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Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting Born Sep 4, 1951 Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Princess Mononoke

as Jikobo (voice)
Film

The Boy and the Heron

as Noble Pelican (voice)

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Full filmography

  • Princess Mononoke (1997) as Jikobo (voice)
  • The Boy and the Heron (2023) as Noble Pelican (voice)
  • Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue (2012) as Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Midnight Diner (2009) as Master
  • The Private Detective Mike (2002)
  • The Tiger and Her Wings (2024) as 穗高重亲
  • Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016) as Master
  • Carnation (2011) as Zensaku Ohara
  • THE DAYS (2023) as Furuya
  • Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003) as 星野正一
  • Toge no Gunzo (1982)
  • Hibana: Spark (2016)
  • Fixer (2023) as Ichiro Suzaki
  • The Great White Tower (2019) as Mataichi Zaizen
  • Hagetaka (2018) as Ryosuke Iijima
  • The Emperor's Cook (2015)
  • Solomon's Perjury (2021) as 津崎 正男
  • Top League (2019)
  • Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku (2020) as Kotaki Reiji
  • Koinaka (2015) as Hirotoshi Serizawa
  • Tales from Earthsea (2006) as The King (voice)
  • Woman (2013) as Uesugi Kentaro
  • Iki no Iiyatsu (1987)
  • Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (2021) as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]