Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting

September 4, 1951 (74 years old)

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Male

84 Movies

42 TV Shows

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.

Princess Mononoke

1997 8.3

as Jikobo (voice)

Age 45 (now 74)

Midnight Diner

2014 7.6

as Master

Age 63 (now 74)

Tales from Earthsea

2006 6.5

as The King (voice)

Age 54 (now 74)

Midnight Diner

2009 8.2

as Master

Age 58 (now 74) 30 eps

30 eps

Midnight Diner 2

2016 7.4

as Master

Age 65 (now 74)

The Boy and the Heron

2023 7.4

as Noble Pelican (voice)

Age 71 (now 74)

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004 6.9

as Mitsuru Watanabe

Age 52 (now 74)

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

2016 7.9

as Master

Age 65 (now 74) 20 eps

20 eps

Secret

1999 6.9

as Heisuke Sugita

Age 48 (now 74)

Kamui

2009 6.1

as Hanbei

Age 58 (now 74)

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021 7.8

as Hirotaro Yamane

Age 69 (now 74)

THE DAYS

2023 7.8

as Furuya

Age 71 (now 74) 8 eps

8 eps

And Then

1985 7.1

as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

Age 34 (now 74)

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987 6.2

as Saitô (voice)

Age 36 (now 74)

The Emperor's Cook

2015 7.4

Age 63 (now 74) 12 eps

12 eps

Vacation

2008 7.0

as Toru Hirai

Age 56 (now 74)

The Last Blossom

2025 8.1

as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Age 74

Sham

2025 7.6

Age 73 (now 74)

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

2025 7.0

Age 73 (now 74)

Promised Land

2024 6.0

Age 72 (now 74)

The Yin Yang Master Zero

2024 6.2

as Fujiwara Yosuke

Age 72 (now 74)

Kubi

2023 6.9

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

Age 72 (now 74)

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

2023 6.0

Age 72 (now 74)

The Boy and the Heron

2023 7.4

as Noble Pelican (voice)

Age 71 (now 74)

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

2023 7.8

Age 71 (now 74)

Trapped Balloon

2023

as Shigezo Kojima

Age 71 (now 74)

Dr. Coto's Clinic

2022 7.6

as Shoichi Hoshino

Age 71 (now 74)

Yes, I Can't Swim

2022 6.3

as Professor Kamoshita

Age 70 (now 74)

Winter Rose

2022 6.0

as Giichi Wataguchi

Age 70 (now 74)

Arc

2021 6.6

as Rihito

Age 69 (now 74)

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

2021 7.8

as Hirotaro Yamane

Age 69 (now 74)

Independence of Japan

2020

Age 69 (now 74)

The Island of Cats

2019 7.0

as Iwao

Age 67 (now 74)

His Lost Name

2019 5.6

as Tetsuro

Age 67 (now 74)

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2018 7.0

Age 67 (now 74)

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

2017 7.1

as Takeo Matsuoka

Age 66 (now 74)

Mukoku

2017 6.8

as Shozo Yatabe

Age 65 (now 74)

Lear on the Shore

2017 6.2

Age 65 (now 74)

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

2017 7.9

as Seiichi Morita

Age 65 (now 74)

An Emblem Dedicated To You

2017 4.5

as Nakagawa Akiko

Age 65 (now 74)

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

2016 8.1

as Jisaku Koka

Age 65 (now 74)

Midnight Diner 2

2016 7.4

as Master

Age 65 (now 74)

Natsumi's Firefly

2016 6.1

as Sakakiyama

Age 64 (now 74)

Botchan

2016 8.3

as Madonna’s father

Age 64 (now 74)

Midnight Diner

2014 7.6

as Master

Age 63 (now 74)

Climbing to Spring

2014 8.4

as Isao Nagamine

Age 62 (now 74)

The End of Summer

2013 6.5

as Shingo Kosugi

Age 61 (now 74)

Leaving on the 15th Spring

2013 6.6

as Toshiharu Nakazato

Age 61 (now 74)

The Great Passage

2013 7.2

as Kohei Araki

Age 61 (now 74)

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

2013

as Masashi Sera

Age 61 (now 74)

The Egoists

2011 4.9

as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

Age 59 (now 74)

Sketches of Kaitan City

2010 5.4

as Ryuzo Higa

Age 59 (now 74)

Abraxas

2010 10.0

Age 59 (now 74)

A Crowd of Three

2010 4.9

Age 58 (now 74)

Haru's Journey

2010 6.5

as Kinoshita

Age 58 (now 74)

Boys on the Run

2010 5.0

as Suzuki san

Age 58 (now 74)

Kamui

2009 6.1

as Hanbei

Age 58 (now 74)

Then Summer Came

2008 4.0

Age 56 (now 74)

Vacation

2008 7.0

as Toru Hirai

Age 56 (now 74)

Double Trouble

2008 8.0

Age 56 (now 74)

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007 6.9

as Oton

Age 55 (now 74)

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

2006 7.6

as Yasutada Kamiya

Age 54 (now 74)

Tales from Earthsea

2006 6.5

as The King (voice)

Age 54 (now 74)

A Melody for My Father

2005

Age 54 (now 74)

Female

2005 6.2

as Old man

Age 53 (now 74)

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

2004 6.9

as Mitsuru Watanabe

Age 52 (now 74)

Like Asura

2003 6.5

as Takao Satomi

Age 52 (now 74)

Ten Dark Women

2002

Age 51 (now 74)

Ghiblies: Episode 2

2002 7.1

as Toshi-chan (Voice)

Age 50 (now 74)

Le Secret

1999

as 杉田平介

Age 48 (now 74)

The Black House

1999 6.0

Age 48 (now 74)

Secret

1999 6.9

as Heisuke Sugita

Age 48 (now 74)

The Washing Machine

1999 7.0

as Taiji Ogami

Age 47 (now 74)

Coquille

1999 7.6

as Tatsuya Urayama

Age 47 (now 74)

Princess Mononoke

1997 8.3

as Jikobo (voice)

Age 45 (now 74)

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

1996 6.0

Age 44 (now 74)

Uneasy Encounters

1994 8.0

Age 42 (now 74)

Chibusa

1993 9.0

Age 42 (now 74)

The Tomb & the Divorce

1993

as Yoshinori Ishino

Age 41 (now 74)

The Last U-Boat

1993 5.7

as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

Age 41 (now 74)

Shimanto River

1991 6.8

Age 40 (now 74)

Hong Kong Paradise

1990 7.5

as Hachirou Ooishi

Age 38 (now 74)

Untamagiru

1989 4.6

as Giru

Age 38 (now 74)

Love and Action in Osaka

1988 5.2

Age 37 (now 74)

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

1988 8.0

as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

Age 37 (now 74)

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987 6.2

as Saitô (voice)

Age 36 (now 74)

For Business

1986 8.0

as Miyabi Sakuramiya

Age 34 (now 74)

And Then

1985 7.1

as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

Age 34 (now 74)

Love Letter

1985 7.8

as Tetsushi Kamiya

Age 34 (now 74)

Paradise View

1985 6.5

as Reishu Goya

Age 33 (now 74)

The Funeral

1984 7.1

as Inose

Age 33 (now 74)

The Wangan Highway

1984 8.0

as Nakamura

Age 33 (now 74)

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

1984

Age 32 (now 74)

The Second Love

1983 6.3

as Hideo Hyuga

Age 31 (now 74)

The Dropout

1982 6.7

as Miura

Age 31 (now 74)

Hear the Wind Sing

1981 6.6

as Me

Age 30 (now 74)

Call from Darkness

1981 6.3

as Tatsuo Tamura

Age 30 (now 74)

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

1979 6.7

as Eisuke Morimoto

Age 27 (now 74)

Ballad of Orin

1977 7.1

as Torazo

Age 26 (now 74)

The Sea of Genkai

1976 5.8

Age 24 (now 74)