Kaoru Kobayashi
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice) 2023
Tales from Earthsea
as The King (voice) 2006
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Hirotaro Yamane 2021
Midnight Diner
as Master 2014
The Great Passage
as Kohei Araki 2013
The Funeral
as Inose 1984
Kamui
as Hanbei 2009
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Takeo Matsuoka 2017
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
as Mitsuru Watanabe 2004
Kubi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu 2023
Midnight Diner 2
as Master 2016
Secret
as Heisuke Sugita 1999
And Then
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka 1985
Ballad of Orin
as Torazo 1977
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Oton 2007
Like Asura
as Takao Satomi 2003