Portrait of Kaoru Kobayashi

Acting

Kaoru Kobayashi

Titles
63movies42TV shows
Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
38
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Kaoru Kobayashi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Crime
    1.9, average 3.7
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 5.1
  • Satire & Parody
    1.3, average 2.3
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 12
  • Social Commentary 11
  • Japanese Drama 10
  • Melancholy 4
  • Slice of Life 4
  • Family Drama 4
  • Emotional Journey 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Japanese Cinema 4
  • Overcoming Adversity 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Coming-of-Age Story 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

41
TypeAllMovies63TV shows41
RoleAnyActing41Appearances1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1980s31990s32000s52010s192020s11
GenreAnyDrama34Crime7Comedy6Mystery6Family3War & Politics1Action & Adventure1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2020s

11 titles · average score 62
Poster for 1972 Fireflies on the Shore

TV show · as Taiei Tamashiro

Poster for 憶えのない殺人

TV show · as 佐治英雄

Poster for The Tiger and Her Wings

TV show · as 穗高重亲

Poster for Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai

TV show · as 仙川鶴一

GoodWatch62
Poster for THE DAYS

TV show · as Furuya

Poster for Fixer

TV show · as Ichiro Suzaki

Poster for Worry Not, She's the Boss

TV show · as Yamagami Tatsuo

Poster for Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

TV show · as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]

Poster for Solomon's Perjury

TV show · as Masao Tsuzaki

Poster for Off the Record

TV show · as Noto Toru

Poster for Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

TV show · as Kotaki Reiji

2010s

19 titles · average score 76
Poster for The Great White Tower

TV show · as Mataichi Zaizen

Poster for Hagetaka

TV show · as Ryosuke Iijima

Poster for Heaven

TV show · as Doizaki Gen

Poster for Villiany Ganbo

TV show · as Gen Koshimizu

Poster for The Marriage Counselor

TV show · as Syogo Yanagisawa

All 19 titles from the 2010s

2000s

5 titles · average score 82
GoodWatch83
Poster for Midnight Diner

TV show · as Master

Poster for The Sun in Kurobe

TV show · as Kunpei Takiyama

GoodWatch81
Poster for Dr. Coto's Clinic

TV show · as 星野正一

1990s

3 titles
Poster for Ten urara

TV show · as 松尾良治

Poster for ナニワ金融道

TV show · as 桑田 澄男

Poster for Sunflower on the Hill

TV show · as Yuzuhara Kohei

1980s

3 titles
Poster for ふぞろいの林檎たち

TV show · as 仲手川 耕一

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