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Biography

Age 75

Also known as小林薫, 小林薰, こばやしかおる, کائورو کوبایاشی, Kaoru KobayashiGenderMaleBorn04/09/1951Born inKyōto, Kyōto Prefecture, JapanWikidataQ5359721 ↗TMDb#20332 ↗

Filmography94 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2025	ShamMovie	—	74
2025	1972 Fireflies on the ShoreSeries	Taiei Tamashiro	74
2025	The Last BlossomMovie	Akutsu (1986) (voice)	74
2025	Oboe no Nai SatsujinMovie	—	74
2024	Shrink: Psychiatrist YowaiSeries	Tsuruichi Senkawa	73
2024	The Yin Yang Master ZeroMovie	Fujiwara Yosuke	73
2024	The Tiger and Her WingsSeries	穗高重亲	73
2023	FixerSeries	Ichiro Suzaki	72
2023	Tsugaru Lacquer GirlMovie	—	72
2023	KubiMovie	Tokugawa Ieyasu	72
2023	THE DAYSSeries	Furuya	72
2023	Worry Not, She's the BossSeries	Yamagami Tatsuo	72
2022	Dr. Coto's ClinicMovie	Shoichi Hoshino	71
2021	Solomon's PerjurySeries	Masao Tsuzaki	70
2021	We Made a Beautiful BouquetMovie	Hirotaro Yamane	70
2021	Reach Beyond the Blue SkySeries	Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]	70
2020	Off the RecordSeries	Noto Toru	69
2020	Kotaki Brothers and ShikuhakkuSeries	Kotaki Reiji	69
2019	The Island of CatsMovie	Iwao	68
2019	Top LeagueSeries	—	68
2019	The Great White TowerSeries	Mataichi Zaizen	68
2018	HagetakaSeries	Ryosuke Iijima	67
2018	The Miracle of Crybaby ShottanMovie	Mamoru Fujita	67
2018	MiraclesSeries	Shun Samejima	67
2017	The Miracles of the Namiya General StoreMovie	Takeo Matsuoka	66
2017	HeavenSeries	Doizaki Gen	66
2017	Kiseki: Sobito of That DayMovie	Seiichi Morita	66
2017	MukokuMovie	Shozo Yatabe	66
2017	Grade A ReversalSeries	—	66
2016	BotchanMovie	Madonna’s father	65
2016	Midnight Diner: Tokyo StoriesSeries	Master	65
2016	Midnight Diner 2Movie	Master	65
2016	Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"Movie	Jisaku Koka	65
2016	Hibana: SparkSeries	—	65
2016	Natsumi's FireflyMovie	Sakakiyama	65
2015	The Emperor's CookSeries	—	64
2015	KoinakaSeries	Hirotoshi Serizawa	64
2015	GodanSeries	—	64
2014	Midnight DinerMovie	Master	63
2014	Climbing to SpringMovie	Isao Nagamine	63
2014	Villiany GanboSeries	Gen Koshimizu	63
2013	Trembling CowSeries	—	62
2013	The Great PassageMovie	Kohei Araki	62
2013	Leaving on the 15th SpringMovie	Toshiharu Nakazato	62
2013	WomanSeries	Uesugi Kentaro	62
2013	Kyokuhoku RhapsodyMovie	Masashi Sera	62
2013	Kyokuhoku RhapsodySeries	—	62
2013	The End of SummerMovie	Shingo Kosugi	62
2012	Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” TravelogueSeries	Self - Narrator (voice)	61
2011	The Castle of SandSeries	—	60
2011	The EgoistsMovie	Kazuyuki Ninomiya	60
2011	CarnationSeries	Zensaku Ohara	60
2011	The Marriage CounselorSeries	Syogo Yanagisawa	60
2010	A Crowd of ThreeMovie	—	59
2010	Boys on the RunMovie	Suzuki san	59
2010	Haru's JourneyMovie	Kinoshita	59
2009	The Sun in KurobeSeries	Kunpei Takiyama	58
2009	Midnight DinerSeries	Master	58
2009	KamuiMovie	Hanbei	58
2009	News Sokuho wa NagaretaSeries	—	58
2008	Then Summer CameMovie	—	57
2007	Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadMovie	Oton	56
2006	Tales from EarthseaMovie	The King (voice)	55
2003	Dr. Coto's ClinicSeries	星野正一	52
2003	Like AsuraMovie	Takao Satomi	52
2002	Ghiblies: Episode 2Movie	Toshi-chan (Voice)	51
2002	The Private Detective MikeSeries	—	51
1999	The Washing MachineMovie	Taiji Ogami	48
1999	The Black HouseMovie	—	48
1999	SecretMovie	Heisuke Sugita	48
1997	Princess MononokeMovie	Jikobo (voice)	46
1996	ナニワ金融道Series	桑田澄男	45
1994	Uneasy EncountersMovie	—	43
1993	The Last U-BoatMovie	Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän	42
1991	Shimanto RiverMovie	—	40
1990	Hong Kong ParadiseMovie	Hachirou Ooishi	39
1989	UntamagiruMovie	Giru	38
1988	Bakayaro! I'm Plenty MadMovie	Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)	37
1988	Love and Action in OsakaMovie	—	37
1987	Iki no IiyatsuSeries	—	36
1987	Twilight of the CockroachesMovie	Saitô (voice)	36
1986	For BusinessMovie	Miyabi Sakuramiya	35
1985	And ThenMovie	Tsunejiro Hiraoka	34
1985	Love LetterMovie	Tetsushi Kamiya	34
1984	The FuneralMovie	Inose	33
1984	The Wangan HighwayMovie	Nakamura	33
1983	The Second LoveMovie	Hideo Hyuga	32
1982	Toge no GunzoSeries	—	31
1982	The DropoutMovie	Miura	31
1981	Hear the Wind SingMovie	Me	30
1981	Call from DarknessMovie	Tatsuo Tamura	30
1979	Eighteen Years, to the SeaMovie	Eisuke Morimoto	28
1977	Ballad of OrinMovie	Torazo	26
1976	The Sea of GenkaiMovie	—	25