Hiroshi Abe (actor)

Hiroshi Abe
阿部 寛
Born	(1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation(s)	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. Abe also starred in Hideki Takeuchi's Thermæ Romæ. He then played a supporting role in Hirokazu Koreeda's I Wish.

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)
• Zakurozaka no Adauchi (2014)
• Cape Nostalgia (2014)
• Everest: Kamigami no Itadaki (2016) – Jōji Habu
• After the Storm (2016) – Ryōta
• A Loving Husband (2017) – Yōhei Miyamoto
• Shippu Rondo (2017) – Kazuyuki Kuribayashi
• Umibe no Lear (2017)
• The Legend of the Cat Demon (2017) - Nakamaro
• Kita no Sakuramori (2018)

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	—	Kyouju Luger P08	Won
2009	Mainichi Film Concours	Best Actor	Aruitemo Aruitemo & Aoi Tori	Won
2012	Blue Ribbon Awards		Karasu no oyayubi	Won
2013	36th Japan Academy Prize		Thermæ Romæ	Won
2015	38th Japan Academy Prize		Cape Nostalgia	Nominated
		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

External links

• Hiroshi Abe at IMDb