8.3
Movie
Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
- Born
- (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Credits
- 127 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.3
Movie
7.4
Movie
The Boy and the Heron
6.5
Movie
Tales from Earthsea
7.7
TV
THE DAYS
7.7
Movie
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
8.2
TV
Midnight Diner
7.7
Movie
Midnight Diner
7.9
TV
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
7.2
Movie
The Great Passage
7.2
Movie
The Funeral
6.1
Movie
Kamui
7.0
Movie
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
6.9
Movie
Kubi
7.1
Movie
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
7.6
TV
The Emperor's Cook
7.6
Movie
Midnight Diner 2
6.9
Movie
Secret
7.5
TV
Woman
Acting credits 127
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1972 Fireflies on the Shore TV | Taiei Tamashiro (5 ep) |
| 2025 | The Last Blossom Film | Akutsu (1986) (voice) |
| 2025 | 憶えのない殺人 TV | 佐治英雄 (2 ep) |
| 2025 | Sham Film | |
| 2025 | Oboe no Nai Satsujin Film | |
| 2024 | Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai TV | Tsuruichi Senkawa (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Promised Land Film | |
| 2024 | The Yin Yang Master Zero Film | Fujiwara Yosuke |
| 2024 | The Tiger and Her Wings TV | Hodaka Shigechika (130 ep) |
| 2023 | Kubi Film | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| 2023 | Tsugaru Lacquer Girl Film | |
| 2023 | Worry Not, She's the Boss TV | Yamagami Tatsuo (10 ep) |
| 2023 | The Boy and the Heron Film | Noble Pelican (voice) |
| 2023 | THE DAYS TV | Furuya (8 ep) |
| 2023 | Fixer TV | Ichiro Suzaki (15 ep) |
| 2023 | Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 Film | |
| 2023 | Trapped Balloon Film | Shigezo Kojima |
| 2022 | Dr. Coto's Clinic Film | Shoichi Hoshino |
| 2022 | Yes, I Can't Swim Film | Professor Kamoshita |
| 2022 | Winter Rose Film | Giichi Wataguchi |
| 2021 | Solomon's Perjury TV | Masao Tsuzaki (8 ep) |
| 2021 | Arc Film | Rihito |
| 2021 | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky TV | Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] (41 ep) |
| 2021 | We Made a Beautiful Bouquet Film | Hirotaro Yamane |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan Film | |
| 2020 | Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku TV | Kotaki Reiji (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Off the Record TV | Noto Toru (10 ep) |
| 2019 | Top League TV | (6 ep) |
| 2019 | The Great White Tower TV | Mataichi Zaizen (5 ep) |
| 2019 | The Island of Cats Film | Iwao |
| 2019 | His Lost Name Film | Tetsuro |
| 2018 | Miracles TV | Shun Samejima (10 ep) |
| 2018 | The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan Film | Mamoru Fujita |
| 2018 | Hagetaka TV | Ryosuke Iijima (8 ep) |
| 2017 | The Miracles of the Namiya General Store Film | Takeo Matsuoka |
| 2017 | Lear on the Shore Film | |
| 2017 | Mukoku Film | Shozo Yatabe |
| 2017 | Kiseki: Sobito of That Day Film | Seiichi Morita |
| 2017 | Grade A Reversal TV | (10 ep) |
| 2017 | Heaven TV | Doizaki Gen (6 ep) |
| 2017 | An Emblem Dedicated To You Film | Nakagawa Akiko |
| 2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" Film | Jisaku Koka |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner 2 Film | Master |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories TV | Master (20 ep) |
| 2016 | Natsumi's Firefly Film | Sakakiyama |
| 2016 | Hibana: Spark TV | (10 ep) |
| 2016 | Botchan Film | Madonna’s father |
| 2015 | Godan TV | Takao Anjo (6 ep) |
| 2015 | Koinaka TV | Hirotoshi Serizawa (9 ep) |
| 2015 | The Emperor's Cook TV | (12 ep) |
| 2014 | Midnight Diner Film | Master |
| 2014 | Climbing to Spring Film | Isao Nagamine |
| 2014 | Hello Life from 55 TV | (5 ep) |
| 2014 | Villiany Ganbo TV | Gen Koshimizu (11 ep) |
| 2013 | The End of Summer Film | Shingo Kosugi |
| 2013 | Woman TV | Uesugi Kentaro (11 ep) |
| 2013 | Trembling Cow TV | (5 ep) |
| 2013 | Leaving on the 15th Spring Film | Toshiharu Nakazato |
| 2013 | The Great Passage Film | Kohei Araki |
| 2013 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody Film | Masashi Sera |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Marriage Counselor TV | Creator |