Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1951-09-04 (73 years)
- Place of BirthKyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
- Also Known As小林薫小林薰こばやし かおる
Kaoru Kobayashi
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.
Acting Career
- 2024
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
As: 仙川鶴一
- 2024
The Yin-Yang Master Zero
As: Fujiwara Yosuke
- 2024
The Tiger and Her Wings
As: Hodaka Shigechika
- 2023
Kubi
As: Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 2023
Worry Not, She's the Boss
As: Yamagami Tatsuo
- 2023
The Boy and the Heron
As: Noble Pelican (voice)
- 2023
THE DAYS
As: Furuya
- 2023
Fixer
As: Ichiro Suzaki
2023Trapped Balloon
As: Shigezo Kojima
2022Dr. Coto's Clinic
As: Shoichi Hoshino
2022Yes, I Can't Swim
As: Professor Kamoshita
2022Winter Rose
As: Giichi Wataguchi
2021Solomon's Perjury
As: 津崎 正男
2021Arc
As: Rihito
2021Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
As: Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
- 2021
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
As: Hirotaro Yamane
2020Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
As: Kotaki Reiji
2020Off the Record
As: Noto Toru
2019The Great White Tower
As: Mataichi Zaizen
2019The Island of Cats
As: Iwao
2019His Lost Name
As: Tetsuro
2018Miracles
As: Shun Samejima
2018Hagetaka
As: Ryosuke Iijima
2018Hagetaka
As: Ryosuke Iijima
2017The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
As: Takeo Matsuoka
2017Mukoku
As: Shozo Yatabe
2017Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
As: Seiichi Morita
2017Heaven
As: Doizaki Gen
2017An Emblem Dedicated To You
As: Nakagawa Akiko
2016Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
As: Jisaku Koka
2016Midnight Diner 2
As: Master
2016Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
As: Master
2016Natsumi's Firefly
As: Sakakiyama
2016Botchan
As: Madonna’s father
2015Best Friends in Love
As: Serizawa Hirotoshi
2014Midnight Diner
As: Master
2014Climbing to Spring
As: Isao Nagamine
2014Villiany Ganbo
As: Gen Koshimizu
2013The End of Summer
As: Shingo Kosugi
2013Woman
As: Uesugi Kentaro
2013Leaving on the 15th Spring
As: Toshiharu Nakazato
- 2013
The Great Passage
As: Kohei Araki
2013Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
As: Masashi Sera
2011Carnation
As: Zensaku Ohara
2011The Egoists
As: Kazuyuki Ninomiya
2011The Marriage Counselor
As: Syogo Yanagisawa
2010Sketches of Kaitan City
As: Ryuzo Higa
2010Haru's Journey
As: Kinoshita
2010Boys on the Run
As: Suzuki san
2009Midnight Diner
As: Master
2009Kamui
As: Hanbei
2008Vacation
As: Toru Hirai
2007Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
As: Oton
2006The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
As: Yasutada Kamiya
- 2006
Tales from Earthsea
As: The King (voice)
2005Female
As: Old man
2004Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
As: Mitsuru Watanabe
2003Like Asura
As: Takao Satomi
2003Dr. Coto's Clinic
As: 星野正一
2002Ghiblies: Episode 2
As: Toshi-chan (Voice)
1999Secret
As: Heisuke Sugita
1999The Washing Machine
As: Taiji Ogami
1999Coquille
As: Tatsuya Urayama
1998Ten urara
As: 松尾良治
- 1997
Princess Mononoke
As: Jikobo (voice)
1993The Tomb & the Divorce
As: Yoshinori Ishino
1993Sunflower on the Hill
As: Yuzuhara Kohei
1993The Last U-Boat
As: Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
1990Hong Kong Paradise
As: Hachirou Ooishi
1989Untama giru
As: Giru
1988Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
As: Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
1987Twilight of the Cockroaches
As: Saitô
1986For Business
As: Miyabi Sakuramiya
1985And Then
As: Tsunejiro Hiraoka
1985Love Letter
As: Tetsushi Kamiya
1985Paradise View
As: Reishu Goya
1984The Funeral
As: Inose
1984The Wangan Highway
As: Nakamura
1983ふぞろいの林檎たち
As: 仲手川 耕一
1983The Second Love
As: Hideo Hyuga
1981Hear the Wind Sing
As: Me
1981Call from Darkness
As: Tatsuo Tamura
1979Eighteen Years, to the Sea
As: Eisuke Morimoto
1977Ballad of Orin
As: Torazo