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Acting · age 75

Kaoru Kobayashi

Best rated: Princess Mononoke (8.3)

Films
20
Avg rating
7.12
Peak run
2009’21
7+ run
4 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Kaoru Kobayashi, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 2009 to 2021, 7.065678198519901995200020052010201520202025Princess Mononoke 8.3Tales from Earthsea 6.3Career avg 7.12

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Kaoru Kobayashi's career barcodecoolhot
198520 films2025
Current formLast 5: 7.06 vs career 7.12 (−0.06)
  1. LKamui Gaiden2009 · 5.6−1.5
  2. WThe Great Passage2013 · 7.3+0.2
  3. WMidnight Diner2014 · 7.5+0.4
  4. WMidnight Diner 22016 · 7.4+0.3
  5. WWe Made a Beautiful Bouquet2021 · 7.5+0.4
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Kaoru by the numbers

Average
7.12
8 rated films
Vote weighted
7.20
bigger films count more
Median
7.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.83
rating spread
Career
41y
1985 to 2025
Total votes
562K
across every film
Best
8.3
Princess Mononoke
Worst
6.3
Tales from Earthsea
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2025Sham posterShamToshio Yugamidani·442
2025The Last Blossom posterThe Last BlossomAkutsu (1986)·220
2024The Yin Yang Master ZeroYoshisuke Fujiwara·360
2021We Made a Beautiful BouquetHirotaro Yamane7.55,166
2019The Island of CatsIwao·339
2017Kiseki: Sobito of That DayDad·374
2016Midnight Diner 2Master7.41,256
2014Midnight DinerMaster7.52,873
2013The Great PassageKouhei Araki7.33,021
2010Haru's JourneyKinoshita (the Sailor)·288
2010Boys on the RunSuzuki san·385
2009Kamui GaidenHanbei5.61,152
2006Tales from Earthsea posterTales from EarthseaKing6.349,367
2004Quill: The Life of a Guide DogWatanabe Mitsuru7.11,859
2003Like AsuraTakao Satomi·373
1999HimitsuHeisuke·857
1999The Black House··617
1997Princess Mononoke posterPrincess MononokeJiko-bô8.3492K
1987Twilight of the CockroachesSaitô·349
1985And ThenTsunejiro Hiraoka·450
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Kaoru Kobayashi's regulars

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