Born
4 September 1951 (74)
Place of Birth
Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
Also known as
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.
The Last Blossom
2025
Sham
2025
Oboe no Nai Satsujin
2025
Promised Land
2024
The Yin Yang Master Zero
2024
Kubi
2023
Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
2023
The Boy and the Heron
2023
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023
Trapped Balloon
2023
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022
Yes, I Can't Swim
2022
Winter Rose
2022
Arc
2021
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2021
Independence of Japan
2020
The Island of Cats
2019
His Lost Name
2019
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017
Lear on the Shore
2017
Mukoku
2017
Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
2017
An Emblem Dedicated To You
2017
Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
2016
Midnight Diner 2
2016
Natsumi's Firefly
2016
Botchan
2016
Midnight Diner
2014
Climbing to Spring
2014
The End of Summer
2013
Leaving on the 15th Spring
2013
The Great Passage
2013
Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
2013
The Egoists
2011
Sketches of Kaitan City
2010
Abraxas
2010
A Crowd of Three
2010
Haru's Journey
2010
Boys on the Run
2010