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 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Melancholy6.6average 4.7
- Wholesome5.0average 3.3
- Family Dynamics6.1average 4.7
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
- Coming of Age4.2average 3.0
- Catharsis6.4average 5.1
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.7
- Wonder4.3average 3.4
Rarely in their work
- Crime1.9, average 3.7
- Adrenaline3.3, average 5.0
- Satire & Parody1.3, average 2.3
- Tension5.1, average 6.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 12
- Social Commentary 11
- Japanese Drama 9
- Overcoming Adversity 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Japanese Cinema 4
- Family Drama 4
- Emotional Journey 4
- Slice of Life 4
- Melancholy 4
- Slice-of-Life 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
Yuriko IshidaActorPrincess Mononoke, The Tiger and Her Wings, THE DAYS, Le Secret, Secret
Jōji MatsuokaWriterMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner 2, Midnight Diner, Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Kenichi MatsuyamaActorThe Tiger and Her Wings, The Great White Tower, Kamui, Climbing to Spring
Ken MitsuishiActorDr. Coto's Clinic, THE DAYS, Hagetaka, Natsumi's Firefly- FFukuhara KimieComposerMidnight Diner, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Midnight Diner 2, Midnight Diner
Eriko ShinozakiWriterSolomon's Perjury, Heaven, Trembling Cow, Top League- KKei HaneokaComposerSolomon's Perjury, Heaven, Trembling Cow, Top League
Yoshimitsu MoritaDirectorLike Asura, And Then, Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad, For Business
Ren OsugiActorThe Castle of Sand, Secret, Vacation
Hideaki ItoActorLe Secret, Secret, Kamui
Yuko TanakaActorPrincess Mononoke, Midnight Diner, Haru's Journey
Movies and TV shows
282020s
7 titles · average score 74
The Tiger and Her Wings (2024)
TV show · as 穗高重亲
Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai (2024)
TV show · as Tsuruichi Senkawa
62
THE DAYS (2023)
TV show · as Furuya
85
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
as Noble Pelican (voice)
Dr. Coto's Clinic (2022)
as Shoichi Hoshino
Solomon's Perjury (2021)
TV show · as Masao Tsuzaki
76
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021)
as Hirotaro Yamane
2010s
10 titles · average score 73
Heaven (2017)
TV show · as Doizaki Gen
Grade A Reversal (2017)
TV show
72
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store (2017)
as Takeo Matsuoka
Mukoku (2017)
as Shozo Yatabe
84
Hibana: Spark (2016)
TV show
66
Koinaka (2015)
TV show · as Hirotoshi Serizawa
77
Midnight Diner (2014)
as Master
76
Woman (2013)
TV show · as Uesugi Kentaro
The Castle of Sand (2011)
TV show
63
Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)
as Ryuzo Higa
2000s
5 titles · average score 69
Vacation (2008)
as Toru Hirai
50
Tales from Earthsea (2006)
as The King (voice)
71
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
as Mitsuru Watanabe
81
Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003)
TV show · as 星野正一
1990s
5 titles · average score 70
68
Secret (1999)
as Heisuke Sugita
Ten urara (1998)
TV show · as 松尾良治
86
Princess Mononoke (1997)
as Jikobo (voice)
55
The Last U-Boat (1993)
as Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän
Sunflower on the Hill (1993)
TV show · as Yuzuhara Kohei
1970s
1 title · average score 75
75
Ballad of Orin (1977)
as Torazo