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Kaoru Kobayashi

Actor · 60 credits · 19 in highly-rated films

Best known for Princess Mononoke (1997)

Frequent collaborators: Yuko Tanaka, Koichi Sato, Jun Fubuki, Nijiro Murakami, Yuriko Ishida

Best Kaoru Kobayashi movies by genre

Movies (60 total, ranked by score)

  1. Princess Mononoke

    1997 · ★ 8.3 (9,211 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

    1

  2. We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

    2021 · ★ 7.7 (119 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    2

  3. Tales from Earthsea

    2006 · ★ 6.5 (1,525 votes)

    Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

    3

  4. Midnight Diner 2

    2016 · ★ 7.5 (38 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    4

  5. The Great Passage

    2013 · ★ 7.2 (61 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. Lear on the Shore

    2017 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

    2017 · ★ 6.9 (48 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

    7

  8. Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog

    2004 · ★ 6.9 (39 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Secret

    1999 · ★ 6.9 (34 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    9

  10. The Last Blossom

    2025 · ★ 8.1 (9 votes)

    Animation, Drama

    10

  11. Ballad of Orin

    1977 · ★ 7.1 (22 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Tsugaru Lacquer Girl

    2023 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. Promised Land

    2024 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Ghiblies: Episode 2

    2002 · ★ 7.1 (15 votes)

    Animation, Comedy

    14

  15. Sketches of Kaitan City

    2010 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Hear the Wind Sing

    1981 · ★ 6.0 (4 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Climbing to Spring

    2014 · ★ 8.4 (8 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Vacation

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (10 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Botchan

    2016 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    2023 · ★ 7.8 (6 votes)

    Action, Drama, Crime

    20

  21. The Island of Cats

    2019 · ★ 6.9 (8 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. The Black House

    1999 · ★ 6.0 (13 votes)

    Horror, Mystery

    22

  23. Arc

    2021 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)

    Science Fiction, Drama

    23

  24. Twilight of the Cockroaches

    1987 · ★ 6.0 (10 votes)

    Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction

    24

  25. Kamui

    2009 · ★ 6.1 (49 votes)

    Drama, Action

    25

  26. The Washing Machine

    1999

    Comedy, Romance

    26

  27. Mukoku

    2017 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Action, Drama, Adventure

    27

  28. The Yin Yang Master Zero

    2024 · ★ 6.2 (12 votes)

    Fantasy, History, Mystery

    28

  29. Yes, I Can't Swim

    2022 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Drama

    29

  30. Leaving on the 15th Spring

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (8 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.