Kaoru Kobayashi
Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. A multi-award winning thespian, he won best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.
The Boy and the Heron
as Noble Pelican (voice)While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is...
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Princess Mononoke
as Jikobo (voice)Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must...
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Tales from Earthsea
as The King (voice)Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to...
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The Yin-Yang Master Zero
as Fujiwara YosukeDuring the Heian period, Seimei Abe trains in magic but lacks interest, until a collaboration...
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Hirotaro YamaneTwo people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful...
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as OtonAdapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...
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Midnight Diner
as MasterA restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a...
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The Funeral
as InoseWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...
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Kubi
as Tokugawa IeyasuLord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against...
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
as Takeo MatsuokaIn 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store....
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Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
as Mitsuru WatanabeA Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age,...
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Untama giru
as GiruA magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to...
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Kamui
as HanbeiA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
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The Great Passage
as Kohei ArakiMajime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team...
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Secret
as Heisuke SugitaA man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter,...
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Ballad of Orin
as TorazoA blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world...
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Midnight Diner 2
as MasterThe Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim,...
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The Black House
as uncreditedA meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says...
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
as uncreditedShoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Shoichi HoshinoIn this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more...
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Climbing to Spring
as Isao NagamineToru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up...
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Eighteen Years, to the Sea
as Eisuke MorimotoKei and Atsuo were both enrolled in summer school. Kei was an honor student, and Atsuo was the...
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Mukoku
as Shozo YatabeKengo was gifted in Kendo (Japanese martial art) but he quits after a tragic incident. He works...
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Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
as uncreditedThe main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled...
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Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
as Jisaku KokaIn a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in...
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Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
as Seiichi MoritaBased on the true story of 4 member Japanese pop group "GreeeeN.” Jin is the producer of...
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Ghiblies: Episode 2
as Toshi-chan (Voice)Ghiblies (pronounced with a hard "g" as in "gallop") is a short film aired during a TV special...
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Like Asura
as Takao SatomiThe four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a...
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Botchan
as Madonna’s fatherBotchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a...
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Boys on the Run
as Suzuki sanA socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a...
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And Then
as Tsunejiro HiraokaDaisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is...
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Hear the Wind Sing
as MeA student travels back to Kobe for the summer. Once there, he meets his friend Rat, hangs on the...
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Haru's Journey
as KinoshitaStuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo,...
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Natsumi's Firefly
as SakakiyamaNatsumi wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and...
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The Last U-Boat
as Tatsumi - FregattenkapitänNear the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a...
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The Egoists
as Kazuyuki NinomiyaKazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with...
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Leaving on the 15th Spring
as Toshiharu NakazatoJunior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha...
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Promised Land
as uncreditedMatagi is a group of hunters who lives in the mountains and targets wild animals including...
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The End of Summer
as Shingo KosugiThe story, set in the heady post-war 50s into the early 60s , revolves around a love triangle...
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Female
as Old man'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed...
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The Second Love
as Hideo HyugaKazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's...
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Love and Action in Osaka
as uncreditedDespite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the...
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Uneasy Encounters
as uncreditedA five-part comedy and horror anthology
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Sketches of Kaitan City
as Ryuzo HigaThe bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a...
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An Emblem Dedicated To You
as Nakagawa AkikoKazuya Takajo was a promising soccer player. At the age of 23, he was selected for the national...
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Yes, I Can't Swim
as Professor KamoshitaYuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward...
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The Dropout
as uncreditedDetective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was...
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Then Summer Came
as uncreditedA humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new...
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Hagetaka
as Ryosuke IijimaDuring turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu (Go Ayano) appears. He leads a...
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The Way of Osaka Financing 1
as uncreditedA special drama starring Masahiro Nakai of SMAP, which was aired on Fuji TV six times from 1996...
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The Island of Cats
as IwaoDaikichi is a 70-year-old man and lives on a small island. Since his wife died, he has lived...
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A Crowd of Three
as uncreditedA Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at...
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Hong Kong Paradise
as Hachirou OoishiSet in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught...
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Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
as Shigeru Kosaka (Episode 4)Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his...
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Call from Darkness
as Tatsuo TamuraKeiko Inagawa (Asami Kobayashi) pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo...
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Tsugaru Lacquer Girl
as uncreditedKeiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day...
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Shimanto River
as uncreditedA young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He...
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The Blossoming of Etsuko Kamiya
as Yasutada KamiyaIn Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya,...
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Lear on the Shore
as uncreditedKuwahata Chokichi used to be a famous actor, but now he's suspected to be suffering from...
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Twilight of the Cockroaches
as SaitôThe cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of...
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The Washing Machine
as Taiji OgamiKizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work...
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Coquille
as Tatsuya UrayamaThirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no...
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Winter Rose
as Giichi WataguchiJun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted...
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Double Trouble
as uncreditedChief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar...
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For Business
as Miyabi SakuramiyaTwo TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s...
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Love Letter
as Tetsushi KamiyaA drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced...
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Arc
as RihitoSet in the near future, Rina lives a wandering life and she meets Ema. Ema becomes a mentor for...
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His Lost Name
as TetsuroMiddle-aged widower Tetsuro finds an unconscious, homeless young man on the riverbank in his...
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The Sea of Genkai
as uncreditedTwo yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean...
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The Wangan Highway
as NakamuraBased on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
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Trapped Balloon
as Shigezo KojimaA woman who has not seen her father for several years and does not have a good relationship with...
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Vacation
as Toru HiraiThe prison guards working in penitentiaries where death row inmates are locked up are forced to...
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Paradise View
as Reishu GoyaGo Takamine's first theatrical feature is a pioneering work of Okinawan cinema, filmed almost...
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The Tomb & the Divorce
as Yoshinori IshinoYoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage...
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Chibusa
as uncreditedBased on the novel of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Played as a double feature with Crepe (1993).
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Abraxas
as uncreditedFormer punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His...
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Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
as Masashi SeraSet in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a...
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Carnation
as Zensaku OharaCarnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October...
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THE DAYS
as FuruyaBlamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly,...
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The Tiger and Her Wings
as Hodaka ShigechikaIn the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume...
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Midnight Diner
as MasterSet in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open...
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Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
as MasterIn an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef...
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Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
as Shibusawa Ichiroemon [Eiichi's father]Shibusawa Eiichi was born in 1840 to a farmer’s family. He grew up helping his family with work,...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 星野正一After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to...
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Hibana: Spark
as uncreditedTokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older...
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Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
as Self - Narrator (voice)Prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker Mitsuaki Iwago loves cats of all shapes...
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The Private Detective Mike
as uncreditedMike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...
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Hagetaka
as Ryosuke IijimaDuring turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and...
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Woman
as Uesugi KentaroAfter the accidental death of her husband and being deemed ineligible for welfare, Koharu...
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Heaven
as Doizaki GenAn incident is talked about all over Japan. The case involves the Doizaki couple that killed...
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Grade A Reversal
as uncreditedShin'ichi Sakurai is married to Kanako and they have a daughter named Kaori. Both, Shinichi and...
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Villiany Ganbo
as Gen KoshimizuWhen Kanzaki Kaoru was young, her mother operated an Okonomiyaki restaurant. However, in just a...
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Best Friends in Love
as Serizawa HirotoshiAoi Miura (Sota Fukushi) was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive...
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Ten urara
as 松尾良治This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to...
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Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
as Kotaki ReijiA slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and...
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The Castle of Sand
as uncreditedOn December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in...
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Off the Record
as Noto ToruKeito is a reporter for a weekly magazine. The magazine covers everything from corruption by...
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Top League
as uncreditedWhile political journalist Naoki Matsuoka is working his way up to the "top league," a small...
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Iki no Iiyatsu
as uncreditedSet in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a...
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Miracles
as Shun SamejimaA comical and heartwarming drama about a university lecturer on animal behavior who just loves...
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News Sokuho wa Nagareta
as uncreditedA TV station news room receives information that a bomb has landed in a Japanese town. The drama...
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Solomon's Perjury
as 津崎 正男On Christmas morning, Fujino Ryoko finds her classmate Kashiwagi Takuya’s dead body at their...
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Worry Not, She's the Boss
as Yamagami TatsuoFukabori Marie is a charismatic wedding planner and company president who is relied on by...
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Sunflower on the Hill
as Yuzuhara KoheiFilm company engineer Kohei is on his way home one night when he sees a woman taken ill at a...
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Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai
as 仙川鶴一Dr. Ko Yowai is a happy-go-lucky but an absolutely brilliant psychiatrist. Yuri Amamiya is his...
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