Acting
Kaoru Kobayashi
- Titles
- 62movies42TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19772025
- Leading roles
- 36top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
Princess Mononoke83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.8average 4.7
- Wholesome4.8average 3.3
- Coming of Age4.3average 2.9
- Family Dynamics6.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.6average 5.2
- Catharsis6.3average 5.1
- Historical3.6average 2.6
- Nostalgia4.5average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Crime1.9, average 3.7
- Adrenaline3.5, average 5.1
- Satire & Parody1.3, average 2.3
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 12
- Social Commentary 11
- Japanese Drama 10
- Melancholy 4
- Emotional Journey 4
- Slice of Life 4
- Family Drama 4
- Overcoming Adversity 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Coming-of-Age Story 3
- Nostalgic 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SShinichi FushimaEditorMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner 2, Midnight Diner, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad, +1 more
Jōji MatsuokaWriterMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner 2, Midnight Diner, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Ken MitsuishiActorDr. Coto's Clinic, THE DAYS, Hagetaka, Natsumi's Firefly
Kenichi MatsuyamaActorThe Tiger and Her Wings, The Great White Tower, Kamui, Climbing to Spring
Yuriko IshidaActorPrincess Mononoke, The Tiger and Her Wings, THE DAYS, Secret
Yoshimitsu MoritaDirectorLike Asura, For Business, And Then, Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
Joe OdagiriActorVilliany Ganbo, Midnight Diner, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Kyoko FukadaActorGrade A Reversal, The Sun in Kurobe, Like Asura
Michitaka TsutsuiActorSunflower on the Hill, Midnight Diner, The Washing Machine
Yuko TanakaActorPrincess Mononoke, Midnight Diner, Haru's Journey
Ren OsugiActorSecret, The Castle of Sand, Vacation
Hiroyuki IkeuchiActorTop League, Hagetaka, Hagetaka
Movies and TV shows
1032020s
21 titles · average score 69
as Akutsu (1986) (voice)
TV show · as 穗高重亲
74
TV show · as Furuya
73
as Noble Pelican (voice)
as Shigezo Kojima
TV show · as Ichiro Suzaki
67
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Professor Kamoshita
as Giichi Wataguchi
TV show · as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]
TV show · as 津崎 正男
75
as Hirotaro Yamane
2010s
40 titles · average score 70
TV show · as Mataichi Zaizen
TV show · as Ryosuke Iijima
TV show · as Doizaki Gen
81
TV show · as Master
74
as Master
75
TV show
75
as Master
TV show · as Gen Koshimizu
as Shingo Kosugi
59
as Suzuki san
67
as Kinoshita
63
as Ryuzo Higa
2000s
15 titles · average score 70
TV show · as Master
58
as Hanbei
TV show · as Kunpei Takiyama
as Toru Hirai
64
as The King (voice)
as Yasutada Kamiya
70
as Mitsuru Watanabe
TV show · as 星野正一
69
as Takao Satomi
71
as Toshi-chan (Voice)
1990s
10 titles · average score 69
68
as Heisuke Sugita
as Taiji Ogami
as Tatsuya Urayama
TV show · as 松尾良治
83
as Jikobo (voice)
TV show · as 桑田 澄男
57
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
TV show · as Yuzuhara Kohei
as Yoshinori Ishino
as Hachirou Ooishi
1980s
15 titles · average score 68
as Giru
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)
62
as Saitô (voice)
71
as Tsunejiro Hiraoka
as Reishu Goya
as Tetsushi Kamiya
as Nakamura
72
as Inose
as Hideo Hyuga
TV show · as 仲手川 耕一
as Tatsuo Tamura
1970s
2 titles · average score 72
as Eisuke Morimoto
72
as Torazo