Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
- Titles
- 63movies42TV shows
- Career
Active from 1977 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 38top three billing
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
The Last Blossom87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Wholesome5.2average 3.3
- Pathos6.8average 5.2
- Catharsis6.5average 5.1
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Family Dynamics5.9average 4.8
- Coming of Age4.1average 3.0
- Wonder4.4average 3.4
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.2, average 4.9
- Crime2.2, average 3.7
- Violence3.1, average 4.2
- Mystery3.1, average 4.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 11
- Social Commentary 10
- Japanese Drama 9
- Overcoming Adversity 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Character Study 4
- Melancholy 4
- Emotional Journey 4
- Slice of Life 4
- Family Drama 4
- Moral Ambiguity 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SShinichi FushimaEditorMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner, Midnight Diner 2, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad, +1 more
Yuriko IshidaActorPrincess Mononoke, The Tiger and Her Wings, THE DAYS, Secret, Le Secret
Jōji MatsuokaWriterMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner, Midnight Diner 2, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Ken MitsuishiActorTHE DAYS, Dr. Coto's Clinic, Hagetaka, Natsumi's Firefly
Kenichi MatsuyamaActorThe Tiger and Her Wings, The Great White Tower, Kamui, Climbing to Spring- KKei HaneokaComposerSolomon's Perjury, Trembling Cow, Heaven, Top League
Yoshimitsu MoritaDirectorAnd Then, Like Asura, Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad, For Business- FFukuhara KimieComposerMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner, Midnight Diner 2
Eriko ShinozakiWriterSolomon's Perjury, Trembling Cow, Heaven, Top League
Kyoko FukadaActorGrade A Reversal, The Sun in Kurobe, Like Asura
Yuko TanakaActorPrincess Mononoke, Midnight Diner, Haru's Journey
Joe OdagiriActorVilliany Ganbo, Midnight Diner, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Movies and TV shows
1042020s
21 titles · average score 71
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
TV show · as Taiei Tamashiro
TV show · as 穗高重亲
TV show · as Furuya
as Shigezo Kojima
as Noble Pelican (voice)
TV show · as Yamagami Tatsuo
TV show · as Ichiro Suzaki
as Professor Kamoshita
as Giichi Wataguchi
TV show · as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
TV show · as Masao Tsuzaki
2010s
40 titles · average score 71
as Tetsuro
TV show · as Mataichi Zaizen
TV show
TV show · as Master
as Master
TV show
as Master
as Toshiharu Nakazato
as Shingo Kosugi
TV show · as Syogo Yanagisawa
as Suzuki san
as Ryuzo Higa
2000s
14 titles · average score 68
TV show · as Master
as Hanbei
TV show · as Kunpei Takiyama
as Toru Hirai
as The King (voice)
as Yasutada Kamiya
as Mitsuru Watanabe
TV show · as 星野正一
as Takao Satomi
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
1990s
11 titles · average score 70
as Heisuke Sugita
as Tatsuya Urayama
as Taiji Ogami
as 杉田平介
TV show · as 松尾良治
as Jikobo (voice)
TV show · as 桑田 澄男
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
as Yoshinori Ishino
TV show · as Yuzuhara Kohei
as Hachirou Ooishi
1980s
16 titles · average score 79
as Giru
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
as Saitô (voice)
as Miyabi Sakuramiya
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
as Reishu Goya
as Tetsushi Kamiya
as Nakamura
as Hideo Hyuga
as Miura
as Tatsuo Tamura
1970s
2 titles · average score 75
as Eisuke Morimoto
as Torazo