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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.

Known for

The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom

2025 • Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Sham

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Promised Land

The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024 • Fujiwara Yosuke

Kubi

2023 • Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

2023 • Noble Pelican (voice)

Full filmography

The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom

2025 • Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Sham

2025

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

2025

Promised Land

2024

The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024 • Fujiwara Yosuke

Kubi

2023 • Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

2023

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

2023 • Noble Pelican (voice)

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

2023

Trapped Balloon

Trapped Balloon

2023 • Shigezo Kojima

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022 • Shoichi Hoshino

Yes, I Can't Swim

Yes, I Can't Swim

2022 • Professor Kamoshita

Winter Rose

2022 • Giichi Wataguchi

Arc

2021 • Rihito

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021 • Hirotaro Yamane

Independence of Japan

Independence of Japan

2020

The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats

2019 • Iwao

His Lost Name

2019 • Tetsuro

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2018

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017 • Takeo Matsuoka

Mukoku

2017 • Shozo Yatabe

Lear on the Shore

Lear on the Shore

2017

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

2017 • Seiichi Morita

An Emblem Dedicated To You

An Emblem Dedicated To You

2017 • Nakagawa Akiko

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2016 • Jisaku Koka

Midnight Diner 2

Midnight Diner 2

2016 • Master

Natsumi's Firefly

Natsumi's Firefly

2016 • Sakakiyama

Botchan

2016 • Madonna’s father

Midnight Diner

2014 • Master

Climbing to Spring

Climbing to Spring

2014 • Isao Nagamine

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

2013 • Shingo Kosugi

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring

2013 • Toshiharu Nakazato

The Great Passage

The Great Passage

2013 • Kohei Araki

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

2013 • Masashi Sera

The Egoists

2011 • Kazuyuki Ninomiya

Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City

2010 • Ryuzo Higa

Abraxas

2010

A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three

2010

Haru's Journey

2010 • Kinoshita

Boys on the Run

Boys on the Run

2010 • Suzuki san

Kamui

2009 • Hanbei

Then Summer Came

Then Summer Came

2008

Vacation

2008 • Toru Hirai

Double Trouble

2008

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007 • Oton

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

2006 • Yasutada Kamiya

Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

2006 • The King (voice)

A Melody for My Father

A Melody for My Father

2005

Female

2005 • Old man

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004 • Mitsuru Watanabe

Like Asura

2003 • Takao Satomi

Ten Dark Women

2002

Ghiblies: Episode 2

Ghiblies: Episode 2

2002 • Toshi-chan (Voice)

Le Secret

1999 • 杉田平介

The Black House

The Black House

1999

Secret

1999 • Heisuke Sugita

The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine

1999 • Taiji Ogami

Coquille

1999 • Tatsuya Urayama

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

1997 • Jikobo (voice)

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

1996

Uneasy Encounters

Uneasy Encounters

1994

Chibusa

1993

The Tomb & the Divorce

The Tomb & the Divorce

1993 • Yoshinori Ishino

The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat

1993 • Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

Shimanto River

1991

Hong Kong Paradise

Hong Kong Paradise

1990 • Hachirou Ooishi

Untamagiru

1989 • Giru

Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka

1988

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1988 • Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987 • Saitô (voice)

For Business

1986 • Miyabi Sakuramiya

And Then

1985 • Tsunejiro Hiraoka

Love Letter

1985 • Tetsushi Kamiya

Paradise View

1985 • Reishu Goya

The Funeral

1984 • Inose

The Wangan Highway

The Wangan Highway

1984 • Nakamura

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

1984

The Second Love

The Second Love

1983 • Hideo Hyuga

The Dropout

1982 • Miura

Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing

1981 • Me

Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness

1981 • Tatsuo Tamura

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

1979 • Eisuke Morimoto

Ballad of Orin

1977 • Torazo

The Sea of Genkai

The Sea of Genkai

1976

Kaoru Kobayashi – Biography, Known For & Filmography