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Kaoru Kobayashi(I)

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Kaoru Kobayashi in Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)
A dying prisoner reflects on his final summer of freedom in 1986, when he lived with a woman and her son surrounded by Housenka flowers. As death approaches, one of these flowers guides him through memories of his past as a yakuza.
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The Last Blossom (2025)
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Kaoru Kobayashi was born on 4 September 1951 in Kyoto, Japan. He is an actor, known for And Then (1985), Love Letter (1985) and Kyûka (2008).
BornSeptember 4, 1951
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      • 7 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    And Then (1985)
    And Then
    7.2
    • Tsunejiro Hiraoka
    • 1985
    Love Letter (1985)
    Love Letter
    7.0
    • Tetsushi Kamiya
    • 1985
    Kyûka (2008)
    Kyûka
    7.1
    • Toru Hirai
    • 2008
    Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
    Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
    7.3
    • Nakagawa
    • 2007

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    Actor

    • Pray Speak What Has Happened (2025)
      Pray Speak What Has Happened
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Taro Furosu
      • 2025
    • 1972 Nagisa no Hotarubi
      TV Mini Series
      • Tamashiro Taiei
      • 2025
    • Natsuki Hanae in The Last Blossom (2025)
      The Last Blossom
      7.0
      • Akutsu (1986) (voice)
      • 2025
    • Sham (2025)
      Sham
      7.0
      • Toshio Yugamidani
      • 2025
    • Mynavi × Showdrama 24
      TV Mini Series
      • 2025
    • Shrink: Seishinkai Yowai (2024)
      Shrink: Seishinkai Yowai
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Senkawa Tsuruichi
      • 2024
    • The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024)
      The Yin Yang Master Zero
      5.8
      • Yoshisuke Fujiwara
      • 2024
    • Sairi Itô in The Tiger and Her Wings (2024)
      The Tiger and Her Wings
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Hodaka Shigechika
      • 2024
    • Kaoru Kobayashi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Eiko Koike, and Ryûto Sakuma in Worry Not, She's the Boss (2023)
      Worry Not, She's the Boss
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Tatsuo Yamagami
      • 2023
    • Fixer (2023)
      Fixer
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Ichirô Suzuki
      • 2023
    • Bakanuri no musume (2023)
      Bakanuri no musume
      7.1
      • Seishiro
      • 2023
    • Soma Santoki and Luca Padovan in The Boy and the Heron (2023)
      The Boy and the Heron
      7.3
      • Old Pelican (voice)
      • 2023
    • Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023)
      Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Takeshi Shindo
      • 2023
    • The Days (2023)
      The Days
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Furuya
      • 2023
    • Kubi (2023)
      Kubi
      6.4
      • Ieyasu Tokugawa
      • 2023

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    • Born
      • September 4, 1951
      • Kyoto, Japan
    • Other works
      TV commercial: Toyota Allion
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