Also known as: 小林薫 · 小林薰 · こばやし かおる · کائورو کوبایاشی · Kaoru Kobayashi
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.
Known for
8.3
Movie
Princess Mononoke
1997
7.4
Movie
The Boy and the Heron
2023
6.5
Movie
Tales from Earthsea
2006
7.8
TV
THE DAYS
2023
7.7
Movie
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
8.2
TV
Midnight Diner
2009
7.9
TV
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
7.7
Movie
Midnight Diner
2014
7.2
Movie
The Great Passage
2013
7.1
Movie
The Funeral
1984
7.0
Movie
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
6.9
Movie
Kubi
2023
Filmography(126)
126 titles across Movies & TV
8.3
TV
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
2025
8.1
Movie
The Last Blossom
2025
0
TV
憶えのない殺人
2025
7.0
Movie
Sham
2025
7.0
Movie
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
8.0
TV
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
2024
6.0
Movie
Promised Land
2024
6.2
Movie
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
8.3
TV
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
6.9
Movie
Kubi
2023
6.0
Movie
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
7.5
TV
Worry Not, She's the Boss
2023
7.4
Movie
The Boy and the Heron
2023
7.8
TV
THE DAYS
2023
8.4
TV
Fixer
2023
7.8
Movie
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
0
Movie
Trapped Balloon
2023
7.6
Movie
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
6.3
Movie
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022
6.5
Movie
Winter Rose
2022
7.6
TV
Solomon's Perjury
2021
6.6
Movie
Arc
2021
7.3
TV
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
2021
7.7
Movie
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
0
Movie
Independence of Japan
2020
8.8
TV
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
2020
7.8
TV
Off the Record
2020
8.2
TV
Top League
2019
6.5
TV
The Great White Tower
2019
7.0
Movie
The Island of Cats
2019
5.6
Movie
His Lost Name
2019
7.1
TV
Miracles
2018
7.0
Movie
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
7.0
TV
Hagetaka
2018
7.0
Movie
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
6.4
Movie
Lear on the Shore
2017
6.8
Movie
Mukoku
2017
7.9
Movie
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
7.0
TV
Grade A Reversal
2017
7.0
TV
Heaven
2017
4.5
Movie
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
8.1
Movie
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
7.5
Movie
Midnight Diner 2
2016
7.9
TV
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016
6.1
Movie
Natsumi's Firefly
2016
8.2
TV
Hibana: Spark
2016
8.3
Movie
Botchan
2016
5.0
TV
Godan
2015
6.6
TV
Koinaka
2015
7.6
TV
The Emperor's Cook
2015
7.7
Movie
Midnight Diner
2014
8.4
Movie
Climbing to Spring
2014
8.0
TV
Hello Life from 55
2014
7.3
TV
Villiany Ganbo
2014
6.5
Movie
The End of Summer
2013
7.5
TV
Woman
2013
8.0
TV
Trembling Cow
2013
6.6
Movie
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013
7.2
Movie
The Great Passage
2013
0
Movie
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
0
TV
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
9.3
TV
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012
8.1
TV
Carnation
2011
7.0
TV
The Castle of Sand
2011
4.9
Movie
The Egoists
2011
8.5
TV
The Marriage Counselor
2011
5.4
Movie
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010
10.0
Movie
Abraxas
2010
4.9
Movie
A Crowd of Three
2010
6.6
Movie
Haru's Journey
2010
5.0
Movie
Boys on the Run
2010
0
TV
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
8.2
TV
Midnight Diner
2009
6.1
Movie
Kamui
2009
0
TV
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
4.0
Movie
Then Summer Came
2008
7.0
Movie
Vacation
2008
8.0
Movie
Double Trouble
2008
6.9
Movie
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
7.6
Movie
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
2006
6.5
Movie
Tales from Earthsea
2006
0
Movie
A Melody for My Father
2005
6.2
Movie
Female
2005
7.0
Movie
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004
6.6
Movie
Like Asura
2003
8.7
TV
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2003
0
Movie
Ten Dark Women
2002
7.1
Movie
Ghiblies: Episode 2
2002
8.5
TV
The Private Detective Mike
2002
0
Movie
Le Secret
1999
6.0
Movie
The Black House
1999
6.9
Movie
Secret
1999
7.0
Movie
The Washing Machine
1999
7.6
Movie
Coquille
1999
0
TV
Ten urara
1998
8.3
Movie
Princess Mononoke
1997
6.0
Movie
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
6.0
TV
ナニワ金融道
1996
8.0
Movie
Uneasy Encounters
1994
9.0
Movie
Chibusa
1993
0
Movie
The Tomb & the Divorce
1993
0
TV
Sunflower on the Hill
1993
5.7
Movie
The Last U-Boat
1993
6.8
Movie
Shimanto River
1991
7.5
Movie
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
4.6
Movie
Untamagiru
1989
5.2
Movie
Love and Action in Osaka
1988
8.0
Movie
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
1988
6.2
Movie
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
0
TV
Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
8.0
Movie
For Business
1986
7.2
Movie
And Then
1985
7.8
Movie
Love Letter
1985
6.5
Movie
Paradise View
1985
7.1
Movie
The Funeral
1984
8.0
Movie
The Wangan Highway
1984
0
Movie
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