Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Known for
Acting
Born
September 4, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Biography

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

Photos

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Filmography

2026
深夜食堂 6 poster

深夜食堂 6

TV · as Master · 4 eps

2025
Oboe no Nai Satsujin poster

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Movie

2025
Sham poster

Sham

Movie · as Yugamidani Toshio

2025
The Last Blossom poster

The Last Blossom

Movie · as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

2025
1972 Fireflies on the Shore poster

1972 Fireflies on the Shore

TV · as Taiei Tamashiro · 5 eps

2025
憶えのない殺人 poster

憶えのない殺人

TV · as 佐治英雄 · 2 eps

2024
The Yin Yang Master Zero poster

The Yin Yang Master Zero

Movie · as Fujiwara Yosuke

2024
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

Movie

2024
The Tiger and Her Wings poster

The Tiger and Her Wings

TV · as Hodaka Shigechika · 130 eps

2024
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai poster

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

TV · as Tsuruichi Senkawa · 1 ep

2023
Kubi poster

Kubi

Movie · as Tokugawa Ieyasu

2023
The Boy and the Heron poster

The Boy and the Heron

Movie · as Noble Pelican (voice)

2023
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 poster

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Movie

2023
Trapped Balloon poster

Trapped Balloon

Movie · as Shigezo Kojima

2023
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl poster

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Movie

2023
Fixer poster

Fixer

TV · as Ichiro Suzaki · 15 eps

2023
Worry Not, She's the Boss poster

Worry Not, She's the Boss

TV · as Yamagami Tatsuo · 10 eps

2023
THE DAYS poster

THE DAYS

TV · as Furuya · 8 eps

2023
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero poster

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero

TV · 11 eps

2022
Yes, I Can't Swim poster

Yes, I Can't Swim

Movie · as Professor Kamoshita

2022
Winter Rose poster

Winter Rose

Movie · as Giichi Wataguchi

2022
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Movie · as Shoichi Hoshino

2021
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet poster

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

Movie · as Hirotaro Yamane

2021
Arc poster

Arc

Movie · as Rihito

2021
Solomon's Perjury poster

Solomon's Perjury

TV · as Masao Tsuzaki · 8 eps

2021
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky poster

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

TV · as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] · 41 eps

2020
Independence of Japan poster

Independence of Japan

Movie

2020
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku poster

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

TV · as Kotaki Reiji · 1 ep

2020
Off the Record poster

Off the Record

TV · as Noto Toru · 10 eps

2019
His Lost Name poster

His Lost Name

Movie · as Tetsuro

2019
The Island of Cats poster

The Island of Cats

Movie · as Iwao

2019
Top League poster

Top League

TV · 6 eps

2019
The Great White Tower poster

The Great White Tower

TV · as Mataichi Zaizen · 5 eps

2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan poster

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

Movie · as Mamoru Fujita

2018
Hagetaka poster

Hagetaka

TV · as Ryosuke Iijima · 8 eps

2018
Miracles poster

Miracles

TV · as Shun Samejima · 10 eps

2017
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day poster

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Movie · as Seiichi Morita

2017
An Emblem Dedicated To You poster

An Emblem Dedicated To You

Movie · as Nakagawa Akiko

2017
Lear on the Shore poster

Lear on the Shore

Movie

2017
Mukoku poster

Mukoku

Movie · as Shozo Yatabe

2017
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store poster

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

Movie · as Takeo Matsuoka

2017
Grade A Reversal poster

Grade A Reversal

TV · 10 eps

2017
Heaven poster

Heaven

TV · as Doizaki Gen · 6 eps

2016
Botchan poster

Botchan

Movie · as Madonna’s father

2016
Midnight Diner 2 poster

Midnight Diner 2

Movie · as Master

2016
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" poster

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Movie · as Jisaku Koka

2016
Natsumi's Firefly poster

Natsumi's Firefly

Movie · as Sakakiyama

2016
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories poster

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

TV · as Master · 30 eps

2016
Hibana: Spark poster

Hibana: Spark

TV · 10 eps

2015
Koinaka poster

Koinaka

TV · as Hirotoshi Serizawa · 9 eps

2015
Godan poster

Godan

TV · as Takao Anjo · 6 eps

2015
The Emperor's Cook poster

The Emperor's Cook

TV · 12 eps

2014
Climbing to Spring poster

Climbing to Spring

Movie · as Isao Nagamine

2014
Midnight Diner poster

Midnight Diner

Movie · as Master

2014
Hello Life from 55 poster

Hello Life from 55

TV · 5 eps

2014
Villiany Ganbo poster

Villiany Ganbo

TV · as Gen Koshimizu · 11 eps

2013
The Great Passage poster

The Great Passage

Movie · as Kohei Araki

2013
The End of Summer poster

The End of Summer

Movie · as Shingo Kosugi

2013
Leaving on the 15th Spring poster

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Movie · as Toshiharu Nakazato

2013
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody poster

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Movie · as Masashi Sera

2013
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody poster

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

TV · 1 ep

2013
Woman poster

Woman

TV · as Uesugi Kentaro · 11 eps

2013
Trembling Cow poster

Trembling Cow

TV · 5 eps

2012
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue poster

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps

2011
The Egoists poster

The Egoists

Movie · as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

2011
The Castle of Sand poster

The Castle of Sand

TV · 2 eps

2011
The Marriage Counselor poster

The Marriage Counselor

TV · as Syogo Yanagisawa · 11 eps

2011
Carnation poster

Carnation

TV · as Zensaku Ohara · 151 eps

2010
A Crowd of Three poster

A Crowd of Three

Movie

2010
Boys on the Run poster

Boys on the Run

Movie · as Suzuki san

2010
Haru's Journey poster

Haru's Journey

Movie · as Kinoshita

2010
Sketches of Kaitan City poster

Sketches of Kaitan City

Movie · as Ryuzo Higa

2010
Abraxas poster

Abraxas

Movie

2009
Kamui poster

Kamui

Movie · as Hanbei

2009
Midnight Diner poster

Midnight Diner

TV · as Master · 30 eps

2009
News Sokuho wa Nagareta poster

News Sokuho wa Nagareta

TV · 11 eps

2009
The Sun in Kurobe

The Sun in Kurobe

TV · as Kunpei Takiyama · 2 eps

2008
Vacation poster

Vacation

Movie · as Toru Hirai

2008
Then Summer Came poster

Then Summer Came

Movie

2008
Double Trouble poster

Double Trouble

Movie

2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad poster

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Movie · as Oton

2006
Tales from Earthsea poster

Tales from Earthsea

Movie · as The King (voice)

2006
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya poster

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

Movie · as Yasutada Kamiya

2005
Female poster

Female

Movie · as Old man

2005
A Melody for My Father poster

A Melody for My Father

Movie

2004
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog poster

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Movie · as Mitsuru Watanabe

2003
Like Asura poster

Like Asura

Movie · as Takao Satomi

2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster

Dr. Coto's Clinic

TV · as 星野正一 · 22 eps

2002
Ghiblies: Episode 2 poster

Ghiblies: Episode 2

Movie · as Toshi-chan (Voice)

2002
Ten Dark Women poster

Ten Dark Women

Movie

2002
The Private Detective Mike poster

The Private Detective Mike

TV · 1 ep

1999
Secret poster

Secret

Movie · as Heisuke Sugita

1999
Coquille poster

Coquille

Movie · as Tatsuya Urayama

1999
The Washing Machine poster

The Washing Machine

Movie · as Taiji Ogami

1999
The Black House poster

The Black House

Movie

1999
Le Secret poster

Le Secret

Movie · as 杉田平介

1998
Ten urara poster

Ten urara

TV · as 松尾良治 · 156 eps

1997
Princess Mononoke poster

Princess Mononoke

Movie · as Jikobo (voice)

1996
The Way of Osaka Financing 1 poster

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

Movie

1996
ナニワ金融道

ナニワ金融道

TV · as 桑田 澄男 · 6 eps

1994
Uneasy Encounters poster

Uneasy Encounters

Movie

1993
The Last U-Boat poster

The Last U-Boat

Movie · as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

1993
The Tomb & the Divorce poster

The Tomb & the Divorce

Movie · as Yoshinori Ishino

1993
Chibusa poster

Chibusa

Movie

1993
Sunflower on the Hill poster

Sunflower on the Hill

TV · as Yuzuhara Kohei · 12 eps

1991
Shimanto River poster

Shimanto River

Movie

1990
Hong Kong Paradise poster

Hong Kong Paradise

Movie · as Hachirou Ooishi

1989
Untamagiru poster

Untamagiru

Movie · as Giru

1988
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad poster

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Movie · as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

1988
Love and Action in Osaka poster

Love and Action in Osaka

Movie · as Futoshi Miike

1987
Twilight of the Cockroaches poster

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Movie · as Saitô (voice)

1987
Iki no Iiyatsu poster

Iki no Iiyatsu

TV · 23 eps

1986
For Business poster

For Business

Movie · as Miyabi Sakuramiya

1985
And Then poster

And Then

Movie · as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

1985
Paradise View poster

Paradise View

Movie · as Reishu Goya

1985
Love Letter poster

Love Letter

Movie · as Tetsushi Kamiya

1984
The Funeral poster

The Funeral

Movie · as Inose

1984
The Wangan Highway poster

The Wangan Highway

Movie · as Nakamura

1984
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

Movie

1983
The Second Love poster

The Second Love

Movie · as Hideo Hyuga

1983
ふぞろいの林檎たち poster

ふぞろいの林檎たち

TV · as 仲手川 耕一 · 13 eps

1982
The Dropout poster

The Dropout

Movie · as Miura

1982
Nikutai no shokei

Nikutai no shokei

Movie · as Magazine reporter

1982
Toge no Gunzo poster

Toge no Gunzo

TV · 50 eps

1981
Call from Darkness poster

Call from Darkness

Movie · as Tatsuo Tamura

1981
Hear the Wind Sing poster

Hear the Wind Sing

Movie · as Me

1979
Eighteen Years, to the Sea poster

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Movie · as Eisuke Morimoto

1977
Ballad of Orin poster

Ballad of Orin

Movie · as Torazo

1976
The Sea of Genkai poster

The Sea of Genkai

Movie