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Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting

BornSeptember 4, 1951 · 75
FromKyoto, Kyoto, Japan
GenderMale

85

Movies

43

TV Shows

1

Crew Credits

49

Years Active

★ 2

Popularity

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.

AKA こばやし かおる · کائورو کوبایاشی

Known For

Top 8 by popularity

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

★ 8.31997

Princess Mononoke

1997★ 8.3

as Jikobo (voice)

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

★ 9.32012

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

2012★ 9.3

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

★ 8.22009

Midnight Diner

2009★ 8.2

as Master

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

★ 7.92016

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

2016★ 7.9

as Master

The Tiger and Her Wings

The Tiger and Her Wings

★ 8.52024

The Tiger and Her Wings

2024★ 8.5

as Hodaka Shigechika

Carnation

Carnation

★ 8.22011

Carnation

2011★ 8.2

as Zensaku Ohara

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

★ 7.42023

The Boy and the Heron

2023★ 7.4

as Noble Pelican (voice)

The Private Detective Mike

The Private Detective Mike

★ 8.52002

The Private Detective Mike

2002★ 8.5

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Filmography

85 titles

Princess Mononoke1997Princess Mononokeas Jikobo (voice) ★ 8.3 Watch The Boy and the Heron2023The Boy and the Heronas Noble Pelican (voice) ★ 7.4 Watch Tales from Earthsea2006Tales from Earthseaas The King (voice) ★ 6.5 Watch We Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021We Made a Beautiful Bouquetas Hirotaro Yamane ★ 7.7 Watch The Funeral1984The Funeralas Inose ★ 7.2 Watch Kubi2023Kubias Tokugawa Ieyasu ★ 6.9 Watch Ghiblies: Episode 22002Ghiblies: Episode 2as Toshi-chan (Voice) ★ 7.0 Watch Midnight Diner 22016Midnight Diner 2as Master ★ 7.6 Watch Ballad of Orin1977Ballad of Orinas Torazo ★ 7.2 Watch Love and Action in Osaka1988Love and Action in Osaka ★ 5.2 Watch The Last Blossom2025The Last Blossomas Akutsu (1986) (voice) ★ 8.0 Watch Dr. Coto's Clinic2022Dr. Coto's Clinicas Shoichi Hoshino ★ 7.6 Watch Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"2016Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"as Jisaku Koka ★ 7.8 Watch Midnight Diner2014Midnight Dineras Master ★ 7.7 Watch The Miracles of the Namiya General Store2017The Miracles of the Namiya General Storeas Takeo Matsuoka ★ 7.0 Watch Sham2025Sham ★ 7.0 Watch Ten Dark Women2002Ten Dark Women Watch Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dadas Oton ★ 6.9 Watch Secret1999Secretas Heisuke Sugita ★ 6.9 Watch Like Asura2003Like Asuraas Takao Satomi ★ 6.6 Watch The Yin Yang Master Zero2024The Yin Yang Master Zeroas Fujiwara Yosuke ★ 6.2 Watch The End of Summer2013The End of Summeras Shingo Kosugi ★ 6.5 Watch Kamui2009Kamuias Hanbei ★ 6.1 Watch Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog2004Quill: The Life of a Guide Dogas Mitsuru Watanabe ★ 7.1 Watch The Egoists2011The Egoistsas Kazuyuki Ninomiya ★ 4.9 Watch The Great Passage2013The Great Passageas Kohei Araki ★ 7.2 Watch Shimanto River1991Shimanto River ★ 6.8 Watch Boys on the Run2010Boys on the Runas Suzuki san ★ 5.0 Watch Eighteen Years, to the Sea1979Eighteen Years, to the Seaas Eisuke Morimoto ★ 6.7 Watch Le Secret1999Le Secretas 杉田平介 Watch Botchan2016Botchanas Madonna’s father ★ 8.3 Watch The Sea of Genkai1976The Sea of Genkai ★ 5.8 Watch Kiseki: Sobito of That Day2017Kiseki: Sobito of That Dayas Seiichi Morita ★ 7.9 Watch And Then1985And Thenas Tsunejiro Hiraoka ★ 7.2 Watch The Way of Osaka Financing 11996The Way of Osaka Financing 1 ★ 6.0 Watch The Island of Cats2019The Island of Catsas Iwao ★ 7.0 Watch Climbing to Spring2014Climbing to Springas Isao Nagamine ★ 8.4 Watch Twilight of the Cockroaches1987Twilight of the Cockroachesas Saitô (voice) ★ 6.2 Watch Love Letter1985Love Letteras Tetsushi Kamiya ★ 7.8 Watch Kyokuhoku Rhapsody2013Kyokuhoku Rhapsodyas Masashi Sera Watch Call from Darkness1981Call from Darknessas Tatsuo Tamura ★ 6.3 Watch A Crowd of Three2010A Crowd of Three ★ 4.9 Watch The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan2018The Miracle of Crybaby Shottanas Mamoru Fujita ★ 7.0 Watch Natsumi's Firefly2016Natsumi's Fireflyas Sakakiyama ★ 6.1 Watch The Tomb & the Divorce1993The Tomb & the Divorceas Yoshinori Ishino Watch Haru's Journey2010Haru's Journeyas Kinoshita ★ 6.6 Watch Trapped Balloon2023Trapped Balloonas Shigezo Kojima ★ 8.0 Watch For Business1986For Businessas Miyabi Sakuramiya ★ 8.0 Watch Oboe no Nai Satsujin2025Oboe no Nai Satsujin ★ 7.0 Watch Uneasy Encounters1994Uneasy Encounters ★ 8.0 Watch Hear the Wind Sing1981Hear the Wind Singas Me ★ 6.6 Watch Double Trouble2008Double Trouble ★ 8.0 Watch Lear on the Shore2017Lear on the Shore ★ 6.4 Watch The Black House1999The Black House ★ 6.1 Watch Mukoku2017Mukokuas Shozo Yatabe ★ 6.8 Watch The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya2006The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiyaas Yasutada Kamiya ★ 7.6 Watch Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 22023Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 ★ 7.8 Watch

Nikutai no shokei

1982Nikutai no shokeias Magazine reporter Watch Leaving on the 15th Spring2013Leaving on the 15th Springas Toshiharu Nakazato ★ 6.6 Watch Winter Rose2022Winter Roseas Giichi Wataguchi ★ 6.5 Watch Arc2021Arcas Rihito ★ 6.6 Watch The Second Love1983The Second Loveas Hideo Hyuga ★ 6.3 Watch An Emblem Dedicated To You2017An Emblem Dedicated To Youas Nakagawa Akiko ★ 4.5 Watch Untamagiru1989Untamagiruas Giru ★ 4.6 Watch Coquille1999Coquilleas Tatsuya Urayama ★ 7.6 Watch Yes, I Can't Swim2022Yes, I Can't Swimas Professor Kamoshita ★ 6.1 Watch The Dropout1982The Dropoutas Miura ★ 6.4 Watch Female2005Femaleas Old man ★ 6.2 Watch Sketches of Kaitan City2010Sketches of Kaitan Cityas Ryuzo Higa ★ 5.4 Watch Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad1988Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Madas Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4) ★ 8.0 Watch Then Summer Came2008Then Summer Came ★ 4.0 Watch His Lost Name2019His Lost Nameas Tetsuro ★ 5.6 Watch The Last U-Boat1993The Last U-Boatas Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän ★ 5.7 Watch Vacation2008Vacationas Toru Hirai ★ 7.0 Watch Promised Land2024Promised Land ★ 6.0 Watch Tsugaru Lacquer Girl2023Tsugaru Lacquer Girl ★ 6.0 Watch The Washing Machine1999The Washing Machineas Taiji Ogami ★ 7.0 Watch Independence of Japan2020Independence of Japan Watch Abraxas2010Abraxas ★ 10.0 Watch Hong Kong Paradise1990Hong Kong Paradiseas Hachirou Ooishi ★ 7.5 Watch The Wangan Highway1984The Wangan Highwayas Nakamura ★ 8.0 Watch Paradise View1985Paradise Viewas Reishu Goya ★ 6.5 Watch

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

1984Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna! Watch Chibusa1993Chibusa ★ 9.0 Watch A Melody for My Father2005A Melody for My Father Watch

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