Acting credits
122
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kaoru Kobayashi
Acting
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Movies: 82Series: 40Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 20332
IMDb ID: nm0462006
Known for: Acting
Born: September 4, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1976 - 2025
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 7.34
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.
8.0
The Last Blossom
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
2025 Movie
7.8
Sham
2025 Movie
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025 Movie
6.0
Promised Land
2024 Movie
6.1
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Fujiwara Yosuke
2024 Movie
7.0
Kubi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2023 Movie
6.0
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023 Movie
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice)
2023 Movie
8.2
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023 Movie
Trapped Balloon
as Shigezo Kojima
2023 Movie
7.6
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Shoichi Hoshino
2022 Movie
6.3
Yes, I Can't Swim
as Professor Kamoshita
2022 Movie
5.0
Winter Rose
as Giichi Wataguchi
2022 Movie
6.6
Arc
as Rihito
2021 Movie
7.7
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Hirotaro Yamane
2021 Movie
Independence of Japan
2020 Movie
6.9
The Island of Cats
as Iwao
2019 Movie
5.6
His Lost Name
as Tetsuro
2019 Movie
7.0
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018 Movie
7.0
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Takeo Matsuoka
2017 Movie
6.2
Lear on the Shore
2017 Movie
6.2
Mukoku
as Shozo Yatabe
2017 Movie
7.9
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
as Seiichi Morita
2017 Movie
3.0
An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Nakagawa Akiko
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kaoru Kobayashi.
8.5
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
as Taiei Tamashiro • 5 eps
2025 Series
7.8
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
as 仙川鶴一 • 3 eps
2024 Series
8.0
The Tiger and Her Wings
as 穗高重亲 • 130 eps
2024 Series
7.5
Worry Not, She's the Boss
as Yamagami Tatsuo • 10 eps
2023 Series
7.8
THE DAYS
as Furuya • 8 eps
2023 Series
8.5
Fixer
as Ichiro Suzaki • 15 eps
2023 Series
7.2
Solomon's Perjury
as 津崎 正男 • 8 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father] • 41 eps
2021 Series
8.8
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Kotaki Reiji • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.0
Off the Record
as Noto Toru • 10 eps
2020 Series
Top League
6 eps
2019 Series
6.5
The Great White Tower
as Mataichi Zaizen • 5 eps
2019 Series
6.3
Miracles
as Shun Samejima • 10 eps
2018 Series
Hagetaka
as Ryosuke Iijima • 8 eps
2018 Series
Grade A Reversal
10 eps
2017 Series
6.3
Heaven
as Doizaki Gen • 6 eps
2017 Series
7.8
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Master • 20 eps
2016 Series
8.3
Hibana: Spark
10 eps
2016 Series
5.0
Godan
6 eps
2015 Series
6.6
Koinaka
as Hirotoshi Serizawa • 9 eps
2015 Series
7.4
The Emperor's Cook
12 eps
2015 Series
8.0
Hello life from 55
5 eps
2014 Series
7.3
Villiany Ganbo
as Gen Koshimizu • 11 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Woman
as Uesugi Kentaro • 11 eps
2013 Series