Hiroshi Abe (actor)

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Hiroshi Abe
Native name	阿部 寛
Born	22 June 1964 Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor, Model
Years active	1987-present
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 ^1⁄2 in)

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) Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto 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

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

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	Japanese Academy Awards		Thermæ Romæ	Won
2015			Fushigi Na Misaki no Monogatari	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Zakurozaka no adauchi	Nominated

References

1. "Ponyo, Sky Crawlers Win at 63rd Mainichi Film Awards". Anime News Network. 21 January 2009.
2. Adams, Mark (7 September 2012). "Thermae Romae". Screen International.
3. Chang, Dustin (10 May 2012). "I WISH Review". Twitch Film.
4. "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