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.
20251972 Fireflies on the ShoreTV showas Taiei Tamashiro · 5 episodes
2025The Last BlossomMovieas Akutsu (1986) (voice)
2025憶えのない殺人TV showas 佐治英雄 · 2 episodes
2025ShamMovie
2025Oboe no Nai SatsujinMovie
2024Shrink: Psychiatrist YowaiTV showas Tsuruichi Senkawa · 1 episodes
2024Promised LandMovie
2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroMovieas Fujiwara Yosuke
2024The Tiger and Her WingsTV showas Hodaka Shigechika · 130 episodes2023KubiMovieas Tokugawa Ieyasu
2023Tsugaru Lacquer GirlMovie
2023Worry Not, She's the BossTV showas Yamagami Tatsuo · 10 episodes2023The Boy and the HeronMovieas Noble Pelican (voice)2023THE DAYSTV showas Furuya · 8 episodes
2023FixerTV showas Ichiro Suzaki · 15 episodes
2023Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2Movie
2023Trapped BalloonMovieas Shigezo Kojima
2022Dr. Coto's ClinicMovieas Shoichi Hoshino
2022Yes, I Can't SwimMovieas Professor Kamoshita
2022Winter RoseMovieas Giichi Wataguchi
2021Solomon's PerjuryTV showas Masao Tsuzaki · 8 episodes
2021ArcMovieas Rihito
2021Reach Beyond the Blue SkyTV showas Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] · 41 episodes2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetMovieas Hirotaro Yamane
2020Independence of JapanMovie
2020Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuTV showas Kotaki Reiji · 1 episodes
2020Off the RecordTV showas Noto Toru · 10 episodes
2019Top LeagueTV show6 episodes
2019The Great White TowerTV showas Mataichi Zaizen · 5 episodes
2019The Island of CatsMovieas Iwao
2019His Lost NameMovieas Tetsuro
2018MiraclesTV showas Shun Samejima · 10 episodes
2018The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanMovieas Mamoru Fujita
2018HagetakaTV showas Ryosuke Iijima · 8 episodes2017The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreMovieas Takeo Matsuoka
2017Lear on the ShoreMovie
2017MukokuMovieas Shozo Yatabe
2017Kiseki: Sobito of That DayMovieas Seiichi Morita
2017Grade A ReversalTV show10 episodes
2017HeavenTV showas Doizaki Gen · 6 episodes
2017An Emblem Dedicated To YouMovieas Nakagawa Akiko
2016Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"Movieas Jisaku Koka2016Midnight Diner 2Movieas Master2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesTV showas Master · 20 episodes
2016Natsumi's FireflyMovieas Sakakiyama2016Hibana: SparkTV show10 episodes
2016BotchanMovieas Madonna’s father
2015GodanTV showas Takao Anjo · 6 episodes
2015KoinakaTV showas Hirotoshi Serizawa · 9 episodes2015The Emperor's CookTV show12 episodes2014Midnight DinerMovieas Master
2014Climbing to SpringMovieas Isao Nagamine
2014Hello Life from 55TV show5 episodes
2014Villiany GanboTV showas Gen Koshimizu · 11 episodes
2013The End of SummerMovieas Shingo Kosugi2013WomanTV showas Uesugi Kentaro · 11 episodes
2013Trembling CowTV show5 episodes
2013Leaving on the 15th SpringMovieas Toshiharu Nakazato2013The Great PassageMovieas Kohei Araki
2013Kyokuhoku RhapsodyMovieas Masashi Sera
2013Kyokuhoku RhapsodyTV show1 episodes
2012Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” TravelogueTV showas Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes
2011CarnationTV showas Zensaku Ohara · 151 episodes
2011The Castle of SandTV show2 episodes
2011The EgoistsMovieas Kazuyuki Ninomiya
2011The Marriage CounselorTV showas Syogo Yanagisawa · Creator · 11 episodes
2010Sketches of Kaitan CityMovieas Ryuzo Higa
2010AbraxasMovie
2010A Crowd of ThreeMovie
2010Haru's JourneyMovieas Kinoshita
2010Boys on the RunMovieas Suzuki san
2009News Sokuho wa NagaretaTV show11 episodes2009Midnight DinerTV showas Master · 30 episodes2009KamuiMovieas Hanbei
2009The Sun in KurobeTV showas Kunpei Takiyama · 2 episodes
2008Then Summer CameMovie
2008VacationMovieas Toru Hirai
2008Double TroubleMovie
2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadMovieas Oton
2006The Blossoming of Etsuko KamiyaMovieas Yasutada Kamiya2006Tales from EarthseaMovieas The King (voice)
2005A Melody for My FatherMovie
2005FemaleMovieas Old man2004Quill: The Life of a Guide DogMovieas Mitsuru Watanabe
2003Like AsuraMovieas Takao Satomi
2003Dr. Coto's ClinicTV showas 星野正一 · 11 episodes
2002Ten Dark WomenMovie
2002Ghiblies: Episode 2Movieas Toshi-chan (Voice)
2002The Private Detective MikeTV show1 episodes
1999Le SecretMovieas 杉田平介
1999The Black HouseMovie1999SecretMovieas Heisuke Sugita
1999The Washing MachineMovieas Taiji Ogami
1999CoquilleMovieas Tatsuya Urayama
1998Ten uraraTV showas 松尾良治 · 156 episodes1997Princess MononokeMovieas Jikobo (voice)
1996The Way of Osaka Financing 1Movie
1994Uneasy EncountersMovie
1993ChibusaMovie
1993The Tomb & the DivorceMovieas Yoshinori Ishino
1993Sunflower on the HillTV showas Yuzuhara Kohei · 12 episodes
1993The Last U-BoatMovieas Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
1991Shimanto RiverMovie
1990Hong Kong ParadiseMovieas Hachirou Ooishi
1989UntamagiruMovieas Giru
1988Love and Action in OsakaMovie
1988Bakayaro! I'm Plenty MadMovieas Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
1987Twilight of the CockroachesMovieas Saitô (voice)
1987Iki no IiyatsuTV show23 episodes
1986For BusinessMovieas Miyabi Sakuramiya
1985And ThenMovieas Tsunejiro Hiraoka
1985Love LetterMovieas Tetsushi Kamiya
1985Paradise ViewMovieas Reishu Goya1984The FuneralMovieas Inose
1984The Wangan HighwayMovieas Nakamura
1983ふぞろいの林檎たちTV showas 仲手川 耕一 · 13 episodes
1983The Second LoveMovieas Hideo Hyuga
1982The DropoutMovieas Miura
1982Toge no GunzoTV show50 episodes
1981Hear the Wind SingMovieas Me
1981Call from DarknessMovieas Tatsuo Tamura
1979Eighteen Years, to the SeaMovieas Eisuke Morimoto1977Ballad of OrinMovieas Torazo
1976The Sea of GenkaiMovie
—深夜食堂 6TV showas Master · 1 episodes