFilmIwao
- 2019Top LeagueSeries
- 2019His Lost NameFilmTetsuro
- 2019The Great White TowerSeriesMataichi Zaizen
- 2018MiraclesSeriesShun Samejima
- 2018The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanFilmMamoru Fujita
- 2018HagetakaSeriesRyosuke Iijima
- 2017The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreFilmTakeo Matsuoka
- 2017Lear on the ShoreFilm
- 2017Kiseki: Sobito of That DayFilmSeiichi Morita
- 2017HeavenSeriesDoizaki Gen
- 2017MukokuFilmShozo Yatabe
- 2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouFilmNakagawa Akiko
- 2017Grade A ReversalSeries
- 2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesSeriesMaster
- 2016Midnight Diner 2FilmMaster
- 2016Hibana: SparkSeries
- 2016Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"FilmJisaku Koka
- 2016Natsumi's FireflyFilmSakakiyama
- 2016BotchanFilmMadonna’s father
- 2015The Emperor's CookSeries
- 2015KoinakaSeriesHirotoshi Serizawa
- 2015GodanSeriesTakao Anjo
- 2014Midnight DinerFilmMaster
- 2014Climbing to SpringFilmIsao Nagamine
- 2014Villiany GanboSeriesGen Koshimizu
- 2014Hello Life from 55Series
- 2013The Great PassageFilmKohei Araki
- 2013WomanSeriesUesugi Kentaro
- 2013The End of SummerFilmShingo Kosugi
- 2013Leaving on the 15th SpringFilmToshiharu Nakazato
- 2013Trembling CowSeries
- 2013Kyokuhoku RhapsodyFilmMasashi Sera
- 2013Kyokuhoku RhapsodySeries
- 2012Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” TravelogueSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2011CarnationSeriesZensaku Ohara
- 2011The EgoistsFilmKazuyuki Ninomiya
- 2011The Marriage CounselorSeriesSyogo Yanagisawa, Creator
- 2011The Castle of SandSeries
- 2010Boys on the RunFilmSuzuki san
- 2010Haru's JourneyFilmKinoshita
- 2010Sketches of Kaitan CityFilmRyuzo Higa
- 2010A Crowd of ThreeFilm
- 2010AbraxasFilm
- 2009Midnight DinerSeriesMaster
- 2009KamuiFilmHanbei
- 2009News Sokuho wa NagaretaSeries
- 2009The Sun in KurobeSeriesKunpei Takiyama
- 2008VacationFilmToru Hirai
- 2008Then Summer CameFilm
- 2008Double TroubleFilm
- 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadFilmOton