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Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

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

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

as Jikobo (voice)

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

as Noble Pelican (voice)

Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

as The King (voice)

THE DAYS

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

as Hirotaro Yamane

Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Midnight Diner

Filmography

The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom

as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero

as Fujiwara Yosuke

Kubi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron

as Noble Pelican (voice)

Trapped Balloon

Trapped Balloon

as Shigezo Kojima

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as Shoichi Hoshino

Yes, I Can't Swim

Yes, I Can't Swim

as Professor Kamoshita

Winter Rose

as Giichi Wataguchi

Arc

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

as Hirotaro Yamane

The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats

His Lost Name

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

as Takeo Matsuoka

Mukoku

as Shozo Yatabe

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

as Seiichi Morita

An Emblem Dedicated To You

An Emblem Dedicated To You

as Nakagawa Akiko

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Midnight Diner 2

Midnight Diner 2

Natsumi's Firefly

Natsumi's Firefly

Botchan

as Madonna’s father

Midnight Diner

Climbing to Spring

Climbing to Spring

as Isao Nagamine

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

as Shingo Kosugi

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring

as Toshiharu Nakazato

The Great Passage

The Great Passage

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

as Masashi Sera

The Egoists

as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City

Haru's Journey

Boys on the Run

Boys on the Run

Kamui

Vacation

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

as Yasutada Kamiya

Tales from Earthsea

Tales from Earthsea

as The King (voice)

Female

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

as Mitsuru Watanabe

Like Asura

as Takao Satomi

Ghiblies: Episode 2

Ghiblies: Episode 2

as Toshi-chan (Voice)

Le Secret

as 杉田平介

Secret

as Heisuke Sugita

The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine

Coquille

as Tatsuya Urayama

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke

as Jikobo (voice)

The Tomb & the Divorce

The Tomb & the Divorce

as Yoshinori Ishino

The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat

as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

Hong Kong Paradise

Hong Kong Paradise

as Hachirou Ooishi

Untamagiru

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches

as Saitô (voice)

For Business

as Miyabi Sakuramiya

And Then

as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

Love Letter

as Tetsushi Kamiya

Paradise View

The Funeral

The Wangan Highway

The Wangan Highway

The Second Love

The Second Love

The Dropout

Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing

Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness

as Tatsuo Tamura

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

as Eisuke Morimoto

Ballad of Orin

Sham

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Promised Land

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Independence of Japan

Independence of Japan

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

Lear on the Shore

Lear on the Shore

Abraxas

A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three

Then Summer Came

Then Summer Came

Double Trouble

A Melody for My Father

A Melody for My Father

Ten Dark Women

The Black House

The Black House

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

Uneasy Encounters

Uneasy Encounters

Chibusa

Shimanto River

Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka

Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!

The Sea of Genkai

The Sea of Genkai

1972 Fireflies on the Shore

1972 Fireflies on the Shore

as Taiei Tamashiro

憶えのない殺人

憶えのない殺人

as 佐治英雄

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

as Tsuruichi Senkawa

The Tiger and Her Wings

The Tiger and Her Wings

as 穗高重亲

Worry Not, She's the Boss

Worry Not, She's the Boss

as Yamagami Tatsuo

THE DAYS

Fixer

as Ichiro Suzaki

Solomon's Perjury

Solomon's Perjury

as 津崎正男

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

as Kotaki Reiji

Off the Record

The Great White Tower

The Great White Tower

as Mataichi Zaizen

Miracles

as Shun Samejima

Hagetaka

as Ryosuke Iijima

Heaven

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Koinaka

as Hirotoshi Serizawa

Villiany Ganbo

as Gen Koshimizu

Woman

as Uesugi Kentaro

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Carnation

as Zensaku Ohara

The Marriage Counselor

The Marriage Counselor

as Syogo Yanagisawa, Creator

Midnight Diner

The Sun in Kurobe

The Sun in Kurobe

as Kunpei Takiyama

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as 星野正一

Ten urara

as 松尾良治

ナニワ金融道

as 桑田澄男

Sunflower on the Hill

Sunflower on the Hill

as Yuzuhara Kohei

ふぞろいの林檎たち

ふぞろいの林檎たち

as 仲手川耕一

Top League

Grade A Reversal

Grade A Reversal

Hibana: Spark

Godan

The Emperor's Cook

The Emperor's Cook

Hello Life from 55

Hello Life from 55

Trembling Cow

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

The Castle of Sand

The Castle of Sand

News Sokuho wa Nagareta

News Sokuho wa Nagareta

The Private Detective Mike

The Private Detective Mike

Iki no Iiyatsu

Toge no Gunzo