Hiroshi Abe
Acting
Biography
Hiroshi Abe (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.
Born: June 22, 1964
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Known For
Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery
This is a love comedy that takes you behind the scenes of the latest bridal businesses, as well as the human drama of engaged couples, seen through the wedding planners' eyes, as they help to put on weddings. Toru Oomori works in the accounting department of a medium-sized firm. Unable to escape restructuring by his company, he gets sent to work at an affiliated company, "Sweet Bridal," as its president. Toru realizes his days as a salaried worker are numbered. That's why he's determined to increase sales, and regain lost ground. But there's just one major problem though... An incident that happened one year ago makes work here, very miserable.
Baian the Assassin
During the day, Dr. Baian is the friendly and trusted village acupuncturist. At night, he becomes Baian, the assassin. Using his acupuncture needles as weapons, he takes on deadly assignments, killing evildoers with an undeniable skill and precision.
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times
CHANGE
CHANGE is a Japanese television drama which aired on Fuji TV starting May 12, 2008.
Yoshitsune
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.
Sakura Guardian in the North
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
Musashi
Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate duel at Ganryujima.
Clouds Over the Hill
Saka no Ue no Kumo is an NHK 21st Century special drama which was aired over three years starting from November 29, 2009. The series runs 13 episodes at 90 minutes each. The first series, with 5 episodes, was broadcast in 2009, while series two and three, each with 4 episodes, were broadcast in late 2010 and 2011. While most episodes were shot in Japan, one of the episodes in series two was shot in Latvia. The TV series is based on the novel Saka no ue no kumo by Ryōtarō Shiba and adopted by Hisashi Nozawa. The theme song of the drama series is titled "Stand Alone". It was composed by Joe Hisaishi, written by Kundo Koyama and performed by British soprano singer Sarah Brightman.
Making 'Still Walking'
A documentary filmed behind the scenes during the making of Hirokasu Kore-eda's 2008 film "Still Walking."
Haruka naru Yakusoku
There is a story of a grand love torn apart by the Russo-Japanese War. It is an incomparable love story, crossing the borders of Russia and Japan and surmounting fifty years time. The true story of one woman who continued to wait because she loved, and one woman who said farewell because she loved. And a man who, bolstered by the love of these two women, struggled through the most extreme of circumstances and survived.
Filmography
as Okabe Gentosai
as Taisuke Yamagata
as Kentaro Nohara
as Soichi Shindo
as Kenji Obayashi
as Orimoto Shinnosuke
as Mamoru Nozaki
as Takeda Shingen
as Tsukasa Naruse
as Yasuo Ichikawa
as Masayoshi Nina
as Seiichiro Tomashino
as Juzaburo Tsutaya
as Nakamura Aritomo
as Kōsaku Tajima
as Kyoichiro Kaga
as Hironoshin Kobayashi
as Tokujiro Ezure
as Abe Nakamaro
as Yukio
as Kazuyuki Kuribayashi
as Hanaoka Shinichiro
as Yohei Miyamoto
as Ryota Shinoda
as Hanyu
as Kohei Tsukuda
as Akitaka Matsuura
as Jyubei Sahashi
as Koji Kashiwagi
as Lucius
as Jiro Ueda
as Kaga Kyoichiro
as Matsuoi
as Take
as Ryota Tsuboi
as Lucius
as Kyoichirou Kaga
as Yamaguchi Tamon
as Ministry of Foreign Affairs Employee
as Hayami
as Shima Yusaku
as Kenji
as Hikaru Ohshiro
as Mr. Sakagami
as Kyoichiro Kaga
as Tokito Takahiko
as Jiro Ueda
as Jiro Ueda
as Kyoichiro Kaga
as 秋山好古
as Sakura Haruo
as Keisuke Shiratori
as Self
as Kenshin Uesugi
as Akiho Ishii
as Mr. Murachi
as Kenshirô (voice)
as Jiro
as Ryota Yokoyama
as Katsutoshi Nirasawa
as Rokurota
as Kenshirô (voice)
as Keisuke Shiratori
as Masashi
as enokizu reijirou
as Isao Hayama
as Mitsugu Shibayama / 芝山貢
as 戸倉碧警視
as Jake
as Kenshiro (voice)
as Genkurou
as Kenshirô (voice)
as Isao Shimokawaji
as Hachiya Yasaburo
as Ryuji Yamazaki
as Shinsuke Kuwano
as Mitsugu Shibayama / 芝山贡
as Iko
as Jiro Ueda
as Kei Tsuchida
as Reijiro Enokizu
as Kenji Sakuragi
as Ichiro Irabu
as Shoichiro Kaneda
as Horinouchi
as Taira no Tomomori (Kiyomori's 4th son)
as Shiro Takakura
as Aoyama, the Hypnotist
as Kazuyuki Yamamura
as Alice's Mother's Companion
as Reijiro Sakurai
as Touji Gion
as Jiro Ueda
as Kensaku Tachibana
as Koyurugi Jun
as Hideyuki Ishikawa
as Chikage Kobayakawa
as Eitaro Kawaguchi
as Andô
as Hayato Kitazawa
as Kitazawa Hayato 北沢迅人
as Mitsugu Shibayama / 芝山贡
as FBI Agent
as Ryu
as Yanming
as Jiro Ueda
as Narimoto
as Takeshi Ito
as Mitsuo Katagiri
as Omori jun
as Hairdresser Yasuke / Kamiyui no Yasuke
as Horibe Yasubei
as Tohdo Hideki
as Terui Osamu
as Hayate
as Kitamura Takuya
as Chiaki Asami
as Chiaki Asami
as Singer
as Chiaki Asami
as Tsukiyomi
as Tadao Shimamoto
as Shiro Doi
as Sakurako's Brother
as Kosugi Juugoro
as Kujaku
as Kosaku matsuda
as Self