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Kaoru Kobayashi | The Couch Critic

Kaoru Kobayashi

Born

September 4, 1951

Place of Birth

Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Known For

Acting

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.

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)

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

as Hirotaro Yamane

January 29, 2021

The Yin Yang Master Zero

The Yin Yang Master Zero

as Fujiwara Yosuke

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches

as Saitô (voice)

November 21, 1987

Kamui

Kamui

September 19, 2009

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

as Mitsuru Watanabe

Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin

November 19, 1977

Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

November 1, 2014

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Kubi

Kubi

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

November 23, 2023

Dr. Coto's Clinic

Dr. Coto's Clinic

as Shoichi Hoshino

December 16, 2022

The Great Passage

The Great Passage

Natsumi's Firefly

Natsumi's Firefly

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

as Takeo Matsuoka

September 23, 2017

Secret

Secret

as Heisuke Sugita

September 15, 1999

Midnight Diner 2

Midnight Diner 2

November 5, 2016

Female

Female

The Funeral

The Funeral

November 17, 1984

Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness

as Tatsuo Tamura

September 26, 1981

Sham

The Island of Cats

The Island of Cats

February 22, 2019

Climbing to Spring

Climbing to Spring

as Isao Nagamine

The Black House

The Black House

November 13, 1999

The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom

as Akutsu (1986) (voice)

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

as Seiichi Morita

January 28, 2017

The Egoists

The Egoists

as Kazuyuki Ninomiya

Then Summer Came

Then Summer Came

Ghiblies: Episode 2

Ghiblies: Episode 2

as Toshi-chan (Voice)

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad

as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)

September 15, 1988

Winter Rose

Winter Rose

as Giichi Wataguchi

The Last U-Boat

The Last U-Boat

as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

January 2, 1993

Hear the Wind Sing

Hear the Wind Sing

December 19, 1981

Love Letter

Love Letter

as Tetsushi Kamiya

October 5, 1985

Botchan

Botchan

as Madonna’s father

January 3, 2016

Like Asura

Like Asura

as Takao Satomi

November 8, 2003

Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City

December 18, 2010

Yes, I Can't Swim

Yes, I Can't Swim

as Professor Kamoshita

A Crowd of Three

A Crowd of Three

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

September 7, 2018

Untamagiru

Mukoku

Mukoku

as Shozo Yatabe

Haru's Journey

Haru's Journey

Vacation

Boys on the Run

Boys on the Run

January 30, 2010

The End of Summer

The End of Summer

as Shingo Kosugi

August 31, 2013

Love and Action in Osaka

Love and Action in Osaka

December 10, 1988

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"

December 11, 2016

Promised Land

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

Oboe no Nai Satsujin

February 22, 2025

Chibusa

October 9, 1993

And Then

And Then

as Tsunejiro Hiraoka

November 9, 1985

The Dropout

October 2, 1982

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

October 18, 2023

The Second Love

The Second Love

The Washing Machine

The Washing Machine

For Business

For Business

as Miyabi Sakuramiya

August 22, 1986

An Emblem Dedicated To You

An Emblem Dedicated To You

as Nakagawa Akiko

January 3, 2017

Shimanto River

Shimanto River

December 7, 1991

Hong Kong Paradise

Hong Kong Paradise

as Hachirou Ooishi

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

Eighteen Years, to the Sea

as Eisuke Morimoto

August 18, 1979

The Sea of Genkai

The Sea of Genkai

His Lost Name

His Lost Name

January 18, 2019

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

Kyokuhoku Rhapsody

as Masashi Sera

Arc

Arc

Double Trouble

February 2, 2008

Lear on the Shore

Lear on the Shore

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya

as Yasutada Kamiya

August 11, 2006

Trapped Balloon

Trapped Balloon

as Shigezo Kojima

January 6, 2023

Leaving on the 15th Spring

Leaving on the 15th Spring

as Toshiharu Nakazato

Independence of Japan

Independence of Japan

December 18, 2020

Coquille

as Tatsuya Urayama

The Wangan Highway

The Wangan Highway

September 29, 1984

Uneasy Encounters

Uneasy Encounters

Abraxas

October 9, 2010

The Tomb & the Divorce

The Tomb & the Divorce

as Yoshinori Ishino

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

The Way of Osaka Financing 1

February 16, 1996

Paradise View

Paradise View