Kaoru Kobayashi (actor)

Kaoru Kobayashi
Born	September 4, 1951 Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–present
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse(s)	Kumi Nakamura (1984–1995) Koume (2009–)
Children	1

Kaoru Kobayashi (小林 薫 Kobayashi Kaoru, born on September 4, 1951) is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. He won the award for best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival^[1] and the award for best supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.^[2]

Career

Kobayashi starred in Yoichi Sai's Quill.^[3] He also appeared in Yuya Ishii's The Great Passage.^[4]

Filmography

Films

• Ballad of Orin (1977)
• Yaju-deka (1982)
• The Funeral (1984)
• Sorekara (1985)
• Paradise View (1985)
• Sorobanzuku (1986)
• Untamagiru (1989)
• The Last U-Boat (1992)
• Princess Mononoke (1997), Jiko-bō (voice)
• Himitsu (1999)
• Black House (1999)
• Like Asura (2003)
• Quill (2004)
• The Blossoming of Kamiya Etsuko (2006)
• Tales from Earthsea (2006)
• Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
• Vacation (2008)
• Kamui Gaiden (2009)
• Boys on the Run (2010)
• A Crowd of Three (2010)
• Haru's Journey (2010)
• Abraxas (2010)
• Sketches of Kaitan City (2010)
• The Egoists (2011)
• The Great Passage (2013), Araki
• The End of Summer (2013)
• Shinya Shokudō (2015)
• A Man Called Pirate (2016)
• Kiseki (2017)

Television

• Shinya Shokudō (2009)
• Shinya Shokudō II (2011)
• Carnation (2011)
• Shinya Shokudō III (2014)
• The Emperor's Cook (2015)
• Botchan (2016)
• Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
• Hibana (2016)
• Onna jōshu Naotora (2017)
• Kizuna: Hashire Kiseki no Kouma (2017)
• Rakuen (2017)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1979	4th Hochi Film Award	Best New Artist	18sai, umi e	Won
1986	59th Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Sorekara	Won
	9th Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Sorekara and Love Letter	Won
1987	8th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Supporting Actor	Sorobanzuku	Won
2000	23rd Japan Academy Prize	Best Actor	Himitsu and Coquille	Nominated
2008	31st Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad	Won
2009	30th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Kyūka and Kanki no Uta	Won

References

1. 第30回ヨコハマ映画祭 2008年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
2. 第8回ヨコハマ映画祭 1986年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
3. Tobias, Scott (May 17, 2012). "Quill: The Life Of A Guide Dog - Film - Movie Review". The A.V. Club. The Onion.
4. Teh, Yvonne (August 22, 2013). "Film Review: Tongue-tied linguist's lexicon of love in The Great Passage". South China Morning Post.

External links

• Kaoru Kobayashi at the Internet Movie Database