Kaoru Kobayashi
Biography
Movies 85
Princess Mononoke
as Jikobo (voice)
1997
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 Funeral
as Inose
1984
Kubi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
2023
The Great Passage
as Kohei Araki
2013
Secret
as Heisuke Sugita
1999
Midnight Diner 2
as Master
2016
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Takeo Matsuoka
2017
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
as Mitsuru Watanabe
2004
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Shoichi Hoshino
2022
The Last Blossom
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
2025
Ghiblies: Episode 2
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
2002
The Egoists
as Kazuyuki Ninomiya
2011
The Yin Yang Master Zero
as Fujiwara Yosuke
2024
Sham
as Yugamidani Toshio
2025
Like Asura
as Takao Satomi
2003
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
as Seiichi Morita
2017
Climbing to Spring
as Isao Nagamine
2014
The Island of Cats
as Iwao
2019
The Last U-Boat
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
1993
Kamui
as Hanbei
2009
Female
as Old man
2005
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Oton
2007
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
as Jisaku Koka
2016
The Black House
1999
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Saitô (voice)
1987
Mukoku
as Shozo Yatabe
2017
Ballad of Orin
as Torazo
1977
Boys on the Run
as Suzuki san
2010
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
as Mamoru Fujita
2018
Haru's Journey
as Kinoshita
2010
Untamagiru
as Giru
1989
Arc
as Rihito
2021
For Business
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
1986
Natsumi's Firefly
as Sakakiyama
2016
Call from Darkness
as Tatsuo Tamura
1981
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
as Eisuke Morimoto
1979
Leaving on the 15th Spring
as Toshiharu Nakazato
2013
Winter Rose
as Giichi Wataguchi
2022
The Dropout
as Miura
1982
Love Letter
as Tetsushi Kamiya
1985
Hear the Wind Sing
as Me
1981
Independence of Japan
2020
The End of Summer
as Shingo Kosugi
2013
The Wangan Highway
as Nakamura
1984
Sketches of Kaitan City
as Ryuzo Higa
2010
An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Nakagawa Akiko
2017
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Lear on the Shore
2017
Botchan
as Madonna’s father
2016
A Crowd of Three
2010
And Then
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
1985
Paradise View
as Reishu Goya
1985
Double Trouble
2008
The Way of Osaka Financing 1
1996
Love and Action in Osaka
as Futoshi Miike
1988
The Tomb & the Divorce
as Yoshinori Ishino
1993
Coquille
as Tatsuya Urayama
1999
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
1988
Le Secret
as 杉田平介
1999
Then Summer Came
2008
The Sea of Genkai
1976
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
Yes, I Can't Swim
as Professor Kamoshita
2022
The Second Love
as Hideo Hyuga
1983
Shimanto River
1991
Hong Kong Paradise
as Hachirou Ooishi
1990
The Washing Machine
as Taiji Ogami
1999
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
Vacation
as Toru Hirai
2008
The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
as Yasutada Kamiya
2006
Promised Land
2024
A Melody for My Father
2005
His Lost Name
as Tetsuro
2019
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
as Masashi Sera
2013
Trapped Balloon
as Shigezo Kojima
2023
Ten Dark Women
2002
Gubijinsô: Maboroshi no ai ni hateta murasaki no onna!
1984
Nikutai no shokei
as Magazine reporter
1982
Abraxas
2010
Chibusa
1993TV Shows 44
Solomon's Perjury
as Masao Tsuzaki
2021
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
Carnation
as Zensaku Ohara
2011
Midnight Diner
as Master
2009
The Tiger and Her Wings
as Hodaka Shigechika
2024
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Master
2016
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 星野正一
2003
Ten urara
as 松尾良治
1998
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
2021
Toge no Gunzo
1982
THE DAYS
as Furuya
2023
Fixer
as Ichiro Suzaki
2023
The Private Detective Mike
2002
Hibana: Spark
2016
The Emperor's Cook
2015
ふぞろいの林檎たち
as 仲手川 耕一
1983
Off the Record
as Noto Toru
2020
Woman
as Uesugi Kentaro
2013
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
2023
Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
Miracles
as Shun Samejima
2018
Koinaka
as Hirotoshi Serizawa
2015
The Great White Tower
as Mataichi Zaizen
2019
The Marriage Counselor
as Syogo Yanagisawa
2011
深夜食堂 6
as Master
2026
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Kotaki Reiji
2020
Heaven
as Doizaki Gen
2017
Trembling Cow
2013
Villiany Ganbo
as Gen Koshimizu
2014
Grade A Reversal
2017
Worry Not, She's the Boss
as Yamagami Tatsuo
2023
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
as Taiei Tamashiro
2025
The Castle of Sand
2011
Hagetaka
as Ryosuke Iijima
2018
Sunflower on the Hill
as Yuzuhara Kohei
1993
Top League
2019
News Sokuho wa Nagareta
2009
Hello Life from 55
2014
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
as Tsuruichi Senkawa
2024
The Sun in Kurobe
as Kunpei Takiyama
2009
Godan
as Takao Anjo
2015
ナニワ金融道
as 桑田 澄男
1996
憶えのない殺人
as 佐治英雄
2025