Acting credits
124
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kaoru Kobayashi
Acting
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2.1
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Movies: 83Series: 41Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 20332
IMDb ID: nm0462006
Known for: Acting
Born: September 4, 1951
Age: 75
Place of birth: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2025
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 7.38
Wikidata: Q5359721
Also known as
小林薫 • 小林薰 • こばやし かおる • کائورو کوبایاشی • Kaoru Kobayashi
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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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kaoru Kobayashi.
The Last Blossom
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
2025 Movie
Sham
2025 Movie
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025 Movie
Promised Land
2024 Movie
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Fujiwara Yosuke
2024 Movie
Kubi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2023 Movie
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023 Movie
The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice)
2023 Movie
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023 Movie
Trapped Balloon
as Shigezo Kojima
2023 Movie
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Shoichi Hoshino
2022 Movie
Yes, I Can't Swim
as Professor Kamoshita
2022 Movie
Winter Rose
as Giichi Wataguchi
2022 Movie
Arc
as Rihito
2021 Movie
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Hirotaro Yamane
2021 Movie
Independence of Japan
2020 Movie
The Island of Cats
as Iwao
2019 Movie
His Lost Name
as Tetsuro
2019 Movie
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
as Mamoru Fujita
2018 Movie
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Takeo Matsuoka
2017 Movie
Lear on the Shore
2017 Movie
Mukoku
as Shozo Yatabe
2017 Movie
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
as Seiichi Morita
2017 Movie
An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Nakagawa Akiko
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kaoru Kobayashi.
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
as Taiei Tamashiro • 5 eps
2025 Series
憶えのない殺人
as 佐治英雄 • 2 eps
2025 Series
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
as Tsuruichi Senkawa • 1 eps
2024 Series
The Tiger and Her Wings
as 穗高重亲 • 130 eps
2024 Series
Worry Not, She's the Boss
as Yamagami Tatsuo • 10 eps
2023 Series
THE DAYS
as Furuya • 8 eps
2023 Series
Fixer
as Ichiro Suzaki • 15 eps
2023 Series
Solomon's Perjury
as Masao Tsuzaki • 8 eps
2021 Series
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] • 41 eps
2021 Series
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Kotaki Reiji • 1 eps
2020 Series
Off the Record
as Noto Toru • 10 eps
2020 Series
Top League
6 eps
2019 Series
The Great White Tower
as Mataichi Zaizen • 5 eps
2019 Series
Miracles
as Shun Samejima • 10 eps
2018 Series
Hagetaka
as Ryosuke Iijima • 8 eps
2018 Series
Grade A Reversal
10 eps
2017 Series
Heaven
as Doizaki Gen • 6 eps
2017 Series
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Master • 20 eps
2016 Series
Hibana: Spark
10 eps
2016 Series
Godan
6 eps
2015 Series
Koinaka
as Hirotoshi Serizawa • 9 eps
2015 Series
The Emperor's Cook
12 eps
2015 Series
Hello Life from 55
5 eps
2014 Series
Villiany Ganbo
as Gen Koshimizu • 11 eps
2014 Series