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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.

Personal Info

Id

20332

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-04

Place of Birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

  • 小林薫
  • 小林薰
  • こばやし かおる
  • کائورو کوبایاشی
  • Kaoru Kobayashi

    • Content Score

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    Princess Mononoke

    Princess Mon

    A Crowd of Three

    A Crowd of T

    Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    Tokyo Towers

    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    Tales from Earthsea

    Tales from E

    Kamui

    Kamui

    Kubi

    Kubi

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    Vacation

    Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

    Quill: The L

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    Boys on the

    Secret

    Secret

    Haru's Journey

    Haru's Journ

    The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and

    Yes, I Can't Swim

    Yes, I Can't

    And Then

    And Then

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    Coquille

    The Great Passage

    The Great Pa

    The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

    The Blossomi

    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Or

    The End of Summer

    The End of S

    Leaving on the 15th Spring

    Leaving on t

    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    Baian the As

    For Business

    For Business

    Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

    Bakayaro! I'

    Winter Rose

    Winter Rose

    The Last U-Boat

    The Last U-B

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    Untamagiru

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    The Washing

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    Trapped Ball

    The Yin Yang Master Zero

    The Yin Yang

    Dr. Coto's Clinic

    Dr. Coto's C

    The Egoists

    The Egoists

    Climbing to Spring

    Climbing to

    Female

    Female

    Midnight Diner

    Midnight Din

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    The Way of O

    Sketches of Kaitan City

    Sketches of

    Paradise View

    Paradise Vie

    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    Tsugaru Lacq

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    Promised Lan

    Botchan

    Botchan

    Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

    Kiseki: Sobi

    Call from Darkness

    Call from Da

    Hear the Wind Sing

    Hear the Win

    Midnight Diner 2

    Midnight Din

    The Black House

    The Black Ho

    Love and Action in Osaka

    Love and Act

    Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

    Fueled: The

    Natsumi's Firefly

    Natsumi's Fi

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    An Emblem De

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    Abraxas

    Lear on the Shore

    Lear on the

    Mukoku

    Mukoku

    The Dropout

    The Dropout

    The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

    The Miracles

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    The Tomb & t

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    Chibusa

    Eighteen Years, to the Sea

    Eighteen Yea

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

    Twilight of

    His Lost Name

    His Lost Nam

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    The Wangan H

    The Island of Cats

    The Island o

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    Kyokuhoku Rh

    Love Letter

    Love Letter

    Hong Kong Paradise

    Hong Kong Pa

    The Second Love

    The Second L

    Then Summer Came

    Then Summer

    Uneasy Encounters

    Uneasy Encou

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    The Sea of G

    Shimanto River

    Shimanto Riv

    Ghiblies: Episode 2

    Ghiblies: Ep

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    We Made a Be

    Arc

    Arc

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    Double Troub

    Like Asura

    Like Asura

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    The Miracle

    Oboe no Nai Satsujin

    Oboe no Nai

    Sham

    Sham

    Independence of Japan

    Independence

    The Last Blossom

    The Last Blo

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    Ten Dark Wom

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    Gubijinsô: M

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    Castle of Sa

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    A Melody for

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    Acting

    Clear

    2025

    The Last Blossom

    asAkutsu (1986) (voice)

    2025

    Sham

    as

    2025

    Oboe no Nai Satsujin

    as

    2024

    Promised Land

    as

    2024

    The Yin Yang Master Zero

    asFujiwara Yosuke

    2023

    Kubi

    asTokugawa Ieyasu

    2023

    Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    as

    2023

    The Boy and the Heron

    asNoble Pelican (voice)

    2023

    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    as

    2023

    Trapped Balloon

    asShigezo Kojima

    2022

    Dr. Coto's Clinic

    asShoichi Hoshino

    2022

    Yes, I Can't Swim

    asProfessor Kamoshita

    2022

    Winter Rose

    asGiichi Wataguchi

    2021

    Arc

    asRihito

    2021

    We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    asHirotaro Yamane

    2020

    Independence of Japan

    as

    2019

    The Island of Cats

    asIwao

    2019

    His Lost Name

    asTetsuro

    2018

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    as

    2017

    The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

    asTakeo Matsuoka

    2017

    Lear on the Shore

    as

    2017

    Mukoku

    asShozo Yatabe

    2017

    Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

    asSeiichi Morita

    2017

    An Emblem Dedicated To You

    asNakagawa Akiko

    2016

    Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

    asJisaku Koka

    2016

    Midnight Diner 2

    asMaster

    2016

    Natsumi's Firefly

    asSakakiyama

    2016

    Botchan

    asMadonna’s father

    2014

    Midnight Diner

    asMaster

    2014

    Climbing to Spring

    asIsao Nagamine

    2013

    The End of Summer

    asShingo Kosugi

    2013

    Leaving on the 15th Spring

    asToshiharu Nakazato

    2013

    The Great Passage

    asKohei Araki

    2013

    Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

    asMasashi Sera

    2011

    Castle of Sand

    asImanishi Eitaro

    2011

    The Egoists

    asKazuyuki Ninomiya

    2010

    Sketches of Kaitan City

    asRyuzo Higa

    2010

    Abraxas

    as

    2010

    A Crowd of Three

    as

    2010

    Haru's Journey

    asKinoshita

    2010

    Boys on the Run

    asSuzuki san

    2009

    Kamui

    asHanbei

    2008

    Then Summer Came

    as

    2008

    Vacation

    asToru Hirai

    2008

    Double Trouble

    as

    2007

    Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

    asOton

    2006

    The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

    asYasutada Kamiya

    2006

    Tales from Earthsea

    asThe King (voice)

    2005

    A Melody for My Father

    as

    2005

    Female

    asOld man

    2004

    Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

    asMitsuru Watanabe

    2003

    Like Asura

    asTakao Satomi

    2002

    Ten Dark Women

    as

    2002

    Ghiblies: Episode 2

    asToshi-chan (Voice)

    1999

    The Black House

    as

    1999

    Secret

    asHeisuke Sugita

    1999

    The Washing Machine

    asTaiji Ogami

    1999

    Coquille

    asTatsuya Urayama

    1997

    Princess Mononoke

    asJikobo (voice)

    1996

    The Way of Osaka Financing 1

    as

    1994

    Uneasy Encounters

    as

    1993

    Chibusa

    as

    1993

    The Tomb & the Divorce

    asYoshinori Ishino

    1993

    The Last U-Boat

    asTatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

    1991

    Shimanto River

    as

    1990

    Hong Kong Paradise

    asHachirou Ooishi

    1989

    Untamagiru

    asGiru

    1988

    Love and Action in Osaka

    as

    1988

    Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

    asShigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

    1987

    Twilight of the Cockroaches

    asSaitô (voice)

    1986

    For Business

    asMiyabi Sakuramiya

    1985

    And Then

    asTsunejiro Hiraoka

    1985

    Love Letter

    asTetsushi Kamiya

    1985

    Paradise View

    asReishu Goya

    1984

    The Funeral

    asInose

    1984

    The Wangan Highway

    asNakamura

    1984

    Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

    as

    1983

    The Second Love

    asHideo Hyuga

    1982

    The Dropout

    as

    1981

    Hear the Wind Sing

    asMe

    1981

    Call from Darkness

    asTatsuo Tamura

    1979

    Eighteen Years, to the Sea

    asEisuke Morimoto

    1977

    Ballad of Orin

    asTorazo

    1976

    The Sea of Genkai

    as

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