
Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
JA, DE cinema · 85 credits
Born
4 September 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Also known as こばやし かおる · کائورو کوبایاشی
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
Filmography

Sham
Actor

The Last Blossom
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Fujiwara Yosuke

Kubi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice)

Trapped Balloon
as Shigezo Kojima

Yes, I Can't Swim
as Professor Kamoshita

Winter Rose
as Giichi Wataguchi

Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Shoichi Hoshino

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Hirotaro Yamane

Arc
as Rihito

His Lost Name
as Tetsuro

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
as Mamoru Fujita

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
as Seiichi Morita

An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Nakagawa Akiko

Mukoku
as Shozo Yatabe

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Takeo Matsuoka

Botchan
as Madonna’s father

Midnight Diner 2
as Master

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
as Jisaku Koka

Natsumi's Firefly
as Sakakiyama

Climbing to Spring
as Isao Nagamine

Midnight Diner
as Master

The Great Passage
as Kohei Araki

The End of Summer
as Shingo Kosugi

Leaving on the 15th Spring
as Toshiharu Nakazato

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
as Masashi Sera

The Egoists
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

Boys on the Run
as Suzuki san

Haru's Journey
as Kinoshita

Sketches of Kaitan City
as Ryuzo Higa

Abraxas
Actor

Kamui
as Hanbei

Vacation
as Toru Hirai

Tales from Earthsea
as The King (voice)

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
as Yasutada Kamiya

Female
as Old man

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
as Mitsuru Watanabe

Like Asura
as Takao Satomi

Ghiblies: Episode 2
as Toshi-chan (Voice)

Secret
as Heisuke Sugita

Coquille
as Tatsuya Urayama

The Washing Machine
as Taiji Ogami

Le Secret
as 杉田平介

Princess Mononoke
as Jikobo (voice)

The Last U-Boat
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

The Tomb & the Divorce
as Yoshinori Ishino

Chibusa
Actor

Hong Kong Paradise
as Hachirou Ooishi

Untamagiru
as Giru

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Saitô (voice)

For Business
as Miyabi Sakuramiya

And Then
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

Paradise View
as Reishu Goya

Love Letter
as Tetsushi Kamiya

The Funeral
as Inose

The Wangan Highway
as Nakamura
虞美人草 まぼろしの愛に果てた紫の女!
1984
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
Actor

The Second Love
as Hideo Hyuga

The Dropout
as Miura
肉体の処刑
1982
Nikutai no shokei
as Magazine reporter

Call from Darkness
as Tatsuo Tamura

Eighteen Years, to the Sea
as Eisuke Morimoto

Ballad of Orin
as Torazo





















