Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting

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

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1972 Fireflies on the Shore ★ 8.3 1972 Fireflies on the Shore 2025 The Last Blossom ★ 8.1 The Last Blossom 2025 Sham ★ 7.6 Sham 2025 Oboe no Nai Satsujin ★ 7.0 Oboe no Nai Satsujin 2025 Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai ★ 7.8 Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai 2024 Promised Land ★ 6.0 Promised Land 2024 The Yin Yang Master Zero ★ 6.2 The Yin Yang Master Zero 2024 The Tiger and Her Wings ★ 8.3 The Tiger and Her Wings 2024 Kubi ★ 6.9 Kubi 2023 Tsugaru Lacquer Girl ★ 6.0 Tsugaru Lacquer Girl 2023 Worry Not, She's the Boss ★ 7.5 Worry Not, She's the Boss 2023 The Boy and the Heron ★ 7.4 The Boy and the Heron 2023 THE DAYS ★ 7.8 THE DAYS 2023 Fixer ★ 8.6 Fixer 2023 Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 ★ 7.8 Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 2023 Trapped Balloon Trapped Balloon 2023 Dr. Coto's Clinic ★ 7.6 Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 Yes, I Can't Swim ★ 6.3 Yes, I Can't Swim 2022 Winter Rose ★ 6.0 Winter Rose 2022 Solomon's Perjury ★ 7.5 Solomon's Perjury 2021 Arc ★ 6.6 Arc 2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky ★ 7.3 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky 2021 We Made a Beautiful Bouquet ★ 7.8 We Made a Beautiful Bouquet 2021 Independence of Japan Independence of Japan 2020 Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku ★ 8.8 Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku 2020 Off the Record ★ 7.8 Off the Record 2020 Top League ★ 8.3 Top League 2019 The Great White Tower ★ 6.5 The Great White Tower 2019 The Island of Cats ★ 7.0 The Island of Cats 2019 His Lost Name ★ 5.6 His Lost Name 2019 Miracles ★ 6.6 Miracles 2018 The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan ★ 7.0 The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan 2018 Hagetaka ★ 7.0 Hagetaka 2018 The Miracles of the Namiya General Store ★ 7.0 The Miracles of the Namiya General Store 2017 Lear on the Shore ★ 6.2 Lear on the Shore 2017 Mukoku ★ 6.8 Mukoku 2017 Kiseki: Sobito of That Day ★ 7.9 Kiseki: Sobito of That Day 2017 Grade A Reversal Grade A Reversal 2017 Heaven ★ 7.0 Heaven 2017 An Emblem Dedicated To You ★ 4.5 An Emblem Dedicated To You 2017 Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" ★ 8.1 Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate" 2016 Midnight Diner 2 ★ 7.4 Midnight Diner 2 2016 Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories ★ 7.9 Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 2016 Natsumi's Firefly ★ 6.1 Natsumi's Firefly 2016 Hibana: Spark ★ 8.2 Hibana: Spark 2016 Botchan ★ 8.3 Botchan 2016 Godan ★ 5.0 Godan 2015 Koinaka ★ 6.6 Koinaka 2015 The Emperor's Cook ★ 7.4 The Emperor's Cook 2015 Midnight Diner ★ 7.6 Midnight Diner 2014 Climbing to Spring ★ 8.4 Climbing to Spring 2014 Hello Life from 55 ★ 8.0 Hello Life from 55 2014 Villiany Ganbo ★ 7.3 Villiany Ganbo 2014 The End of Summer ★ 6.5 The End of Summer 2013 Woman ★ 7.5 Woman 2013 Trembling Cow ★ 8.0 Trembling Cow 2013 Leaving on the 15th Spring ★ 6.6 Leaving on the 15th Spring 2013 The Great Passage ★ 7.2 The Great Passage 2013 Kyokuhoku Rhapsody Kyokuhoku Rhapsody 2013 Kyokuhoku Rhapsody Kyokuhoku Rhapsody 2013 Carnation ★ 8.1 Carnation 2011 The Castle of Sand ★ 7.0 The Castle of Sand 2011 The Egoists ★ 4.9 The Egoists 2011 The Marriage Counselor ★ 8.5 The Marriage Counselor 2011 Sketches of Kaitan City ★ 5.4 Sketches of Kaitan City 2010 Abraxas ★ 10.0 Abraxas 2010 A Crowd of Three ★ 4.9 A Crowd of Three 2010 Haru's Journey ★ 6.5 Haru's Journey 2010 Boys on the Run ★ 5.0 Boys on the Run 2010 News Sokuho wa Nagareta News Sokuho wa Nagareta 2009 Midnight Diner ★ 8.2 Midnight Diner 2009 Kamui ★ 6.1 Kamui 2009 The Sun in Kurobe The Sun in Kurobe 2009 Then Summer Came ★ 4.0 Then Summer Came 2008 Vacation ★ 7.0 Vacation 2008 Double Trouble ★ 8.0 Double Trouble 2008 Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad ★ 6.9 Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 2007 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya ★ 7.6 The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya 2006 Tales from Earthsea ★ 6.5 Tales from Earthsea 2006 A Melody for My Father A Melody for My Father 2005