Kaoru Kobayashi
Born: 1951-09-04
Place of Birth: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, 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
Princess Mononoke
1997★ 8.3
The Boy and the Heron
2023★ 7.4
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022★ 7.6
Tales from Earthsea
2006★ 6.5
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002★ 7.0
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021★ 7.7
Mukoku
2017★ 6.2
Sham
2025★ 8.2
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017★ 7.0
The Funeral
1984★ 7.1
Midnight Diner
2014★ 7.6
Kubi
2023★ 7.0
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004★ 6.9
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024★ 5.4
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007★ 7.0
Kamui
2009★ 6.1
Secret
1999★ 6.8
The Great Passage
2013★ 7.3
Midnight Diner 2
2016★ 7.4
Ballad of Orin
1977★ 7.1
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987★ 5.8
Love Begins in the World of If
2025★ 0.0
The Egoists
2011★ 4.1
The Last Blossom
2025★ 6.0
Then Summer Came
2008★ 4.0
Untamagiru
1989★ 3.8
The Dropout
1982★ 7.0
The Island of Cats
2019★ 6.9
The Second Love
1983★ 5.5
Natsumi's Firefly
2016★ 6.1
Haru's Journey
2010★ 6.5
Botchan
2016★ 8.0
Lear on the Shore
2017★ 6.2
Winter Rose
2022★ 5.0
A Crowd of Three
2010★ 4.9
Love Letter
1985★ 7.9
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016★ 7.8
Climbing to Spring
2014★ 8.3
For Business
1986★ 0.0
The Black House
1999★ 6.0
Female
2005★ 5.6
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017★ 7.9
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010★ 5.4
The Last U-Boat
1993★ 5.4
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
1979★ 6.5
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023★ 6.0
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018★ 7.0
And Then
1985★ 7.1
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988★ 7.0
Call from Darkness
1981★ 5.7
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023★ 8.2
Hear the Wind Sing
1981★ 6.0
His Lost Name
2019★ 5.6
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006★ 7.6
Boys on the Run
2010★ 5.0
Promised Land
2024★ 6.0
Like Asura
2003★ 6.5
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022★ 6.3
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013★ 6.6
Love and Action in Osaka
1988★ 4.8
Double Trouble
2008★ 8.0
Ten Dark Women
2002★ 0.0
The End of Summer
2013★ 6.5
Abraxas
2010★ 10.0
Hong Kong Paradise
1990★ 5.0
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025★ 0.0
Trapped Balloon
2023★ 0.0
Coquille
1999★ 7.8
Arc
2021★ 6.6
Uneasy Encounters
1994★ 0.0
Independence of Japan
2020★ 0.0
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996★ 6.0
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017★ 3.0
The Wangan Highway
1984★ 0.0
The Washing Machine
1999★ 0.0
Vacation
2008★ 6.9
Shimanto River
1991★ 6.0
The Sea of Genkai
1976★ 5.0
Chibusa
1993★ 0.0
Paradise View
1985★ 5.3
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013★ 0.0
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993★ 0.0
Castle of Sand
2011★ 0.0
A Melody for My Father
2005★ 0.0