Hiroshi Abe (actor)

Hiroshi Abe
Native name	阿部寛
Born	(1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor, Model
Years active	1983-present
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ¹⁄₂ in)
Children	2

Hiroshi Abe (阿部寛, Abe Hiroshi, born 22 June 1964) is a Japanese model and actor. He is known for his roles in Still Walking, Chocolate and Godzilla 2000: Millennium.

Career

In 2009, Abe won the Best Actor award in the 63rd Mainichi Film Award for his performances in Still Walking and Aoi Tori.^[1] Abe also starred in Hideki Takeuchi's Thermæ Romæ.^[2] He then played a supporting role in Hirokazu Koreeda's I Wish.^[3]

Filmography

Films

Haikarasan ga Tōru (1988)
YAWARA! (1989)
Spirit Warrior (1990)
Yamato Takeru (1994)
Moon Over Tao (1997)
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
Tokyo Raiders (2000)
Crazy Lips (2000)
Blood Sucking Space (2001)
Rush! (2001)
Platonic Sex (2001)
Trick (2002)
Hana and Alice (2004)
Hotel Venus (2004)
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
My Lover is a Sniper: The Movie (2004)
Hasami Otoko (2004)
Ubume no Natsu (2005)

Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Love in Death (2006)
Trick 2 (2006)
Baruto no Gakuen (2006)
Forbidden Siren (2006)
Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust (2007)
Hero (2007)
Taitei no Ken (2007)
Legend of Yuria (2007)
Legend of Raoh: Chapter of Fierce Fighting (2007)
Legend of Toki (2008)
Zero: Legend of Kenshiro (2008)
Team Batista no Eikō (2008)
Chocolate (2008)
Mōryō no Hako (2008)
Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess (2008)
Still Walking (2008)
The Blue Bird (2008)

I Wish (2011)
Once in a Blue Moon (2011)
A Yell from Heaven (2011)
Isoroku (2011)
The Wings of the Kirin (2012)
Thermæ Romæ (2012)
Crow's Thumb (2013)
Before the Vigil (2013)
Thermae Romae II (2014)^[4]
Zakurozaka no Adauchi (2014)
Cape Nostalgia (2014)
Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki (2016) – Jōji Habu
After the Storm (2016) – Ryōta
Koisaika Miyamoto (2017) – Yōhei Miyamoto
Shippu Rondo (2017) – Kazuyuki Kuribayashi
Kukai (2018) – Nakamaro

TV Series

Glorious Yorujuro (1996-1997) – Yorujūrō
Honeymoon Divorce (1997) – Takuya Kitamura
Yasha (2000) – Ken Kurosaki
Trick (2000-2003) – Jirō Ueda
Hero (2001) – Mitsugu Shibayama
Antique (2001) – Chikage Kobayakawa
Midnight Rain (2002) – Shunsuke Izumida
My Little Chef (2002) – Kensaku Tachibana
The Last Lawyer (2003)

Rika (2003) – Takao Homma
Musashi (2003) – Gion Tōji
Wedding Planner (2003) – Jun Okonogi
Smile (2003) – Reijirō Sakurai
Fugitive: Runaway (2004) – Ryūji Mineshima
At Home Dad (2004) – Kazuyuki Yamamura
Yoshitsune (2005) – Taira no Tomomori
Dragon Zakura (2005) – Kenji Sakuragi
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (2006) – Shinsuke Kuwano

Tenchijin (2008) – Uesugi Kenshin
Change (2008) – Katsutoshi Nirasawa
Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009-2011) – Akiyama Yoshifuru
Shiroi Haru (2009) – Haruo Sakura
Shinzanmono (2010) – Kaga Kyoichiro
Going My Home (2012) – Tsuboi Ryota
Shitamachi Rocket (2015) – Kōhei Tsukuda
The Sniffer (2016) – Hanaoka

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Notable Work	Result	Ref.
1995	Japanese Professional Movie Awards	N/A	Kyouju Luger P08	Won
2009	Mainichi Film Concours	Best Actor	Aruitemo Aruitemo & Aoi Tori	Won	^[1]
2012	Blue Ribbon Awards		Karasu no oyayubi	Won
2013	36th Japan Academy Prize		Thermæ Romæ	Won
2015	38th Japan Academy Prize		Cape Nostalgia	Nominated
2015	38th Japan Academy Prize	Best Supporting Actor	Zakurozaka no Adauchi	Nominated
2016	3rd Kyoto International Art and Film Festival	Toshiro Mifune Award		Won
	9th Tokyo Drama Awards	Best Actor	Shitamachi Rocket	Won
	41st Hochi Film Award	Best Actor	After the Storm	Nominated

References

1 2 "Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Win at 63rd Mainichi Film Awards". Anime News Network. 21 January 2009.
↑ Adams, Mark (7 September 2012). "Thermae Romae". Screen International.
↑ Chang, Dustin (10 May 2012). "I WISH Review". Twitch Film.
↑ "Thermae Romae Manga Gets Live-Action Film Sequel (updated)". Anime News Network. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

External links

Hiroshi Abe at the Internet Movie Database

Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor

Yokohama Film Festival Best Actor

Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor

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