Kaoru Kobayashi
Known For
Acting
Born
1951-09-04 in Kyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
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.
Most Known For
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Princess Mononoke
as Jikobo (voice)
The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice)
Carnation
as Zensaku Ohara
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as Master
Midnight Diner
as Master
THE DAYS
as Furuya
Sham
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 星野正一
Fixer
as Ichiro Suzaki
The Tiger and Her Wings
as 穗高重亲
The Private Detective Mike
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
Toge no Gunzo
Tales from Earthsea
as The King (voice)
Hibana: Spark
Off the Record
as Noto Toru
The Emperor's Cook
1972 Fireflies on the Shore
as Taiei Tamashiro
Heaven
as Doizaki Gen