Kaoru Kobayashi
Born Sep 4, 1951 · 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.
Known for
Sham
2025
The Last Blossom
2025
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
The Boy and the Heron
2023
THE DAYS
2023
Worry Not, She's the Boss
2023
Kubi
2023
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
Trapped Balloon
2023
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
Solomon's Perjury
2021
Arc
2021
Off the Record
2020
The Great White Tower
2019
The Island of Cats
2019
His Lost Name
2019
Hagetaka
2018
Miracles
2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
Grade A Reversal
2017
Heaven
2017
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
Mukoku
2017
Lear on the Shore
2017
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
Hibana: Spark
2016
Midnight Diner 2
2016
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
Botchan
2016
Natsumi's Firefly
2016
The Emperor's Cook
2015
Koinaka
2015
Godan
2015
Villiany Ganbo
2014
Midnight Diner
2014
Hello Life from 55
2014
Climbing to Spring
2014
Woman
2013
Trembling Cow
2013
The Great Passage
2013
The End of Summer
2013
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013
Carnation
2011
The Castle of Sand
2011
The Marriage Counselor
2011
The Egoists
2011
Boys on the Run
2010
Haru's Journey
2010
A Crowd of Three
2010
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010
Abraxas
2010
Midnight Diner
2009
Kamui
2009
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
Double Trouble
2008
Then Summer Came
2008
Vacation
2008
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Tales from Earthsea
2006
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006
Female
2005
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
Like Asura
2003
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002
Ten Dark Women
2002
Secret
1999
The Black House
1999
The Washing Machine
1999
Coquille
1999
Ten urara
1998
Princess Mononoke
1997
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
Uneasy Encounters
1994
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993
The Last U-Boat
1993
Chibusa
1993
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
Untamagiru
1989
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
For Business
1986
Paradise View
1985
Love Letter
1985
And Then
1985
The Funeral
1984
The Wangan Highway
1984
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
The Second Love
1983
Toge no Gunzo
1982
The Dropout
1982
Call from Darkness
1981
Hear the Wind Sing
1981
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979
Ballad of Orin
1977
The Sea of Genkai
1976