Acting · Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan · Born September 4, 1951
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.
TV1972 Fireflies on the Shore
2025
as Taiei Tamashiro
MovieThe Last Blossom
2025
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
MovieSham
2025
MovieOboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
TVShrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
as 仙川鶴一
MoviePromised Land
2024
MovieThe Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
as Fujiwara Yosuke
TVThe Tiger and Her Wings
2024
as 穗高重亲
MovieKubi
2023
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
MovieTsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
TVWorry Not, She's the Boss
2023
as Yamagami Tatsuo
MovieThe Boy and the Heron
2023
as Noble Pelican (voice)
TVTHE DAYS
2023
as Furuya
TVFixer
2023
as Ichiro Suzaki
MovieBaian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
MovieTrapped Balloon
2023
as Shigezo Kojima
MovieDr. Coto's Clinic
2022
as Shoichi Hoshino
MovieYes, I Can't Swim
2022
as Professor Kamoshita
MovieWinter Rose
2022
as Giichi Wataguchi
TVSolomon's Perjury
2021
as 津崎 正男
MovieArc
2021
as Rihito
TVReach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
MovieWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
as Hirotaro Yamane
MovieIndependence of Japan
2020
TVKotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
as Kotaki Reiji
TVOff the Record
2020
as Noto Toru
TVTop League
2019
TVThe Great White Tower
2019
as Mataichi Zaizen
MovieThe Island of Cats
2019
as Iwao
MovieHis Lost Name
2019
as Tetsuro
TVMiracles
2018
as Shun Samejima
MovieThe Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
TVHagetaka
2018
as Ryosuke Iijima
MovieThe Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
as Takeo Matsuoka
MovieLear on the Shore
2017
MovieMukoku
2017
as Shozo Yatabe
MovieKiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
as Seiichi Morita
TVGrade A Reversal
2017
TVHeaven
2017
as Doizaki Gen
MovieAn Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
as Nakagawa Akiko
MovieFueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
as Jisaku Koka
MovieMidnight Diner 2
2016
as Master
TVMidnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
as Master
MovieNatsumi's Firefly
2016
as Sakakiyama
TVHibana: Spark
2016
MovieBotchan
2016
as Madonna’s father
TVGodan
2015
TVKoinaka
2015
as Hirotoshi Serizawa
TVThe Emperor's Cook
2015
MovieMidnight Diner
2014
as Master
MovieClimbing to Spring
2014
as Isao Nagamine
TVHello Life from 55
2014
TVVilliany Ganbo
2014
as Gen Koshimizu
MovieThe End of Summer
2013
as Shingo Kosugi
TVWoman
2013
as Uesugi Kentaro
TVTrembling Cow
2013
MovieLeaving on the 15th Spring
2013
as Toshiharu Nakazato
MovieThe Great Passage
2013
as Kohei Araki
MovieKyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
as Masashi Sera
TVKyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
TVMitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TVCarnation
2011
as Zensaku Ohara
TVThe Castle of Sand
2011
MovieThe Egoists
2011
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
TVThe Marriage Counselor
2011
as Syogo Yanagisawa
MovieSketches of Kaitan City
2010
as Ryuzo Higa
MovieAbraxas
2010
MovieA Crowd of Three
2010
MovieHaru's Journey
2010
as Kinoshita
MovieBoys on the Run
2010
as Suzuki san
TVNews Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
TVMidnight Diner
2009
as Master
MovieKamui
2009
as Hanbei
TVThe Sun in Kurobe
2009
as Kunpei Takiyama
MovieThen Summer Came
2008
MovieVacation
2008
as Toru Hirai
MovieDouble Trouble
2008
MovieTokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
as Oton
MovieThe Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006
as Yasutada Kamiya
MovieTales from Earthsea
2006
as The King (voice)
MovieA Melody for My Father
2005
MovieFemale
2005
as Old man
MovieQuill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
as Mitsuru Watanabe
MovieLike Asura
2003
as Takao Satomi
TVDr. Coto's Clinic
2003
as 星野正一
MovieTen Dark Women
2002
MovieGhiblies: Episode 2
2002
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
TVThe Private Detective Mike
2002
MovieLe Secret
1999
as 杉田平介
MovieThe Black House
1999
MovieSecret
1999
as Heisuke Sugita
MovieThe Washing Machine
1999
as Taiji Ogami
MovieCoquille
1999
as Tatsuya Urayama
TVTen urara
1998
as 松尾良治
MoviePrincess Mononoke
1997
as Jikobo (voice)
MovieThe Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
ナニワ金融道
1996
as 桑田 澄男
MovieUneasy Encounters
1994
MovieChibusa
1993
MovieThe Tomb & the Divorce
1993
as Yoshinori Ishino
TVSunflower on the Hill
1993
as Yuzuhara Kohei
MovieThe Last U-Boat
1993
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
MovieShimanto River
1991
MovieHong Kong Paradise
1990
as Hachirou Ooishi
MovieUntamagiru
1989
as Giru
MovieLove and Action in Osaka
1988
MovieBakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
MovieTwilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Saitô (voice)
TVIki no Iiyatsu
1987
MovieFor Business
1986
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
MovieAnd Then
1985
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
MovieLove Letter
1985
as Tetsushi Kamiya
MovieParadise View
1985
as Reishu Goya
MovieThe Funeral
1984
as Inose
MovieThe Wangan Highway
1984
as Nakamura
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
TVふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
as 仲手川 耕一
MovieThe Second Love
1983
as Hideo Hyuga
MovieThe Dropout
1982
as Miura
TVToge no Gunzo
1982
MovieHear the Wind Sing
1981
as Me
MovieCall from Darkness
1981
as Tatsuo Tamura
MovieEighteen Years, to the Sea
1979
as Eisuke Morimoto
MovieBallad of Orin
1977
as Torazo
MovieThe Sea of Genkai
1976
