Hiroshi Abe
阿部 寛 |
| Born | June 22, 1964 (1964-06-22) (age 45)
Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan |
| Years active | 1987 (1987)–present |
Hiroshi Abe (阿部 寛, Abe Hiroshi?, born June 22, 1964) is a Japanese model and actor. He began his career as a model, but he successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences in Japanese media. He is a 1988 graduate of Chuo University.
[edit] Career
In 1988, during his last year of college, he made his first foray into professional acting with the movie Haikara-san Ga Touru. In 2009, he won the award for Best Actor in the 63rd Mainichi Film Award for his performances as Kenshiro in the animated film Hokuto no Ken Zero: Kenshiro Den.[1]
[edit] Selected Filmography
[edit] Television
His first Japanese television drama was "Let's have Romance" (Koi wo simashō Yumin wo kikinagara) (1988. As of 2003, he has starred or co-starred in an astonishing 84 shows, appearing in at least one per three-month cycle since 1996.
Leading Actor in:
- Shiroi Haru (白い春, lit. "White spring"?) (2009 spring) as Haruo Sakura
- Kekkon Dekinai Otoko(The Man Who Can't Get Married) (結婚できない男, Kekkon Dekinai Otoko?)" (2006 summer) as Shinsuke Kuwano
- Dragon Zakura (ドラゴン桜, Doragon Zakura?) (2005 summer) as Kenji Sakuragi
- At Home Dad (アットホームダッド, Atto Hōmu Daddo?) (2004 summer) as Kazuyuki Yamamura
- The Last Lawyer (最後の弁護人, Saigo no Bengonin?) (2003 winter)
- Trick series (TRICKシリーズ, Torikku shirīzu?) (2003 autumn, 2002 winter, 2000 summer) as Jirō Ueda
- Glorious Yorujuro (天晴れ夜十郎, Appare Yorujūrō?) (1996 Sep-1997 March) as Yorujūrō
Some others he co-starred in:
- Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲, Saka no Ue no Kumo?) (December 2009, 2010 and 2011) as Akiyama Yoshifuru
- Tenchijin (天地人, Tenchijin?)(NHK Taiga Drama) (2008) - as Uesugi Kenshin
- CHANGE (CHANGE, Chenji?) (2008 spring) as Katsutoshi Nirasawa
- Yoshitsune (義経, Yoshitsune?)(NHK Taiga Drama) (2005) - as Taira no Tomomori
- Fugitive - RUNNAWAY (逃亡者 RUNNAWAY, Tōbōsha Rannawei?) (2004 summer) as Ryūji Mineshima
- Wedding Planner (ウエディングプランナー, Uedingu Purannā?) (2003 spring) as Jun Okonogi
- Smile (笑顔の法則, Egao no Hōsoku?) (2003 spring) as Reijirō Sakurai
- Rika (リカ, Rika?) (2003 March) (Won for Best Horror Film of the year) as Takao Homma
- Musashi (武蔵 MUSASHI, Musashi?)(NHK Taiga Drama) (2003) as Gion Tōji
- Midnight Rain (真夜中の雨, Mayonaka no Ame?) (2002 autumn) as Shunsuke Izumida
- My Little Chef (マイリトルシェフ, Mai Ritoru Shefu?) (2002 summer) as Kensaku Tachibana
- HERO (HERO, Hīrō?) (2001 winter) as Mitsugu Shibayama
- Antique (アンティーク 〜西洋骨董洋菓子店〜, Antīku -Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten?)(2001 autumn) as Chikage Kobayakawa
- Yasha (夜叉, Yasha?)(2000 spring) as Ken Kurosaki
- Honeymoon Divorce (成田離婚, Narita Rikon?) (1997 Autumn) as Takuya Kitamura
He also stars in "Special Research Project 200X", and occasionally narrates.
- 2004 Chikamatu Double Suicide Chikamatu Shinchuu monogatari-sore ha koi)
- 2002, 1998, 1993-96 Atami Murder-Monte Carlo Illusion (Atami satujinn jikenn-monntekaruro iryu-jonn)
- 2001 One Who Brings It Up (mochiageru hito)
- 2000 New Jigokuhen (SinJigokuhen) (Famous novel from Japanese literature)
- 1992 Sometime, Somewhere (aruhi dokokade)
[edit] References
- ^ "Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Win at 63rd Mainichi Film Awards - Anime News Network". http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-21/ponyo-sky-crawlers-win-at-63rd-mainichi-film-awards.
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