Kaoru Kobayashi (actor)
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is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. He won the award for best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival
and the award for best supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival
for Sorobanzuku
.
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
and the award for best supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
for Sorobanzuku
Sorobanzuku
is a 1986 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita.-Awards:8th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Screenplay - Yoshimitsu Morita*Won: Best Actress - Narumi Yasuda*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kaoru Kobayashi*10th Best Film...
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Films
Kobayashi has appeared in a vast number of films among them:- 1982 - Yaju-dekaYaju-dekais a 1982 Japanese drama film directed by Eiichi Kudo. It was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Ken Ogata as Seiji Ōtaki* Ayumi Ishida as Keiko Yamane* Shigeru Izumiya as Toshiaki Sakagami* Gannosuke Ashiya as Seiji Shimamura...
- 1986 - SorobanzukuSorobanzukuis a 1986 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita.-Awards:8th Yokohama Film Festival*Won: Best Screenplay - Yoshimitsu Morita*Won: Best Actress - Narumi Yasuda*Won: Best Supporting Actor - Kaoru Kobayashi*10th Best Film...
- 1989 - UntamagiruUntamagiruis a 1989 Japanese film directed by Gō Takamine. It is magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972. Many of the characters speak in the Okinawan language and thus mainland...
- 1997 - Princess MononokePrincess Mononokeis a 1997 epic Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster...
- 1999 - HimitsuHimitsu, , is a novel by Keigo Higashino, published in English as Naoko by Vertical. The story centers on a man whose wife and daughter are in a terrible accident; the wife dies, but when the daughter wakes up, he discovers his wife's mind inside....
- 1999 - Black HouseBlack House (film)Black House is a 2007 South Korean film directed by Shin Tae-ra. The story centers around an insurance agent that suspects a family murdered their son to receive his insurance policy....
- 2004 - QuillQuill (film)is a Japanese film structured like a documentary of a guide dog, first released in Japan on 13 March 2004 and on DVD on 25 September 2004. It was also released for the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on 17 September 2004....
' - 2006 - Tales from EarthseaTales from EarthseaTales from Earthsea is a collection of short stories by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in 2001. The stories are set in the Earthsea world....
- 2007 - Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes DadTokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dadis a 2007 Japanese film directed by Joji Matsuoka. The film is adapted from the best selling autobiography of Lili Franky, a Japanese novelist, actor, illustrator, designer, musician and photographer. In a unique bit of casting, the young Eiko is played by Yayako Uchida, who in real life is the...